Surface roughness, mechanical and tribological properties of ultrathin tetrahedral amorphous carbon coatings from atomic force measurements

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-249

  Liu, Dongping ^a   Benstetter, Günther ^a   Lodermeier, Edgar ^a  

^a DEGGENDORF INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Friction; Tetrahedral amorphous carbon; Wear

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COATINGS; FRICTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR RESISTANCE;

LATERAL FORCE MICROSCOPES;

CARBON;

EID: 0038142674     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6090(03)00592-3     Document Type: Article

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