A near-frictionless and extremely elastic hydrogenated amorphous carbon film with self-assembled dual nanostructure.

Liu, Xiaoqiang; Yang, Jun; Hao, Junying; Zheng, Jianyun; Gong, Qiuyu; Liu, Weimin · Adv Mater · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A highly crosslinking network combined with a fullerene-like structure is disclosed in a hydrogenated amorphous carbon film. The very soft carbon film exhibits super-low friction and excellent wear resistance even under a Hertzian contact pressure comparable to its hardness under vacuum, which is an extraordinary tribological behavior in the filed of solid lubrication films or coatings.

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