Chemical Characterization of Tribological and Biomaterial Surfaces With Nanoscale Spatial Resolution

Abstract

The overall goal of this study is to gain molecular-level understanding of the chemical properties of the diamond like carbon (DLC) surface exposed at various environmental conditions so that this knowledge can be used to design better DLC coatings and operation conditions. DLC coatings have great potentials to reduce frictional energy loss and increase service life of mechanical systems. However, the near-frictionless and near-wearless behaviors are observed only in vacuum or extremely dry conditions. Our contributions toward the understanding of tribochemical properties of DLC coatings include elucidation of the friction reduction mechanism of hydrogen gas for hydrogen-free DLC coatings, in-situ characterization of the graphite-like transfer film, quantification of the oxidized surface layer and composition on DLC upon exposure to air, the adsorption isotherm of water on DLC in humid air, development of a theoretical model to predict the capillary force at nano-asperity contacts in ambient conditions, and discove1y of the vapor phase lubrication method to suppress the wear of DLC in humid air conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 2011
Accession Number
ADA563293

Entities

People

  • Ali Erdemir
  • Seong H Kim

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Friction
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Hydrogen
  • Lubrication
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Partial Pressure
  • Self Assembled Monolayers
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Vapor Phases

Readers

  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).