By designing different interlayers (Al, Si/Si x N y and Cr interlayer) and oxygen plasma
pretreatment of the substrate, strong adhesion was realized for the double-layer flexible …

When diamond-like carbon coatings are produced with plasma-assisted CVD, a softer but
thicker DLC variant with excellent tribological behavior can be achieved. Due to great …

Abstract a-SiC thin films were deposited using pulsed magnetron sputtering by tuning
substrate bias voltages. With the increase of bias voltages to− 150 V, the microstructure …

DLC coatings are widely used for their protective properties such as high wear resistance,
low friction coefficient as well as chemical inertness. However, their electrical resistance is …

Different nanostructures of the a-Si: H interlayer were designed by tuning the bias power to
reveal the impacts on the adhesion of thick DLC coatings prepared by PECVD. Besides the …

Thick multilayered DLC coatings were deposited on the inner surface of pipes with different
draw ratios by hollow cathode plasma immersion ion processing (PIIP). By tuning the …

Since different properties of coating systems influence their friction and wear at different
length scales contact size can play a critical role in microtribological experiments. In this …

Fracture behavior in the tensile testing of a single-crystal silicon (SCS) microstructure with a
stepwise bias-graded hydrogenated amorphous carbon (aC: H) coating was investigated to …

The poor adhesion of carbon thin films was the main restriction for its massive application in
recent years. Physicochemical interaction improvement at the adhesion interface between …

This study investigated the effects of various Si, Al, and SiAl interlayers on the mechanical
and tribological properties of hydrogen-free DLC coatings deposited on 316 L stainless steel …