Biotribology: Recent progresses and future perspectives

TLDR

Biotribology studies the tribological aspects of biological systems, a rapidly growing field essential for understanding natural processes, disease mechanisms, and medical interventions. The paper reviews tribological studies related to biological systems. The authors analyze the historical development, classification, and current research focus of biotribology by reviewing representative papers and conference presentations, highlighting progress in joint, skin, and oral tribology. The review concludes with remarks and future prospects for biotribology.

Abstract

Biotribology deals with all aspects of tribology concerned with biological systems. It is one of the most exciting and rapidly growing areas of tribology. It is recognised as one of the most important considerations in many biological systems as to the understanding of how our natural systems work as well as how diseases are developed and how medical interventions should be applied. Tribological studies associated with biological systems are reviewed in this paper. A brief history, classification as well as current focuses on biotribology research are analysed according to typical papers from selected journals and presentations from a number of important conferences in this area. Progress in joint tribology, skin tribology and oral tribology as well as other representative biological systems is presented. Some remarks are drawn and prospects are discussed.