Tribological properties of nanocomposite CrC x /a-C:H thin films

Tribology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-104

  Gassner, Gert ^a   Patscheider, Jörg ^b   Mayrhofer, Paul H ^a   Šturm, Saso ^c   Scheu, Christina ^a   Mitterer, Christian ^a  

^a Institut fur Metallkunde und Werkstoffprufung   (Austria)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

A C:H; CrC x; Magnetron sputtering; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

BONDING CONFIGURATION; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES;

ABRASION; CHEMICAL BONDS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; PHASE COMPOSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

ABRASION; CHEMICAL BONDS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHASE COMPOSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34249871651     PISSN: 10238883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11249-007-9221-1     Document Type: Article

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