Sintokogio, Ltd.

Fujimi Incorporated

Nagoya Institute of Technology

Osamu Eryu

Eiji Yamaguchi

Kazutoshi Hotta

Takatoshi Kinoshita

Kenji Kawata

A metallic abrasive pad for use in a smoothing operation applied to a worked surface of a workpiece by a catalyst-supported chemical machining method, the metallic abrasive pad including a compression-formed compact of one or more metal fibers made of a transition-metal catalyst, wherein a contact spot of the one or more metal fibers intersecting each other is sintered, the one or more metal fibers are fixed to each other, and the metallic abrasive pad has a prescribed void ratio.

Metallic abrasive pad and method for manufacturing same

A method is provided for manufacturing a microstructure on a substrate in which the substrate has thereon linear and parallel atomic steps. The microstructure includes linear elements that extend along the atomic steps. The method includes a step for preparing a substrate having atomic steps on its surface and a step for applying linear elements onto the substrate. Each linear element is oriented to extend along one of the atomic steps, with the result that a microstructure in which the linear elements extend along the atomic steps is formed on the substrate. The substrate can be prepared by subjecting a silicon carbide substrate, a sapphire substrate, or a zinc oxide substrate to an ultrasmoothing process. As the linear elements, peptide fibers can be employed that are made up of peptide molecules that form &#x3b2;-sheet structures.

Method of manufacturing microstructure and substrate provided with the microstructure

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Osamu Eryu