Doping and alloying effects on DLC coatings

Tribology of Diamond-Like Carbon Films: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 311-328

  Sánchez López, Juan Carlos ^a   Fernández, Asuncion ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

alloyed DLC; CNx; diamond like carbon; doped DLC; friction; lubrication; Me DLC; tribology; wear

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890000802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49891-1_12     Document Type: Chapter

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