Scratch hardness of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings deposited by closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering

Thin coatings are subject to scratch and wear damage in tribological applications. Scratch hardness numbers are used to evaluate scratch and abrasive wear resistance. Few studies have measured the scratch hardness of thin films, and a proper scratch hardness measurement method for thin coatings is s...

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Main Authors: Yan-yan Lin, Zhi-jun Deng, Zhu-rong Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2024-03-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0191675