Microstructural design has attracted increasing interest in modern development of hard
coatings for wear-resistant applications. In plasma-assisted vapor deposited thin films, the …

Diamondlike carbon (DLC) has been studied for many years as a wear-resistant material
with low friction coefficient. Its tribological behavior is strongly affected by the tribotesting …

Extensive research on diamond and diamondlike carbon (DLC) films in our laboratory has
further confirmed that hydrogen plays an important role in the tribological properties of these …

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings are a class of materials and, depending on the
deposition conditions and the tribological system, different outstanding tribological …

Nanostructured silicon carbide has unique properties that make it useful in microelectronics,
optoelectronics, and biomedical engineering. In this paper, the fabrication methods as well …

Carbon is a very versatile element that can crystallize in the forms of diamond or graphite.
There are many noncrystalline carbons, known as amorphous carbons. An amorphous …

The application of diamond like carbon (DLC) coatings in tribological applications, the range
of deposition methods employed and techniques for characterising the structure and …

Nowadays a variety of different hard coatings are commercially available, the most widely
used ones are TiN, TiC, TiCN, TiAlN, CrN, Al2O3, and combinations thereof, as well as some …

In this study, we investigated the friction and wear performance of diamond-like carbon films
(DLC) derived from increasingly hydrogenated methane plasmas. The films were deposited …

Silicon-doped diamond-like carbon (DLC) films with a Si content of up to 20.2 at.% were
grown on Al2O3–TiC substrate by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition. The …