Prof Tomasz Liskiewicz

Who am I?

Tomasz has 20 years of international academic and engineering experience from leading research institutions in the UK, France, Canada and Poland. His research interests focus on surface engineering and tribology of functional surfaces, with a particular interest in understanding the engineering coatings, its architectures and optimization for enhanced functions.

His work has been published in such journals as Surface & Coatings Technology, Wear, Tribology International, and Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. It has been presented at international conferences that include the World Tribology Congress, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, and Plasma Surface Engineering.

Tomasz holds a doctorate in Tribology from École Centrale de Lyon, France, and MSc degree in Materials Science from Lodz University of Technology, Poland. He spent two years in Alberta, Canada, working as a Senior Scientist in Charter Coating leading material testing projects for oil and gas industry.

Tomasz has taught BSc, MSc and PhD-level courses on tribology, surface engineering and thermofluids. He was elected Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London in 2014. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in London, where he acts as a Chair of the Tribology Group Committee. Tomasz has editorial position at Taylor & Francis Tribology journal and contributed invited book chapters on surface engineering and micro-mechanical characterisation methods.

Publications

• Books (authored/edited/special issues)

  T. Liskiewicz, D. Dini (2023). Fretting Wear and Fretting Fatigue. Elsevier.

• Journal articles

  M. Ghanbariha, M. Farvizi, SA. Ataie, A. Alizadeh Samiyan, T. Liskiewicz, et al. HS. Kim. (2024). Effect of YSZ Particle Size and Content on Microstructure, Mechanical and Tribological Properties of (CoCrFeNiAl)1−x(YSZ)x High Entropy Alloy Composites. Metals and Materials International.

  T. Liskiewicz, I. Sherrington, T. Khan, Y. Liu (2023). Advances in sensing for real-time monitoring of tribological parameters. Tribology International. 189,

  SJ. McMaster, S. Kosarieh, TW. Liskiewicz, A. Neville, BD. Beake (2023). Utilising H/E to predict fretting wear performance of DLC coating systems. Tribology International. 185, pp.108524-108524.

  TW. Liskiewicz, JFV. Vincent (2023). Anne Neville’s Fascination with Nature. Tribology Letters. 71(2), pp.61-61.

  R. Brittain, T. Liskiewicz, A. Morina, A. Neville, L. Yang (2023). Diamond-like carbon graphene nanoplatelet nanocomposites for lubricated environments. Carbon. 205, pp.485-498.

  BD. Beake, SJ. McMaster, TW. Liskiewicz (2022). Contact size effects on the friction and wear of amorphous carbon films. Applied Surface Science Advances. 9, pp.100248-100248.

  X. Shi, Y. Shi, J. Chen, TW. Liskiewicz, BD. Beake, et al. Z. Zhou, Z. Wang, G. Wu. (2021). Influence of gradient interlayer thickness on corrosion and tribological behavior of Ti-containing multilayer graphite-like carbon films. Wear. 488-489,

  F. Dangnan, C. Espejo, T. Liskiewicz, M. Gester, A. Neville (2021). Water barrier performance of additively manufactured polymers coated with diamond-like carbon films. Diamond and Related Materials. 119, pp.108541-108541.

  D. Toboła, T. Liskiewicz, L. Yang, T. Khan, Ł. Boroń (2021). Effect of mechanical and thermochemical tool steel substrate pre-treatment on diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating durability. Surface and Coatings Technology. 422,

  X. Shi, J. Chen, BD. Beake, TW. Liskiewicz, Z. Wang (2021). Dynamic contact behavior of graphite-like carbon films on ductile substrate under nano/micro-scale impact. Surface and Coatings Technology. 422,

  BD. Beake, AJ. Harris, TW. Liskiewicz, J. Wagner, SJ. McMaster, et al. SR. Goodes, A. Neville, L. Zhang. (2021). Friction and electrical contact resistance in reciprocating nano-scale wear testing of metallic materials. Wear. 474-475, pp.203866-203866.

  D. Wei, F. Li, X. Wei, T. Liskiewicz, KJ. Kubiak, et al. P. Zhang. (2021). Microstructure, nano-mechanical characterization, and fretting wear behavior of plasma surface Cr-Nb alloying on γ-TiAl. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology. 235(5), pp.1012-1024.

  BD. Beake, SJ. McMaster, TW. Liskiewicz, A. Neville (2021). Influence of Si- and W- doping on micro-scale reciprocating wear and impact performance of DLC coatings on hardened steel. Tribology International. 160,

  T. Liskiewicz, G. Liskiewicz, J. Paczesny (2021). Factors affecting the citations of papers in tribology journals. Scientometrics. 126(4), pp.3321-3336.

