ABSTRACT
Tribology is the field of lubrication, wear and tear, and friction amongst the surfaces which are in direct touch with one another and are moving relative to one another. In recent decades, the material science community has devoted significant resources to designing, synthesising, and developing useful high-tech hybrid material systems in response to the increased demand for versatile and extensible materials and devices with less weight, volume, superior efficiency, and lower cost. Many engineering materials, such as steel, copper, ceramics, special alloys, carbon-containing substances such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, and polymeric materials such as epoxy, polyether ether ketone, and others, have been adapted to make various tribological hybrid components. Some types of reinforcements like fibres and whiskers are leading to a new generation of advanced engineering material. The introduction of hybrid materials in controlling tribology will be helpful in increasing the efficiency of operations, enhancing the performance, reducing breakdowns, and lowering costs significantly. Hence, hybrid materials have a prominent role in the surface technology domain, and the novelty of this study lies in the detailed study of hybrid materials, their subclassifications, and applications in various sectors as well as a glance at their synthesis and evaaluations.
