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Surface hardness enhancement in s p3-bonded carbon doped SiC nanocomposite films

  • Xiaodong He
  • , Jian Yi*
  • , Yue Sun
  • , Ping Xiao
  • , Xiaofeng Zhao
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • University of Manchester

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Abstract

The s p3 -bonded carbon/SiC composite films have been produced from electron beam-physical vapor deposition of SiC materials. The hardness of such films, measured using Hysitron indentation, reaches 50 GPa, which is significantly higher than the hardness of SiC (28 GPa). It appears that the superhardness of the thin films is due to the formation of nanocrystalline SiC/diamondlike carbon composites.

Original languageEnglish
Article number241914
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume91
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007

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