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Stress, mechanical and adhesion properties of multilayer tetrahedral amorphous carbon films

  • Xiao Han
  • , Jiaqi Zhu*
  • , Jiecai Han
  • , Manlin Tan
  • , Zecun Jia
  • , Chunzhu Jiang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

To reduce the stress of tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films and improve the adhesion, a graded multilayer film was deposited using a filter cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) deposition system. Nanoindentation measurement revealed the high hardness and Young's modulus of the multilayer films. Nanoscratch test was used to estimate the scratching resistance of the multilayer films on Si substrate. The high critical scratch load implied the good cohesive and adhesive strengths of the graded multilayer films.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)607-609
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume255
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2008

Keywords

  • Amorphous materials
  • Gradient coatings
  • Mechanical properties
  • Residual stresses
  • Thin films

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