Papers Published
- Evans, Ryan D. and Doll, Gary L. and Glass, Jeffrey T., Relationships between the thermal stability, friction, and wear properties of reactively sputtered Si-aC:H thin films,
Journal of Materials Research, vol. 17 no. 11
(2002),
pp. 2888 - 2896 .
(last updated on 2007/04/17)Abstract:
The friction and wear performance were correlated with the thermal stability of reactively sputtered Si-aC:H thin films containing various Si and H concentrations. The average steady-state friction coefficients as measured by dry sliding pin-on-disk tests decreased with increasing Si and H content. Furthermore, the films with high Si and H formed thick transfer films as compared to the films with little or no Si and H content. Minimums in average ball abrasion rate and average film wear rate were observed at the Si/C = 0.10 film composition. The most intense and distinct "graphitic" Raman peaks were collected from the Si/C = 0.10 transfer film debris. In addition, the Si/C = 0.10 film also had the most distinguishable graphitic Raman signature after annealing in air at 500°C compared to the other Si-aC:H films, suggesting a possible relationship between the nature of transfer films resulting from dry sliding in air and the bulk films that were annealed in air.Keywords:
Carbon;Amorphous materials;Thermodynamic stability;Friction;Wear of materials;Silicon;Composition;Raman spectroscopy;Annealing;