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Ultra-Thin Carbon Coatings for Head-Disk Interface Tribology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

J. N. Glosli
Affiliation:
University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
J. Belak
Affiliation:
University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550
M. R. Philpott
Affiliation:
IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, CA 95120–6099
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Abstract

Molecular dynamics computer simulations of the growth processes and microstructural properties of amorphous carbon (a:C) and amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a:CH) ultra-thin films have been performed. Films 1 to 10 nm thick were grown on a diamond (100) surface using Brenner’s[1–2] bond-order potential for hydrocarbons. The stoichiometry, radial distribution function, chemical bonding (amount of sp2 and sp3 hybridization) and residual stress are presented.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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