A near-frictionless and extremely elastic hydrogenated amorphous carbon film with self-assembled dual nanostructure

Xiaoqiang Liu, Jun Yang, Junying Hao, Jianyun Zheng, Qiuyu Gong, Weimin Liu

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Abstract

A highly crosslinking network combined with a fullerene-like structure is disclosed in a hydrogenated amorphous carbon film. The very soft carbon film exhibits super-low friction and excellent wear resistance even under a Hertzian contact pressure comparable to its hardness under vacuum, which is an extraordinary tribological behavior in the filed of solid lubrication films or coatings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4614-4617
Number of pages4
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume24
Issue number34
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Sep 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • carbon films
  • dual nanostructure
  • elastic recovery
  • near-frictionless
  • self-assembly

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