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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent agglutination and galling of a sliding machine in vacuum by suppressing increase in a friction coefficient in the vacuum and to contribute to energy saving of vacuum related devices by producing super-clean, long-life, and maintenance-free devices. SOLUTION: In the surface processing of a vacuum sliding material, the surface maximum roughness of the sliding material by mechanical or chemical polishing is set to within a range from 70 nm-200 nm.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low-friction material, which stably has superior low- friction characteristics in atmospheres of the air to an ultra-high vacuum, and has such high durability and the long life as to enable the material to be repeatedly used in humid to dry conditions. SOLUTION: The low-friction material has a thin film of a copper oxide formed on the surface of a substrate, and shows the low-friction characteristics in atmospheres of the air to the ultra-high vacuum.
Abstract:
A copper oxide thin film mainly containing CuO is formed by a plasma film-forming process on a substrate for film formation. The friction coefficient of the copper oxide thin film can be controlled remarkably low.
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Provided is a polymer nanowire which contains nanoparticles so as to have new functionalities. A thin film 103 is formed on a substrate 101 and includes functional nanoparticles and polymers, and further includes a photosensitive pigment as required. The thin film 103 is irradiated with a pulsed laser. This causes a polymer nanowire 109 containing the functional nanoparticles to grow from a surface of the thin film 103.