An overview on the tribological behavior of diamond-like carbon in technical and medical applications

R Hauert - Tribology International, 2004 - Elsevier
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings are a class of materials and, depending on the
deposition conditions and the tribological system, different outstanding tribological …

Compatibility between tribological surfaces and lubricant additives—how friction and wear reduction can be controlled by surface/lube synergies

A Neville, A Morina, T Haque, M Voong - Tribology international, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the recent trends in materials technology and lubricant additive
technology in engines. The paper will review key developments in surface engineering …

Electrochemical techniques for studying tribocorrosion processes

P Ponthiaux, F Wenger, D Drees, JP Celis - Wear, 2004 - Elsevier
The combined corrosion–wear degradation of materials in sliding contacts immersed in
electrically conductive solutions can be investigated in situ by electrochemical techniques …

The wetting of steel, DLC coatings, ceramics and polymers with oils and water: The importance and correlations of surface energy, surface tension, contact angle and …

M Kalin, M Polajnar - Applied Surface Science, 2014 - Elsevier
The importance of wetting is becoming increasingly obvious and its control is inevitable in
many engineering applications, including tribology and interface nanotechnology. However …

Boundary lubrication mechanisms of carbon coatings by MoDTC and ZDDP additives

MI de Barros' Bouchet, JM Martin, T Le-Mogne… - Tribology …, 2005 - Elsevier
Fuel economy and reduction of harmful elements in lubricants are becoming important
issues in the automotive industry. An approach to respond to these requirements is the …

Nanostructure and properties of TiC/aC: H composite coatings

YT Pei, D Galvan, JTM De Hosson - Acta materialia, 2005 - Elsevier
TiC/aC: H nanocomposite coatings, deposited with closed-field unbalanced magnetron
sputtering, have been scrutinized with atomic force, scanning and high-resolution …

Ultralow friction of DLC in presence of glycerol mono-oleate (GNO)

M Kano, Y Yasuda, Y Okamoto, Y Mabuchi, T Hamada… - Tribology Letters, 2005 - Springer
This paper presents a unique tribological system that is able to produce no measurable
wear of material combination and that reduces friction markedly in the ultralow regime under …

Tribological properties of graphite-like and diamond-like carbon coatings

SK Field, M Jarratt, DG Teer - Tribology International, 2004 - Elsevier
Two hard, carbon-based solid lubricant coatings, Graphit-iC™ and Dymon-iC™, have been
developed which offer considerable benefits over traditional diamond-like carbon (DLC) …

Achieving superlow friction with hydrogenated amorphous carbon: some key requirements

J Fontaine, T Le Mogne, JL Loubet, M Belin - Thin Solid Films, 2005 - Elsevier
Among diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings, hydrogenated amorphous carbon (aC: H) films
are of special interest, since some of them may exhibit coefficient of friction in the millirange …

Superlubricity: Friction's vanishing act

JM Martin, A Erdemir - Physics Today, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Friction and wear affect almost all moving mechanical systems. By some estimates, nearly a
quarter of the world's energy output is spent in overcoming friction. 1 About 70% of …