Abstract
The dependence of the structural and morphological properties of nanocrystalline diamond films grown by hot filament chemical vapor deposition on the substrate temperature was studied. Friction coefficients of these films were measured and found to vary from high to ultra low, depending on the chemical nature of the films i.e., sp2 and sp3 phase fractions. For all films, the friction coefficient was found to decrease with increase in sp2/sp3 phase fraction. The wear rate follows the trend of the friction coefficient and was likewise found to depend on the structural and morphological properties of the films. For all the films, the friction coefficient is found to decrease with normal load which is ascribed to sliding induced surface amorphization/graphitization.
Highlights
Diamond is known to be one of the stiffest and hardest of all known materials.[1,2,3] It has high elastic modulus, high fracture toughness, high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion coefficient and high chemical inertness
The aim of the present paper is to investigate the tribological properties of Nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) films with varying sp2/sp[3] phase fractions
Morphology and corresponding cross-sectional images of the nanocrystalline diamond films are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, respectively
Summary
Diamond is known to be one of the stiffest and hardest of all known materials.[1,2,3] It has high elastic modulus, high fracture toughness, high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion coefficient and high chemical inertness. The hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD) technique is one of the most common methods due to its low cost; it allows the diamond deposition in a simple way as compared to more sophisticated plasma CVD techniques.[17]
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