Development of the coating technology in the surface of the ferrous material

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24760126
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design engineering/Machine functional elements/Tribology
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: NAKANO Miki 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, 先進製造プロセス研究部門, 主任研究員 (20415722)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Keywords: トライボロジー / 自己組織化膜 / 鉄 / 耐熱 / 耐食

Research Abstract

A ferrous material is one of the important metal materials for industry. For lubrication of ferrous components, lubricating oil or grease are normally used. However, when the oil or grease cannot be used, lubricant coating is used. The coating having the suitable performance and a low cost process has the large spillover effect for industry. In this research, the self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of the organic molecule was used and it aimed at development of the highly efficient coating technology of the surface of ferrous material.
As a result, when specific molecular species were used, it turned out that heat-resistant improvement, lowering friction and corrosion-resistant improvement under water are obtained. As mentioned above, it was suggested by selection of molecular species that the heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant improvement by molecular modification is possible.