Fullerene-like carbon nitride: A new carbon-based tribological coating

Tribology of Diamond-Like Carbon Films: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 620-653

  Broitman, Esteban ^a   Neidhardt, Jörg ^b,c   Hultman, Lars ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C3N4; carbon nitride; CNx; fullerene like; magnetron sputtering; thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 72649096057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49891-1_24     Document Type: Chapter

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