Mechanical diamond-like carbon

Mechanical properties of diamond-like carbon (DLC)thin films... 

K. H. Er, S. G. So, The mechanical and structural properties of Si doped diamond-like carbon prepared by reactive sputtering., Journal of Ceramic Processing Research, vol. 12, pp. 187-190, 2011. 

H. Nakazawa, A. Sudoh, M. Suemitsu, K. Yasui, T. ltoh,T. Endoh, Y. Narita, M. Mashita, Mechanical and tribological properties of boron, nitrogen-coincorporated diamond-like carbon films prepared by reactive radio-frequency magnetron sputtering., Diamond and Related Materials, vol. 19, pp. 503-506, 2010. 

Wang H, Xu M, Zhang W, Kwok DT, Jiang J, Wu Z, et al. Mechanical and biological characteristics of diamond-like carbon coated poly aryl-ether-ether-ketone. Biomaterials 2010 31(32) 8181-7. 

Schneider D, Meyer CF, Mai H, Schoneich B, Ziegele H, Scheibe HI, et al. Nondestructive characterization of mechanical and structural properties of amorphous diamond-like carbon films. Diam Relat Mater 1998 7 973-80. 

Robertson J. Mechanisms of electron field emission from diamond, diamond-like carbon, and nanostructured carbon. J Vac Sci Technol B 1999 17 659-65. 

Over the years, the use of coatings such as HAp for implants and prostheses has gone from being a rarity to being an absolute necessity. A number of excellent studies on adhesion and mechanical properties have been carried out on a range of coatings major ones include HAp, diamond-like carbon (DLC), titanium nitride, titanium oxide, and nickel-titanium (Ben-Nissan et al., 2013). Listed below are some studies carried out on pure HAp and DLC thin films. 

Leng, X.Y., Chen, J.Y., Yang, P., Sun, H., Wan, G.J., Huang, N., 2003. Mechanical properties and platelet adhesion behavior of diamond-like carbon films synthesized by pulsed vacuum arc plasma deposition. Surf. Sci. 531, 177—184. 

Ouchabane, M., Salah, H., Herrmann, M., Tabet, N., Henda, K., Touchrift, B., Kechouane, M., 2010. Influence of bias voltage on the structure and deposition mechanism of diamond-like carbon films produced by RF (13.56 MHz) CH4 plasma. Phys. Status Solid A 207, 2311-2318. 

Sahoo, S., Pradhan, S.S., Bhavanasi, V., Pradhan, S.K., 2010. Structural and mechanical characterization of diamond like carbon films grown by microwave plasma CVD. Surf. Coat. Technol. 204, 2817-2821. 

Thomsen, N.B., Fischer-Cripps, A.C., Swain, M.V., 1998. Crack formation mechanisms during micro and macro indentation of diamond-like carbon coatings on elastic-plastic substrates. Thin Solid Films 332, 180—184. 

Maguire, P.D., McLaughlin, J.A., Okpalugo, T.I.T., Lemoine, P., Papakonstantinou, P., McAdams, E.T., Needham, M., Ogwu, A.A., Ball, M., Abbas, G.A., 2005. Mechanical stability, corrosion performance and bioresponse of amorphous diamond-like carbon for medical stents and guidewires. Diamond and Related Materials 14 (8), 1277—1288. 

Kinoshita, H., Kume, I., Sakai, H. and Ohmac, N., Synthesis and mechanical prc rties of carbon nanotube/diamond-like carbon composite films. Diamond and Related Materials, 16,2007,1940-1944. 

Erdemir, A. and Donnet, C., Tribology of diamond and diamond-like carbon films an overview, in Wear-Materials, Mechanisms and Practice (ed. G. W. Stachowiak), John Wiley Sons, Ltd, Chichester, 2005. 

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