Tribological properties of pulsed laser deposited DLC/TM (TM=Cr, Ag, Ti and Ni) multilayers

Tribology International

Volumn 53, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-97

  Gayathri, S ^a   Kumar, N ^b   Krishnan, R ^b   Ravindran, T R ^b   Dash, S ^b   Tyagi, A K ^b   Raj, Baldev ^b   Sridharan, M ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diamond like carbon; Nanoindentation; Raman spectroscopy; Tribology

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON COATINGS; LOW FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; METAL INTERLAYERS; SCRATCH RESISTANCE; TRANSFER LAYERS; TRIBOFILMS; TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; WEAR TRACKS;

CARBON; CHROMATE COATINGS; COMPOSITE FILMS; NANOINDENTATION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSITION METALS; TRIBOLOGY;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84861134301     PISSN: 0301679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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