Trends of Standardization for Diamond-Like Carbon Coating

Diamond-like carbon coating under oleic acid lubrication: Evidence for graphene oxide formation in superlow friction

The achievement of the superlubricity regime, with a friction coefficient below 0.01, is the Holy Grail of many tribological applications, with the potential to have a remarkable impact on economic and environmental issues. Based on a combined high-resolution photoemission and soft X-ray absorption study, we report that superlubricity can be realized for engineering applications in bearing stee...

Study of the Effect of Substrate on 3D Surface Roughness in Diamond-Like-Carbon Coating Process

This paper presents an experimental platform which is used to study the effect of DLC coating on surface roughness. Variety of experiments is conducted and the effect of variation of the coating process parameters and type and combination of sub layers on the surface roughness of the coated part is discussed.

Diamond, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) and Diamond-Like Nanocomposite (DLN) Thin Films for MEMS Applications

Diamond-like carbon for magnetic storage disks

Diamond-like carbon films form a critical protective layer on magnetic hard disks and their reading heads. The ultimate limit to storage density is the super-paramagnetic limit, where the thermal energy is able to overcome the coercive energy of the magnetic bit. Perpendicular recording should allow storage densities up to ;1 Tbityinch . This requires the read head to approach 2 closer to the m...

24 Tribology of Diamond , Diamond - Like Carbon , and Related Films

Diamond, diamond-like carbon (DLC), and other related materials (i.e., carbon nitride and cubic boron nitride [CBN]) are some of the hardest materials known and offer several other outstanding properties, such as high mechanical strength, chemical inertness, and very attractive friction and wear properties, that make them good prospects for a wide range of tribological applications, including r...