Structural, mechanical and frictional properties of tetrahedral amorphous carbon film by filtered cathodic vacuum arc system

Autor: Xiang Yu, Fu-tian Liu, Chengbiao Wang, Zhiqiang Fu, Xu Zhang
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Surface and Coatings Technology. 201:4995-4998
ISSN: 0257-8972
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2006.07.194
Popis: Tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) film was deposited on silicon coupons using a Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc system with a pre-implantation process, and then was investigated by some systematic analyses. The ta-C film shows a very smooth surface morphology and a dense cross-section texture, along with a gradient interlayer, about 0.5 μm between the substrate and ta-C film, also has a board distribution of asymmetric Raman intensity in the range of 1200–1700 cm − 1 , centered at 1567 cm − 1 . Microhardness and elastic modulus of ta-C film are 47.74 GPa and 298.46 GPa, respectively. Ta-C film also possesses a good adhesion, critical load (Lc) of 42 mN. Moreover, the ta-C film owns a low friction coefficient of about 0.15 in a long duration.
Databáze: OpenAIRE