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Investigation of Nano-Mechanical and- Tribological Properties of Hydrogenated Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) Coatings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2016

Y.-R. Jeng ,
S. Islam ,
K-T. Wu ,
A. Erdemir  and
O. Eryilmaz
Y.-R. Jeng
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering Advanced Institute of Manufacturing with High–Tech Innovations (AIM-HI) National Chung Cheng University Chia-Yi, Taiwan
S. Islam*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering & Science Curtin University Sarawak, Malaysia
K-T. Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering National Chung Cheng University Chia-Yi, Taiwan
A. Erdemir
Affiliation:
Energy Technology Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, USA
O. Eryilmaz
Affiliation:
Energy Technology Division Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, USA
*
*Corresponding author (sumaiya.islam18@gmail.com)

Abstract

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Hydrogenated diamond like Carbon (H-DLC) is a promising lubricious coating that attracted a great deal of interest in recent years mainly because of its outstanding tribological properties. In this study, the nano-mechanical and -tribological properties of a range of H-DLC films were investigated. Specifically, four kinds of H-DLC coatings were produced on Si substrates in pure acetylene, pure methane, 25% methane + 75% hydrogen, 50% methane + 50% hydrogen discharge plasmas using a plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) system. Nano indentation was performed to measure the mechanical properties such as hardness and young's modulus and nanoscartching was performed to investigate the frictional behavior and wear mechanism of the H-DLC samples in open air. Moreover, Vickers indentation method was utilized to assess the fracture toughness of the samples. The results revealed that there is a strong correlation between the mechanical properties (hardness, young's modulus, fracture toughness) and the friction coefficient of DLC coatings and the source gas chemistry. Lower hydrogen to carbon ratio in source gas leads to higher hardness, young's modulus, fracture toughness and lower friction coefficient. Furthermore, lower wear volume of the coated materials was observed when the friction coefficient was lower. It was also confirmed that lower hydrogen content of the DLC coating leads to higher wear resistance under nanoscratch conditions.

Keywords

Hydrogenated DLC coatingHardnessFracture toughnessWear

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Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Mechanics , Volume 33 , Issue 6 , December 2017 , pp. 769 - 776
Copyright
Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2017 

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