...Christoph Weißbacher; Angelika Kiefel; Hardwig Blumenthal; Jonas Marheineke; Sebastien Piton Despite their superior tribological properties, thick-layer bearing coatings based on polyetheretherketone (PEEK) have up to now not been applied in a very high number of plain bearings for industrial...

...Dongliang Liu; Qingliang Wang; Dekun Zhang; Jian Wang; Xiao Zhang Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) and its composites are recognized as alternative bearing materials for use in arthroplasty because of their excellent mechanical properties. In this paper, torsional friction tests of PEEK against...