Progress Research on the Tribology of MAX Phase Ceramics

Ternary layered M_n+1AX_n phase ceramics (MAX phases) have many potential applications in tribology fields because of their excellent merits of metal and ceramic. This paper reviewed the recent progress on the tribological research of M_n+1AX_n phase ceramics and their composites. The relative tribological mechanisms were concluded as well. Besides, the study trends of MAX phases tribology in future were proposed.