Carbon nanohoops as attractive toughening and lubricant agents in TiN porous films

Jianyun Zheng, Xiaodong Ren, Junying Hao, Ang Li, Weimin Liu

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Abstract

Hoop-shaped conjugated macrocycles (or carbon nanohoops) are eliciting significant interest from theoretical and synthetic scientists on account of their eminent physical and chemical properties. Herein, carbon nanohoops firstly fabricated by CH 4 plasma treatment serve as toughening and lubricant agents in TiN porous films. The formation mechanism of carbon nanohoops is explained through a tandem Suzuki coupling/macrocyclization sequence of the charged multiple hydrocarbon molecules. The essential features of carbon nanohoops ensure that the TiN porous films with carbon nanohoops successfully possess flexible, hard, lubricant and antiwear effects.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)60-66
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume393
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Jan 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CH plasma treatment
  • Carbon nanohoops
  • Modifying properties
  • TiN porous films

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