Proposal of a self-repairable functional sliding surface using a nanometer-thick liquid film

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K14146
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design engineering/Machine functional elements/Tribology
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Fukuzawa Kenji 名古屋大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (60324448)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自己修復膜 / 液体膜 / マイクロマシン / ナノトライボロジー / 分子間力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With the aim of creating a new functional solid surface capable of self-repairing and controlling adhesion and friction characteristics by coating a solid surface with a liquid film, We proposed a method to control the film thickness of a nanometer-thick liquid film by adjusting pressure due to the intermolecular interaction by hydrostatic pressure that applied to the entire liquid film. We constructed a verification system using a microstructure and demonstrated our proposed method.

Free Research Field

マイクロ・ナノ計測