Measurement of mechanical properties of liquid lubricants confined in nano gaps
| Project/Area Number |
21760111
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Design engineering/Machine functional elements/Tribology
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
ITOH Shintaro Nagoya University, 工学研究科, 講師 (50377826)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
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| Keywords | トライボロジー / レオロジー |
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| Research Abstract |
Liquids confined in nanometer-sized gap width have characteristic viscoelastic properties. In our previous study, we have developed highly-sensitive shear force measuring method, which we called the "fiber wobbling method (FWM)", and revealed that liquid polymers exhibit enhanced viscoelasticity when they are sheared. Although mechanisms to explain these phenomena must involve molecular orientation confined in the gap, details are not clarified. In this study, we succeeded in simultaneously measuring viscoelasticity and molecular orientation of confined liquid crystal using FWM combined with birefringence measurement. Our experimental results showed that the relationship between nanometer-sized gap widths and viscoelasticity strongly depends on the molecular orientation.
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