  BD. Beake, L. Isern, JL. Endrino, TW. Liskiewicz, X. Shi (2021). Micro-scale impact resistance of coatings on hardened tool steel and cemented carbide. Materials Letters. 284,

  F. Dangnan, C. Espejo, T. Liskiewicz, M. Gester, A. Neville (2020). Friction and wear of additive manufactured polymers in dry contact. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 59, pp.238-247.

  M. Lin, A. Nemcova, AA. Voevodin, A. Korenyi-Both, TW. Liskiewicz, et al. N. Laugel, A. Matthews, A. Yerokhin. (2020). Surface characteristics underpinning fretting wear performance of heavily loaded duplex chameleon/PEO coatings on Al. Tribology International. 154,

  X. Shi, TW. Liskiewicz, BD. Beake, J. Chen, C. Wang (2020). Tribological performance of graphite-like carbon films with varied thickness. Tribology International. 149, pp.105586-105586.

  BD. Beake, TW. Liskiewicz, A. Bird, X. Shi (2020). Micro-scale impact testing - a new approach to studying fatigue resistance in hard carbon coatings. Tribology International. 149, pp.105732-105732.

  A. Wade, R. Copley, A. Alsheikh Omar, B. Clarke, T. Liskiewicz, et al. M. Bryant. (2020). Novel numerical method for parameterising fretting contacts. Tribology International. 149, pp.105826-105826.

  A. Morina, T. Liskiewicz, A. Neville (2020). Introduction to the 45th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology 2018 special issue “Smart Tribological Systems". Tribology International. 149, pp.106377-106377.

  SJ. McMaster, TW. Liskiewicz, A. Neville, BD. Beake (2020). Probing fatigue resistance in multi-layer DLC coatings by micro- and nano-impact: Correlation to erosion tests. Surface and Coatings Technology. 402,

  A. Wade, R. Copley, B. Clarke, A. Alsheikh Omar, AR. Beadling, et al. T. Liskiewicz, MG. Bryant. (2020). Real-time fretting loop regime transition identification using acoustic emissions. Tribology International. 145, pp.106149-106149.

  X. Shi, H. Li, BD. Beake, M. Bao, TW. Liskiewicz, et al. Z. Sun, J. Chen. (2019). Dynamic fracture of CrN coating by highly-resolved nano-impact. Surface and Coatings Technology. 383, pp.125288-125288.

  TW. Liskiewicz, KJ. Kubiak, DL. Mann, TG. Mathia (2019). Analysis of surface roughness morphology with TRIZ methodology in automotive electrical contacts: Design against third body fretting-corrosion. Tribology International. 143, pp.106019-106019.

  X. Shi, TW. Liskiewicz, BD. Beake, Z. Sun, J. Chen (2019). Fretting wear behavior of graphite-like carbon films with bias-graded deposition. Applied Surface Science. 494, pp.929-940.

  Y. Liu, TW. Liskiewicz, BD. Beake (2019). Dynamic changes of mechanical properties induced by friction in the Archard wear model. Wear. 428-429, pp.366-375.

  X. Shi, BD. Beake, TW. Liskiewicz, J. Chen, Z. Sun (2019). Failure mechanism and protective role of ultrathin ta-C films on Si (100) during cyclic nano-impact. Surface and Coatings Technology. 364, pp.32-42.

  S. Yamamoto, T. Liskiewicz, K. Fujimura, K. Tashiro, O. Takai (2018). Temperature rise of diamond-like carbon during sliding: Consideration of the real contact area. Tribology International. 131, pp.496-507.

  A. Morina, A. Neville, T. Liskiewicz (2017). Introduction to the 43rd Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology 2016 special issue ‘Tribology (The Jost Report – 50 years on)’. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology. 231(9), pp.1103-1105.

  X. Wei, P. Zhang, D. Wei, H. Zhao, C. Wang, et al. T. Liskiewicz. (2017). Mechanical and tribological properties of Cr–Nb double-glow plasma coatings deposited on Ti–Al  alloy. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. 11(2), pp.98-106.

  A. Tiwari, TW. Liskiewicz, L. Hihara (2016). Studies of Wear and Tear and Hydrogen Bonding in Dendrimeric Fluorinated Polysilsequioxanes Coatings on an Aluminum Surface. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 55(21), pp.6085-6105.

