Academics and industry have sought after combining the exceptional properties of
diamonds with the toughness of steel. Since the early 1990s several partial solutions have …

The most renowned property of diamond is its exceptional hardness. By depositing diamond
films on tungsten carbide (WC–Co) and steel substrates, the hardness of diamond can be …

Excellent electrical conductivity and corrosion resistance make the graphite-like carbon film
an ideal surface modification for metal bipolar plates, but the pinhole inside amorphous …

GLC films with single Ti interlayer, single Cr interlayer, thickness gradient Cr/C interlayer
and composition gradient Cr/C interlayer were fabricated by magnetron sputtering …

Amorphous carbon (aC) films comprising different buffer layers were prepared by direct
current magnetron sputtering on a 304 stainless steel (SS) substrate surface. Microstructures …

This research explores a sustainable approach for fabricating high-performance
nanodiamond composite (NDC) hard coatings for dry machining. Aiming to address …

In this paper, graphite-like carbon (GLC) films with Cr buffer layer were fabricated by DC
magnetron sputtering technique with the thickness ratio of Cr to GLC films varying from 1: 2 …

Nanodiamond composite (NDC) films, synthesized using an environmentally friendly PVD
coaxial arc plasma deposition technique on commercial cemented carbide (Co 6 wt%) …

We investigate the effect of low-temperature metal pretreatments in order to improve the
adhesion of CN x coatings on steel substrates, which is crucial for tribological applications …

Conventional machining lubricants pose environmental hazards and increase production
costs. This study addresses this challenge by investigating nanodiamond composite (NDC) …