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Tribological Properties of Si-DLC Coatings Synthesized with Nitrogen, Argon Plus Nitrogen, and Argon Ion Beams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

C. G. Fountzoulas ,
J. D. Demaree ,
L. C. Sengupta ,
J. K. Hirvonen  and
D. Dimitrov
C. G. Fountzoulas
Affiliation:
U. S. Army Research Laboratory, Materials Division, APG, MD 21005-5069
J. D. Demaree
Affiliation:
U. S. Army Research Laboratory, Materials Division, APG, MD 21005-5069
L. C. Sengupta
Affiliation:
U. S. Army Research Laboratory, Materials Division, APG, MD 21005-5069
J. K. Hirvonen
Affiliation:
U. S. Army Research Laboratory, Materials Division, APG, MD 21005-5069
D. Dimitrov
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19711
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Abstract

Hard, adherent, and low-friction silicon-containing diamond-like carbon coatings (Si-DLC) have been synthesized at room temperature by 40 keV (N+ plus N2+), 50%Ar+/50% (N+ plus N2+), and Ar+ ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) of a tetraphenyl-tetramethyl-trisiloxane oil on silicon and sapphire substrates. X-ray diffraction analysis indicated that all coatings were amorphous. The average coating wear rate and the average unlubricated steel ball-on-disk friction coefficient, μ, decreased with increasing fraction of nitrogen in the ion beam, along with an increase in the average coating growth rate. The Knoop microhardness and nanohardness values of the coatings synthesized by the mixed argon and nitrogen ion beam were higher than the values for the coatings synthesized with 100% nitrogen or 100%argon ion beams. These friction/wear improvements are tentatively attributed to both increased hardening due to greater penetration and ionization induced hardening by the lighter (N) ions and to the presence of Si02 on the surface of N-bombarded samples.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 504: Symposium KK – Atomistic Mechanisms in Beam Synthesis & Irradiation… , 1997 , 259
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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