Understanding the ultra-low friction behavior of hydrogenated fullerene-like carbon films grown with different flow rates of hydrogen gas

Carbon

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 518-524

  Wang, Yongfu ^a,b   Guo, Junmeng ^a,b   Gao, Kaixiong ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Liang, Aimin ^a   Zhang, Junyan ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; FULLERENES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FRICTION AND WEAR; HUMID CONDITIONS; HYDROGEN GAS; HYDROGENATED CARBON; HYDROGENATED FULLERENES; STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE; TRIBOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; ULTRA-LOW FRICTION;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 84905661384     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.05.057     Document Type: Article

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