Abstract: This method for producing a lubricating oil composition includes: a step of dissolving fullerenes in a base oil mainly composed of a multiply alkylated cyclopentane oil or an ionic liquid containing an imide as a negative ion to obtain a fullerene solution; and a step of producing fullerenes adduct by subjecting the above-described fullerene solution to a heat treatment in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.

Abstract: A method for producing a lubricating oil composition of the present embodiment includes an irradiation step of irradiating a fullerene solution in which fullerenes are dissolved in a base oil with radiation, in which the above-described radiation is ultraviolet light or ionizing radiation.

Abstract: A fullerene-containing lubricating oil composition including a base oil and fullerene, wherein the fullerene is dissolved, and the concentration is 1 ppm by mass or more and less than 50 ppm by mass.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition is provided, including a fullerene and a base oil, in which the fullerene is a fullerene sublimate, and the base oil is a multiply alkylated cyclopentane oil or an ionic liquid.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a polishing method including polishing a sliding part of a machine device by producing fullerene-aggregated particles by making the sliding part slide while a polishing-agent composition containing fullerenes and a solvent of the fullerenes is applied to the sliding part.

Abstract: A method for producing a lubricating oil composition includes: a step of mixing a base oil and fullerene, dissolving a soluble component of the fullerene in the base oil, and obtaining a mixture of the base oil and fullerene; a step of removing an insoluble component included in the mixture and obtaining a fullerene solution; and a step of heat-treating the fullerene solution.

Abstract: This method for producing a lubricating oil composition includes: a step of dissolving fullerenes in a base oil mainly composed of a multiply alkylated cyclopentane oil or an ionic liquid containing an imide as a negative ion to obtain a fullerene solution; and a step of producing fullerenes adduct by subjecting the above-described fullerene solution to a heat treatment in a non-oxidizing atmosphere.

Abstract: A lubricating oil composition is provided, including a fullerene and a base oil, in which the fullerene is a fullerene sublimate, and the base oil is a multiply alkylated cyclopentane oil or an ionic liquid.

Abstract: A method for producing a lubricating oil composition of the present embodiment includes an irradiation step of irradiating a fullerene solution in which fullerenes are dissolved in a base oil with radiation, in which the above-described radiation is ultraviolet light or ionizing radiation.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for use as a wet clutch device or a wet brake device that can be used even if friction plates are at high temperatures in the wet clutch-brake. The wet clutch device or the wet brake device includes a disk to which a rotational force is input, and a plate to which the rotational force is transmitted from the disk, wherein the disk and the plate are engageable/separable, and wherein a lubricant composition containing a fullerene at a mass percentage of 0.0001% or more and a mass percentage of less than a saturation solubility of the fullerene is supplied between the disk and the plate.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of inspecting a lubricating oil composition and a method of producing a lubricating oil composition. The inspecting method is capable of stably reproducing wear resistance characteristics by using a relatively easy measuring method even in the case where the lubricating oil composition contains a fullerene. In the method of inspecting the lubricating oil composition, the particle size (r) of particles present in the lubricating oil composition containing a base oil and fullerene is measured, and the lubricating oil composition is sorted on the basis of a predetermined range of the particle size (r) set by the relationship between the measured value of the particle size (r) and the measured value of the wear coefficient of the lubricating oil composition.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a lubricant oil composition containing a base oil and a fullerene, the method including: measuring at least one of a lamellar length of the lubricating oil composition and a most abundant diameter in a particle size distribution obtained by a dynamic light scattering method, and selecting the lubricating oil composition whose measured value is within a set range.

Abstract: The lubricating oil composition includes a base oil and a fullerene adduct.

Abstract: A method for producing a lubricating oil composition includes: a step of mixing a base oil and fullerene, dissolving a soluble component of the fullerene in the base oil, and obtaining a mixture of the base oil and fullerene; a step of removing an insoluble component included in the mixture and obtaining a fullerene solution; and a step of heat-treating the fullerene solution.

Abstract: A fullerene-containing lubricating oil composition including a base oil and fullerene, wherein the fullerene is dissolved, and the concentration is 1 ppm by mass or more and less than 50 ppm by mass.

Abstract: A method for inspecting a lubricant oil composition containing a base oil and a fullerene, the method including: measuring at least one of a lamellar length of the lubricating oil composition and a most abundant diameter in a particle size distribution obtained by a dynamic light scattering method, and selecting the lubricating oil composition whose measured value is within a set range.

Abstract: A redox flow battery includes: first carbon nanotubes having an average diameter of 100 nm or r core, and second carbon nanotubes having an average diameter of 30 nm or less, in which the second carbon nanotubes are adhered to surfaces of the first carbon nanotubes such that the second carbon nanotubes bridge between the plural first carbon nanotubes. Since the redox flow battery includes an electrode material and an electrode including the electrode material, the electromotive force and the charging capacity are high.

Abstract: The lubricating oil composition includes a base oil and a fullerene adduct.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst with high catalytic activity that is alternative to a noble metal catalyst, through a heat treatment at a relatively low temperature. A process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst includes a step (I) of obtaining a catalyst precursor, including a step (Ia) of mixing at least a metal compound (1), a nitrogen-containing organic compound (2), and a fluorine-containing compound (3), and a step (II) of heat-treating the catalyst precursor at a temperature of 500 to 1300° C. to obtain an electrode catalyst, a portion or the entirety of the metal compound (1) being a compound containing an atom of a metal element M1 selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, titanium, niobium and zirconium, and at least one of the compounds (1), (2) and (3) containing an oxygen atom.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a carbon nanotube composite sheet includes: a dispersion liquid production unit for producing a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid; a coating unit for coating the dispersion liquid; a dehydration unit for dehydrating the coated dispersion liquid; and a finishing unit for cutting a sheet dehydrated in the dehydration unit, wherein the dispersion liquid production unit includes a mixing tank provided with a wet-type jet mill, the coating unit includes a coating device provided with a base unit and a dispersion liquid supply unit for supplying the dispersion liquid produced by the dispersion liquid production unit to the base unit, and the dehydration unit is provided with a compression unit for compressing a wet carbon nanotube composite sheet obtained in the coating unit, and a dehydration device for dehydrating the compressed wet carbon nanotube composite sheet.