Applications diamond-like carbon films

As for the first topic, methane and other light hydrocarbon plasmas are of great interest in industrial applications, in particular in the chemical vapor deposition ptrocesses. Amorphous carbon and diamond-like thin films, suitable for mechanical and electronic applications can be prepared using low pressure discharges of hydrocarbon gases. The research in this field is mainly devoted to the understanding of the nature of the film growing mechanism but in spite of intense experimental and theoretical work it is not yet fully understood which species are responsible for the deposition process. 

Donnet, Ghristophe, and Ali Erdemir. Tribology of Diamond-like Carbon Films Fundamentals and Applications. New W>rk Springer Science, 2008. This book deals specifically with one specialized material aspect of tribology, demonstrating the breadth and depth of the field. 

Broitman E, Neidhardt J, Hultman L. (2007) Tribology of diamond-like carbon films Fundamentals and applications. In C Donnet A Erdemir (eds), p. 620. Springer, New York. 

Grill, A., Patel, V., and Meyerson, B. S., Applications of Diamond-Like Carbon in Computer Technology, in Applications of Diamond Films and Related Materials (Y. Tzeng, et al., eds.), Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 683-689 (1991)... 

Lettington, A. H., Application of Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Films," Carfoon, Vol. 36,1998,pp. 555-560. 

Diamond-like carbon since its inception in 1962 has found applications in some very important areas. These applications include coatings used in scratch-resistant optics, razor blades, prosthesis in medical applications electron emission surfaces in electronics as an insulator material for copper heat sinks in semiconductors such as solar cells and sensors for visible to infrared radiations and as structural materials such as deuterated DLC film used for neutron storage in advanced research instrumentation. As technology matures the unique properties of DLC will find new and important applications. 

Lettington, A.H. Applications of diamond-like carbon thin films. Carbon 1998,36 (5-6), 555-560. 

Bewilogua, I<. and Hofmann, D. (2014) History of diamond-like carbon films - From first experiments to worldwide applications. Surf. Coat. Technol, 242, 214-225. 

H., Hasabe, T., and Suzuki, T. (2006) Diamond-like carbon films for PET bottles and medical applications. Thin Solid Films, 494 (1-2), 84-91. 

Graphite is probably the most widely used lamellar solid lubricant. Unlike M0S2, graphite has a lower friction and lower wear in the presence of moisture than in vacuum. Therefore, graphite is not recommended for vacuum or high-temperature applications. But another form of carbon, amorphous hydrogenated carbon films (also called diamond-like carbon), has the reverse behavior It works extremely well in vacuum, but its friction coefficient is increased by the presence of moisture [37]. 

In Volume 2 ceramic hard materials are highlighted in the light of their applications. Chapter 1 of Part III concisely reviews the history of diamond and diamondlike super abrasive tools while Chapter 2 and 3 are concerned with the application of chemical vapor deposited diamond and diamond-like carbon films. These sections... 

Chiang KT, Yang L, Wei R, Coulter K (2008) Development of Diamond-Like Carbon-Coated Electrodes for Corrosion Sensor Applications at High Temperatures. Thin solid films 517 1120-1124. 

Narayan RJ (2005) Nanostructured Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Films for Medical Applications. Mater, sci. eng. 25 405-416. 

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