Frictional characteristics of ultra-thin polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) films deposited by hot filament-chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD)

Tribology Transactions

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-43

  Karnath, Michael A ^a   Sheng, Qian ^a   White, Aleksandr J ^b   Müftü, Sinan ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b GVD Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Coatings; Friction; Friction modifiers; Friction reducing surfaces; Hot filament chemical vapor deposition; Polyethers; PTFE

Indexed keywords

BALL ON FLATS; BALL-ON-DISK; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRICTION MODIFIERS; FRICTION-REDUCING SURFACES; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HERTZIAN CONTACTS; HOT FILAMENT; HOT-FILAMENT CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; INDENTATION PROCESS; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; NORMAL FORCES; NORMAL LOADS; PTFE; PTFE FILMS; SLIDING SPEED; TANGENTIAL FORCE; TRIBOTESTER; ULTRA-THIN; WEAR TRACKS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COATINGS; ETHERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYETHERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SUBSTRATES; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FRICTION;

EID: 78649699624     PISSN: 10402004     EISSN: 1547397X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2010.516886     Document Type: Article

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