Tribology of diamond-like carbon films: recent progress and future prospects

A Erdemir, C Donnet - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
During the past two decades, diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have attracted an
overwhelming interest from both industry and the research community. These films offer a …

Micro‐Raman studies on DLC coatings

G Irmer, A Dorner‐Reisel - Advanced Engineering Materials, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Raman scattering is an excellent tool to characterize nanocrystalline clusters and the
structural arrangement of carbon atoms in carbon‐based materials. Diamond‐like carbon …

Toward a quantitative understanding of mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline metals

M Dao, L Lu, RJ Asaro, JTM De Hosson, E Ma - Acta Materialia, 2007 - Elsevier
Focusing on nanocrystalline (nc) pure face-centered cubic metals, where systematic
experimental data are available, this paper presents a brief overview of the recent progress …

Nanostructure and properties of TiC/aC: H composite coatings

YT Pei, D Galvan, JTM De Hosson - Acta materialia, 2005 - Elsevier
TiC/aC: H nanocomposite coatings, deposited with closed-field unbalanced magnetron
sputtering, have been scrutinized with atomic force, scanning and high-resolution …

High temperature tribological behavior of W containing diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating against titanium alloys

A Banerji, S Bhowmick, AT Alpas - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2014 - Elsevier
The current study has been undertaken to determine friction, adhesion and wear
mechanisms of tribological coatings for elevated temperature applications of Ti–6Al–4V …

Structure and mechanical properties of W incorporated diamond-like carbon films prepared by a hybrid ion beam deposition technique

AY Wang, KR Lee, JP Ahn, JH Han - Carbon, 2006 - Elsevier
W incorporated diamond-like carbon films were prepared on silicon (100) wafers using a
hybrid deposition system composed of an end-Hall-type hydrocarbon ion gun and a …

Cr-diamondlike carbon nanocomposite films: synthesis, characterization and properties

V Singh, JC Jiang, EI Meletis - Thin Solid Films, 2005 - Elsevier
Diamondlike carbon (DLC) films, known for exhibiting attractive combination of properties,
have been extensively studied in the recent past. The inherent, internal compressive …

Tribological and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline-TiC/aC nanocomposite thin films

J Musil, P Novák, R Čerstvý, Z Soukup - Journal of Vacuum Science & …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
This article reports on interrelationships between x-ray structure, mechanical properties,
coefficient of friction μ⁠, and wear coefficient k of∼ 3000 m thick nc-TiC/aC nanocomposite …

Mechanical and tribological properties of Ti-DLC films with different Ti content by magnetron sputtering technique

J Cui, L Qiang, B Zhang, X Ling, T Yang… - Applied Surface Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Ti-doped diamond-like carbon (DLC) films were deposited on Si substrates at room
temperature by magnetron sputtering Ti twin-target in methane and argon mixture …

Role of the transfer film on the friction and wear of metal carbide reinforced amorphous carbon coatings during run-in

TW Scharf, IL Singer - Tribology Letters, 2009 - Springer
The relationship between friction, wear, and transfer films of three metal carbide-reinforced
amorphous carbon coatings (TiC/a: C, TiC/a: C–H, and WC/a: C–H), sometimes referred to …