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Ti-DLC films with superior friction performance

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In this paper, the authors show that after the incorporation of Ti together with O, the DLC films exhibit superior friction performance, including ultralow and steady friction coefficients (about 0.008), little sensitivity to relative humidity and independence of counterpart material and test atmosphere.
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This article is published in Diamond and Related Materials.The article was published on 2010-04-01. It has received 110 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Diamond-like carbon.

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Mechanical and tribological properties of Ti-DLC films with different Ti content by magnetron sputtering technique

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectra were used to analyze the composition and the microstructure of the Ti-doped diamond-like carbon (DLC) films.
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Tribochemical Reaction Dynamics Simulation of Hydrogen on a Diamond-like Carbon Surface Based on Tight-Binding Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the low-friction mechanism of diamond-like carbon (DLC) by using their tight-binding quantum chemical molecular dynamics method, which employs a DLC film sliding simulation in order to explore the effect of hydrogen atoms on the carbon-based transfer film.
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Deposition and properties of Al-containing diamond-like carbon films by a hybrid ion beam sources

TL;DR: In this paper, the doped atoms embedding in the DLC matrix without bonding with C atoms can reduce the structure disorder of the diamond-like carbon (DLC) films through bond angle distortion and thus relax the internal stress of the films.
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Improving the internal stress and wear resistance of DLC film by low content Ti doping

TL;DR: In this article, low-content Ti-doped amorphous carbon (Ti-C: H) films were deposited on silicon wafers by middle frequency magnetron sputtering titanium twin-targets in the feed gas of Ar/CH 4.
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Influence of Ti content on the structure and tribological properties of Ti-DLC coatings in water lubrication

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of Ti content on the microstructure and phase composition of Ti-DLC films were studied systematically, and the tribological properties of TiDLC coatings sliding against Al2O3 balls in water were investigated using ball-on-disc tribometer.
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Tribology of diamond-like carbon films: recent progress and future prospects

TL;DR: Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have attracted an overwhelming interest from both industry and the research community as mentioned in this paper, and they offer a wide range of exceptional physical, mechanical, biomedical and tribological properties that make them commercially essential for numerous industrial applications.
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Fundamentals of friction : macroscopic and microscopic processes

TL;DR: In this paper, contact mechanics, surfaces and adhesion are discussed in the context of contact mechanics at the nano and atomic scale, where solids and molecules are combined with molecularly-thin layers.
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Supertough wear-resistant coatings with ‘chameleon’ surface adaptation

TL;DR: The chameleon's ability to change skin color depending on environment to increase its chances of surviving served as an inspiration in the development of self-adaptive supertough wear-resistant coatings as mentioned in this paper.
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Synthesis of diamondlike carbon films with superlow friction and wear properties

TL;DR: In this article, a diamond-like carbon (DLC) film with a friction coefficient of 0.001 and wear rate of 10.9 to 10.10 mm{sup 3}/N.
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Tribology of diamond-like carbon films : fundamentals and applications

TL;DR: Tribology of diamond-like carbon films discusses important structural, chemical, mechanical and tribological characteristics of DLC films as mentioned in this paper, and emphasizes their application in mechanical systems ranging in size from nano/micro (MEMS, NEMS) to meso/macro scale devices (bearings, gears, aerospace mechanisms, liquid/solid lubricated engine parts and components).
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