  X. Wei, P. Zhang, D. Wei, H. Zhao, T. Liskiewicz (2016). Niobium coated Ti-Al alloy: improvement of tribological behaviour, oxidation resistance and flame retardancy. International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering. 10(6), pp.559-559.

  BD. Beake, TW. Liskiewicz, VM. Vishnyakov, MI. Davies (2015). Development of DLC coating architectures for demanding functional surface applications through nano- and micro-mechanical testing. Surface and Coatings Technology. 284, pp.334-343.

  L. Austin, T. Liskiewicz, I. Kolev, H. Zhao, A. Neville (2015). The influence of anti‐wear additive ZDDP on doped and undoped diamond‐like carbon coatings. Surface and Interface Analysis. 47(7), pp.755-763.

  J. Hardell, A. Almqvist, B. Prakash, A. Neville, T. Liskiewicz (2014). Editorial. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. 8(2), pp.55-56.

  J. Hardell, A. Almqvist, B. Prakash, A. Neville, T. Liskiewicz (2014). Editorial. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. 8(1), pp.I-II.

  A. Algahtani, A. Neville, S. Shrestha, T. Liskiewicz (2013). Erosion resistance of surface engineered 6000 series aluminium alloy. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology. 227(11), pp.1204-1214.

  Z. Rymuza, T. Liskiewicz (2013). Micro-tribology. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. 7(2), pp.61-62.

  BD. Beake, AJ. Harris, TW. Liskiewicz (2013). Review of recent progress in nanoscratch testing. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. 7(2), pp.87-96.

  BD. Beake, MI. Davies, TW. Liskiewicz, VM. Vishnyakov, SR. Goodes (2013). Nano-scratch, nanoindentation and fretting tests of 5–80nm ta-C films on Si(100). Wear. 301(1-2), pp.575-582.

  G. Liskiewicz, P. Kula, A. Neville, R. Pietrasik, A. Morina, et al. T. Liskiewicz. (2013). Hydrogen influence on material interaction with ZDDP and MoDTC lubricant additives. Wear. 297(1-2), pp.966-971.

  BD. Beake, MI. Davies, TW. Liskiewicz, VM. Vishnyakov, SR. Goodes (2013). Nano-scratch, nanoindentation and fretting tests of 5-80 nm ta-C films on Si(100). WEAR. 301(1-2), pp.575-582.

  M. Lgried, T. Liskiewicz, A. Neville (2012). Electrochemical investigation of corrosion and wear interactions under fretting conditions. Wear. 282-283, pp.52-58.

  BD. Beake, TW. Liskiewicz, NJ. Pickford, JF. Smith, F. Franek (2012). Discussion. Tribology International. 46(1), pp.289-294.

  BD. Beake, TW. Liskiewicz, NJ. Pickford, JF. Smith (2012). Accelerated nano-fretting testing of Si(100). Tribology International. 46(1), pp.114-118.

  BD. Beake, TW. Liskiewicz, JF. Smith (2011). Deformation of Si(100) in spherical contacts — Comparison of nano-fretting and nano-scratch tests with nano-indentation. Surface and Coatings Technology. 206(7), pp.1921-1926.

  R. Roshan, DG. Jayne, T. Liskiewicz, GW. Taylor, PH. Gaskell, et al. L. Chen, A. Montellano-Lopez, A. Morina, A. Neville. (2011). Effect of tribological factors on wet adhesion of a microstructured surface to peritoneal tissue. Acta Biomater. 7(11), pp.4007-4017.

  M. Kalbarczyk, T. Liśkiewicz, Y. Yan, A. Neville (2011). Ion release during fretting at taper joint interface of hip joint prosthesis. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. 5(3), pp.107-113.

  Z. Rymuza, T. Liskiewicz (2010). Micro/nanotribology. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. 4(3), pp.107-108.

  GW. Taylor, A. Neville, DG. Jayne, R. Roshan, T. Liskiewicz, et al. A. Morina, PH. Gaskell. (2010). Wet adhesion for a miniature mobile intra-abdominal device based on biomimetic principles. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 224(7), pp.1473-1485.

  W. Bartz, A. Neville, T. Liskiewicz (2009). 3rd Viennano International Conference on 'Nano-technology'. Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. 3(4), pp.143-144.

  S. Achanta, T. Liskiewicz, D. Drees, J-P. Celis (2009). Friction mechanisms at the micro-scale. Tribology International. 42(11-12), pp.1792-1799.

  T. Liskiewicz, A. Morina, A. Neville (2008). Friction in nature. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 114, pp.263-272.

