Probing the Tribological Properties of Diamond-Like Carbon under Methane by Tailoring Sliding Interface

CHEN Lin; WU Jian; ZHANG Guangan; SHANG Lunlin; LU Zhibin; XUE Qunji

doi:10.16078/j.tribology.2019163

TRIBOLOGY > 2020 > 40(2): 150-157. > DOI: 10.16078/j.tribology.2019163

CHEN Lin, WU Jian, ZHANG Guangan, SHANG Lunlin, LU Zhibin, XUE Qunji. Probing the Tribological Properties of Diamond-Like Carbon under Methane by Tailoring Sliding Interface[J]. TRIBOLOGY, 2020, 40(2): 150-157. DOI: 10.16078/j.tribology.2019163

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Probing the Tribological Properties of Diamond-Like Carbon under Methane by Tailoring Sliding Interface

CHEN Lin^{1, 2},
WU Jian¹,
ZHANG Guangan^{1, 2,},
SHANG Lunlin¹,
LU Zhibin^{1, 2, ,},
XUE Qunji^{1, 2}

1.
State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Gansu Lanzhou 730000, China
2.
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Funds: The project was supported by Key Projects of Guangxi Province Science and Technology Plan (AA18242002)

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ZHANG Guangan, E-mail: gazhang@licp.cas.cn, Tel: +86-18709483679

LU Zhibin, E-mail: zblu@licp.cas.cn, Tel: +86-18693116199
Received Date: September 02, 2019
Revised Date: November 12, 2019
Accepted Date: December 26, 2019
Available Online: March 22, 2020
Published Date: March 27, 2020

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Currently, hydrocarbons have attracted much attention, but the problem caused by the wear of the moving parts urgently needs to be solved. Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films are widely used in many fields due to their excellent tribological properties. However, the mechanism for tribological behavior of DLC film under hydrocarbon atmospheres is still unclear. Here, the tribological behavior of amorphous carbon (a-C) film with different counterpart balls was studied. The mechanism of the friction behavior of these systems was investigated. And the results show that the counterpart balls had a significant influence on the tribological behavior of a-C film, which mainly causes the different tribological behavior between these system by affecting the re-hybridization form of the sliding interface. Moreover, the passivation of the carbon dangling bonds with groups dissociated from the methane can effectively reduce the friction of the system, but excessive passivation resulted in the formation of poly-a-C:H, which adversely affected the system. The results provide a reference for improving the anti-wear and lubrication properties of DLC film under hydrocarbons.
- diamond-like carbon film,
- methane,
- friction,
- sliding interface,
- passivation

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