Can devices that never wear out come into reality? (IMAGE)

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Can devices that never wear out come into reality?

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Photos of experimental setup. (b) Schematic of experimental setup. (c) Optical microscope image of the sliding surface (contacting the substrate) of one graphite flake after the sliding experiment. (d) Raman spectroscopy characterization results; (e) Morphology characterization using AFM of the sliding area on a DLC film.

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