  R. Rybiak, S. Fouvry, T. Liskiewicz, B. Wendler (2008). Fretting wear of a TiN PVD coating under variable relative humidity conditions—development of a ‘composite’ wear law. Surface and Coatings Technology. 202(9), pp.1753-1763.

  E. Thomson, T. Liskiewicz (2008). Materials: Gecko lizard inspires. Biomedical Materials. pp.1-3.

  A. Neville, A. Morina, T. Liskiewicz, Y. Yan (2007). Synovial joint lubrication — does nature teach more effective engineering lubrication strategies?. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 221(10), pp.1223-1230.

  S. Fouvry, C. Paulin, T. Liskiewicz (2007). Application of an energy wear approach to quantify fretting contact durability: Introduction of a wear energy capacity concept. Tribology International. 40(10-12), pp.1428-1440.

  S. Fouvry, T. Liskiewicz, C. Paulin (2007). A global–local wear approach to quantify the contact endurance under reciprocating-fretting sliding conditions. Wear. 263(1-6), pp.518-531.

  T. Liskiewicz, T. Mathia, S. Fouvry, A. Neville (2007). Systematic approach for morphological analysis of worn surfaces. Tribotest. 13(3), pp.139-150.

  A. Morina, T. Liskiewicz, A. Neville (2006). Designing new lubricant additives using biomimetics. Design and Nature III: Comparing Design in Nature with Science and Engineering. 87, pp.157-+.

  T. Liskiewicz, S. Fouvry, B. Wendler (2005). Development of a Wöhler-like approach to quantify the Ti(CxNy) coatings durability under oscillating sliding conditions. Wear. 259(7-12), pp.835-841.

  T. Liskiewicz, S. Fouvry, B. Wendler (2005). Hard coatings durability under fretting wear. Tribology and Interface Engineering Series. 48, pp.657-665.

  T. Liskiewicz, S. Fouvry (2005). Development of a friction energy capacity approach to predict the surface coating endurance under complex oscillating sliding conditions. Tribology International. 38(1), pp.69-79.

  S. Fouvry, B. Wendler, T. Liskiewicz, M. Dudek, L. Kolodziejczyk (2004). Fretting wear analysis of TiC/VC multilayered hard coatings: experiments and modelling approaches. Wear. 257(7-8), pp.641-653.

  S. Fouvry, T. Liskiewicz, P. Kapsa, S. Hannel, E. Sauger (2003). An energy description of wear mechanisms and its applications to oscillating sliding contacts. Wear. 255(1-6), pp.287-298.

  T. Liskiewicz, S. Fouvry, B. Wendler (2003). Impact of variable loading conditions on fretting wear. Surface and Coatings Technology. 163-164, pp.465-471.

• Chapters in books

  T. Liskiewicz, D. Dini, Y. Liu, T. Khan (2023). Introduction to fretting fundamentals. In: Fretting Wear and Fretting Fatigue. Elsevier, pp.25-64.

  D. Dini, T. Liskiewicz (2023). Brief history of the subject. In: Fretting Wear and Fretting Fatigue. Elsevier, pp.3-24.

  BD. Beake, VM. Vishnyakov, TW. Liskiewicz (2021). Integrated nanomechanical characterisation of hard coatings. In: Protective Thin Coatings Technology. pp.95-139.

  BD. Beake, AJ. Harris, TW. Liskiewicz (2015). Advanced nanomechanical test techniques. In: Materials Characterization: Modern Methods and Applications. pp.1-89.

• Conferences

  A. Morina, A. Neville, T. Liskiewicz (2017). Introduction to the 43rd Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology 2016 special issue “Tribology (The Jost Report – 50 years on)”. In: Tribology International. pp.1-3.

  X. Wei, P. Zhang, D. Wei, H. Zhao, C. Wang, et al. T. Liskiewicz. (2017). Fretting wear behaviour of double-glow plasma Cr–Nb coating on γ-TiAl alloy. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology. Leeds, ENGLAND, 6/9/2016. pp.1184-1191.

  TW. Liskiewicz, KJ. Kubiak, D. Jozefczyk (2016). Surface texturing for improved fretting-corrosion performance of electrical connectors. In: 28TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRIC CONTACTS (ICEC2016). Edinburgh, SCOTLAND, 6/6/2016. pp.63-67.

  T. Liskiewicz, A. Al-Borno, A. Neville, H. Zhao (2015). DLC coatings in high temperature hydrogen sulfide environment. In: NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series.

  M. Melancon, P. Hunter, S. Hourcade, A. Al-Borno, T. Liskiewicz, et al. S. Rao, B. Salamah, S. Dhoke, J. Cortes, X. Chen. (2014). The effect of four commercially available steel decontamination processes on the performance of external coatings. In: NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series.

