Horst Complex

prof.dr.ir. M.B. de Rooij (Matthijn)

Full Professor
ET-MS3-STT
Horst Complex N106
m.b.derooij@utwente.nl
+31534891178
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The research in the Surface Technology and Tribology (STT) group focuses around surfaces and interfaces in an engineering context as well as degradation mechanisms taking place at these surfaces and interfaces. Surfaces and interfaces are typically complex, and in many cases critical in terms of lifetime and degradation. A solid understanding, as well as accurate and validated models of degradation phenomena at these surfaces and interfaces is important to develop efficient maintenance strategies. 

Moving interfaces are very prominent in (mechanical) engineering. Phenomena taking place at these interfaces belong to the field of tribology. Typical tribological phenomena are friction and the different wear mechanisms. In the case a lubricant is present, lubrication can be used to separate surfaces and avoid or reduce contact. The development of experimentally validated models of tribological phenomena at interfaces is one of the focus areas. Fundamental to these phenomena is the contact between surfaces, which is the field of contact mechanics.

The second main type of interfaces are stationary interfaces, as are present in, for example, hybrid materials like metal - polymer combinations. In this context,  bonding and adhesion are important and subject of research. Surfaces can be engineered to optimize bonding and hybrid materials can developed based on knowledge about the interfaces present in these materials.

Also, transitions from a stationary situation to a sliding situation are common in mechanical contacts. Examples are highly accurate positioning mechanisms, as well as on a totally different length scale, earthquakes. Transitions from stick to slip and vice versa are also subject of study in the research group, both in positioning mechanisms as well as in faults in the subsurface of the earth.

Apart from chairing the Surface Technology and Tribology group, I am also the Programme Leader of the EngD Maintenance programme and the director of the SKF University Technical Center (UTC) for grease lubrication.

Expertise

  • Material Science

    • Friction
    • Surface
    • Coating
    • Temperature

  • Engineering

    • Models
    • Surfaces
    • Sheet Metal

  • Physics

    • Model

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Publications

2025

Pore formation and pore inter-connectivity in plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings on aluminium alloy (2025)Surface and coatings technology, 496. Article 131597. Adelinia, A., Yerokhin, A., Matthews, D. T. A., de Rooij, M. B. & Zanjani, J. S. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2024.131597

2024

When Grease Fails (2024)[Contribution to conference › Poster] M2i conference 2024. Hogenberk, F., van den Ende, D., de Rooij, M. B. & Lugt, P. M.Understanding the wear mechanism of FKM seals in load lock gate valve (2024)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 15th Fall Rubber Colloquium: KHK. Itani, S., Seyyed Monfared Zanjani, J., Bernal-Ortega, P., Kaewsakul, W., Blume, A. & de Rooij, M. B.Insights in the wettability of hard chromium coated steel for cold rolling applications (2024)Results in Engineering, 23. Article 102815. Ranjbar Nouri, Z., Matthews, D. T. A., Bolt, H. & de Rooij, M. B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2024.102815A Quantitative Method to Measure Oil-Separation Properties of Lubricating Greases (2024)Tribology letters, 72(3). Article 102. Hogenberk, F., van den Ende, D., de Rooij, M. B. & Lugt, P. M.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-024-01900-1The effect of highly elongated micro-contacts on rolling contact stress field (2024)Tribology international, 196. Article 109744. Gargourimotlagh, M. & de Rooij, M. B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2024.109744Rolling-sliding dynamics and optimization of large-scale cam-roller contacts: Introducing rolling pairs with shifting contact geometry (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Amoroso, P.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036561112The modified boundary layer mechanism for the release between polyimide film and poly(ether ketone ketone) thermoplastics (2024)Journal of applied polymer science, 141(20). Article e55377. Yang, Z., Dissevelt, T., Li, N., de Vries, E., Grouve, W., Bao, N., de Rooij, M., Akkerman, R. & Chu, L.https://doi.org/10.1002/app.55377A mesoscopic model for inter-yarn friction (2024)Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 180. Article 108070. Vu, A. N., Grouve, W. J. B., Rooij, M. B. d. & Akkerman, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2024.108070Effect of rope twist and strand twist on the contact pressure between strands in Aramid fibre three-strand ropes (2024)[Contribution to conference › Paper] International Organization for the Study of Rope (OIPEEC) Conference 2024. Allan, O., Mishra, T. & de Rooij, M. B.

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room N106
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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