Tribological Properties of a Mesh-Like Nanostructured Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) Lubricated with a Fully Formulated Oil at DLC/Steel Contacts under Boundary Lubrication

Biomedical applications of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings: A review

To resist wear, biomedical components require coatings that are exceptionally hard, have low friction, and are bioinert. Diamond-like carbon has been shown to provide this capability and to prevent leaching of metallic ions into the body. There are many ways to deposit such coatings from carbonaceous precursors, and some offer the means to incorporate other elements such as nitrogen, titanium, ...

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

Tribological behaviour of different diamond-like carbon materials

This paper comparatively studies the tribological behaviour of different types of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings in a reciprocating sliding wear test. The results are interpreted in terms of structure and surface morphological characteristics. At the beginning of each reciprocating sliding wear test, the higher coefficient of friction of the DLC coatings reflects the original surface condit...

The tribological properties of low-friction hydrogenated diamond-like carbon measured in ultrahigh vacuum

In this paper, we investigate the sliding friction and wear behavior of a hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) film in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) and under partial pressures of water vapor, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen. The initial friction coefficient of the film in UHV was 0.15, but decreased steadily to values as low as 0.03 after about 30 sliding passes. During longer duration tests, the fri...

Tribological properties of hydrogenated and hydrogen-free diamond-like carbon coatings

The amorphous hydrogenated carbon coatings (a-C:H) deposited by plasmaassisted chemical vapour deposition (PACVD), and tetrahedral amorphous carbon coatings (ta-C) deposited by pulsed vacuum arc discharge were evaluated by scratch adhesion testing, load-carrying capacity testing and tribological testing in unlubricated and lubricated sliding conditions. The wear surfaces of the coatings and cou...