  M. Melancon, P. Hunter, S. Hourcade, A. Al-Borno, T. Liskiewicz, et al. S. Rao, B. Salamah, S. Dhoke, J. Cortes, X. Chen. (2014). The effect of four commercially available steel decontamination processes on the performance of external coatings. In: NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series.

  M. Priest, T. Liskiewicz (2013). Introduction. In: Tribology International. pp.1-2.

  TW. Liskiewicz, BD. Beake, N. Schwarzer, MI. Davies (2013). Short note on improved integration of mechanical testing in predictive wear models. In: Surface and Coatings Technology. San Diego, CA, 29/4/2013. pp.212-218.

  L. Austin, A. Neville, T. Liskiewicz (2013). Tribological properties of Microwave assisted PECVD DLC coatings. In: 5th World Tribology Congress, WTC 2013. pp.650-651.

  BD. Beake, TW. Liskiewicz (2013). Comparison of nano-f`retting and nano-scratch tests on biomedical materials. In: Tribology International. Imperial Coll London, London, ENGLAND, 19/9/2011. pp.123-131.

  AM. Lopez, M. Khazravi, R. Richardson, A. Dehghani, R. Roshan, et al. T. Liskiewicz, A. Morina, A. Neville, DG. Jayne. (2012). FORCE CHARACTERISATION OF ONE AXIS FOR AN ADHESIVE FOOT IN A CLIMBING ROBOT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE ABDOMINAL SURGERY. In: FIELD ROBOTICS. Univ Pierre Marie Curie, Paris, FRANCE, 6/9/2011. pp.705-714.

  AM. López, M. Khazravi, R. Richardson, A. Dehghani, R. Roshan, et al. T. Liskiewicz, A. Morina, DG. Jayne, A. Neville. (2011). Locomotion Selection and Mechanical Design for a Mobile Intra-abdominal Adhesion-Reliant Robot for Minimally Invasive Surgery. In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). pp.173-182.

  BD. Beake, S. Achanta, TW. Liskiewicz (2010). Microtribology: new tools to fill measurement gap. In: Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces. pp.152-161.

  TW. Liskiewicz, BD. Beake, JF. Smith (2010). In situ accelerated micro-wear — A new technique to fill the measurement gap. In: Surface and Coatings Technology. San Diego, CA, 26/4/2010. pp.1455-1459.

  KJ. Kubiak, TW. Liskiewicz, TG. Mathia (2011). Surface morphology in engineering applications: Influence of roughness on sliding and wear in dry fretting. In: Tribology International. Chengdu, PEOPLES R CHINA, 19/4/2010. pp.1427-1432.

  GW. Taylor, TW. Liskiewicz, A. Morina, A. Neville, P. Gaskell, et al. D. Jayne. (2008). Investigation of adhesion forces at the peritoneal surface. In: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. New Forest, ENGLAND, 24/6/2008. pp.273-+.

  T. Liskiewicz, A. Neville, S. Achanta (2006). Impact of Corrosion on Fretting Damage of Electrical Contacts. In: Electrical Contacts - 2006. Proceedings of the 52nd IEEE Holm Conference on Electrical Contacts. Montreal, CANADA, 25/9/2006. pp.257-+.

  T. Liskiewicz, R. Rybiak, S. Fouvry, B. Wendler (2006). Fretting wear of Ti(C_xN_y) PVD coatings under variable environmental conditions. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology. pp.125-134.

  P. Kula, T. Liskiewicz, T. Pacyniak (2006). 10.4028/0-87849-400-6.61. In: Materials Science Forum. pp.61-68.

  S. Fouvry, V. Fridrici, T. Liskiewicz (2005). Prediction of the Coating Durability Under Oscillating Sliding Contact: Introduction of a Local Energy Density Parameter. In: World Tribology Congress III, Volume 1. 12/9/2005. pp.159-160.

  P. Kula, T. Liskiewicz, T. Pacyniak (2006). Surface Heat Treatment Design Methodology of Large-Scale Castings. In: Materials Science Forum. Lodz, POLAND, 6/2004. pp.61-68.

  M. Dudek, S. Fouvry, B. Wendler, P. Kapsa, T. Liskiewicz (2003). The effect of diffusion treatments in a glow-discharge plasma in Ar+O2 atmosphere on friction and wear of Ti–6Al–4V alloy. In: Vacuum. KAZIMIERZ DOLNY, POLAND, 10/6/2002. pp.187-191.