Effect of the metal concentration on the structural, mechanical and tribological properties of self-organized a-C:Cu hard nanocomposite coatings

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 280, Issue , 2013, Pages 791-798

  Pardo, A ^a,d   Buijnsters, J G ^b   Endrino, J L ^c   Gomez Aleixandre C ^d   Abrasonis, G ^e   Bonet, R ^a   Caro, J ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓ CTM CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ABENGOA RESEARCH   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; Mechanical properties; Multilayered a C:Cu nanocomposite; Pulsed filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition; Tribological properties

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CARBON FILMS; COMPOSITE COATINGS; CORUNDUM; DEPOSITION; DROPS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROMECHANICAL FILTERS; FRICTION; HARD COATINGS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOHARDNESS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATES; TRIBOLOGY; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FILTERED CATHODIC VACUUM ARC DEPOSITION; MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; MULTI-LAYERED; MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR REACTION ANALYSIS; TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 84879693820     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.05.063     Document Type: Article

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