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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Uchicago Argonne, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Ali Erdemir, Naperville, IL (US);
Anil U. Mane, Naperville, IL (US);
Jeffrey W. Elam, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Giovanni Ramirez, Argonne, IL (US);
Osman Eryilmaz, Argonne, IL (US);
UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A lubricant composition includes an oil including a plurality of long-chain hydrocarbon molecules. A quantity of a catalytically active metal-organic additive is mixed with the oil. The metal-organic additive is formulated to fragment the long-chain hydrocarbon molecules of the oil into at least one of dimers and trimers under the influence of at least one of a mechanical loading and a thermal loading. In some embodiments, the metal-organic additive includes a compound of formula II: where: