Mechanical characterisation and properties of DLC films

Tribology of Diamond-Like Carbon Films: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 83-101

  Lemoine, Patrick ^a   Quinn, John P ^a   Maguire, Paul D ^a   McLaughlin, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amorphous carbon; hardness; nanoindentation; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960692375     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49891-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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