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Thin film ceramic coatings are increasingly being used in lubricated tribological components. Unfortunately, lubricants formulated with functional additives such as anti-wear and friction modifiers, are usually designed to interact with ferrous material to form tribochemical surface films. When these lubricants are applied to coated surfaces, the effectiveness of the additives is still largely unknown...