Tribological and mechanical properties of DLC film obtained on metal surface by an enhanced and low-cost pulsed-DC discharge

International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-428

  Trava Airoldi, Vladimir Jesus ^a   Santos, Lucia Viera ^a   Bonetti, Luís Francisco ^a   Capote, Gil ^a   Radi, Polyana Alves ^a   Corat, Evaldo José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

adhesion; Diamond Like Carbon; DLC; mechanical properties; metal surface; PACVD; Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition; pulsed DC discharge; structural properties; tribological properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749109752     PISSN: 1749785X     EISSN: 17497868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijsurfse.2007.016693     Document Type: Article

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