Micro/nanotribology of ultra-thin hard amorphous carbon coatings using atomic force/friction force microscopy

Wear

Volumn 225-229, Issue I, 1999, Pages 678-689

  Sundararajan, Sriram ^a   Bhushan, Bharat ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Diamond like carbon; Scratch; Wear

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIAMOND FILMS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; TRIBOLOGY; ULTRATHIN FILMS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; FRICTION FORCE MICROSCOPY (FFM); MICROTRIBOLOGY; NANOTRIBOLOGY;

WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DIAMOND-LIKE COATING; MICROSCOPY; WEAR;

EID: 0033499992     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(99)00024-1     Document Type: Article

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