バイオインスピレーションによるボトルブラシポリマーは摩擦が低く,アモントンのような振る舞いを示しています

Xavier Banquy1, Joanna Burdyńska, Dong Woog Lee

  • 1Canada Research Chair in Bio-inspired materials and Interfaces, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal C.P. 6128, succursale Centre Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada.

まとめ

この研究では,潤滑剤を模倣したボトルブラシポリマーを設計し,表面間の摩擦が非常に低い (~10~-3) を達成しました. ポリマーはポリマーです.

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