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Study of the methane flow influence in the micro-tribology behavior of DLC coatings deposited by PECVD: a Raman analysis

  • Carbon Letters
  • Abbr : Carbon Lett.
  • 2021, 31(1), pp.47-56
  • DOI : 10.1007/s42823-020-00148-8
  • Publisher : Korean Carbon Society
  • Research Area : Natural Science > Natural Science General > Other Natural Sciences General
  • Received : February 5, 2020
  • Accepted : April 24, 2020
  • Published : February 1, 2021

César Daniel Rivera-Tello 1 Francisco Javier Flores‑Ruiz 1 M. Flores 2 O. Jimenez 2 I. Farías 2 J. Oseguera‑Peña 3

1CUCEI, Universidad de Guadalajara, Blvd.
2University of Guadalajara
3Termoinnova S.A. de C. V. Boulevard Central

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ABSTRACT

This paper presents a Raman spectroscopy study of the influence of methane flow on the micro-tribological behavior of diamond-like carbon coatings deposited with an industrial plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition system. Results have shown a direct relationship between the methane flow and thickness of the coatings. The analysis of the Raman spectra and deposition parameters allowed establishing the influence of H content with the methane flow, the disorder level and estimation of the sp3 fraction on the carbon coatings. The micro-tribology tests showed a strong dependence of the wear resistance and hardness with Raman parameters. The coating deposited at 72-sccm methane flow presented a thickness of 1.7 µm and a sp3 fraction of 0.33. This sp3 fraction gave rise to a hardness of 24 GPa and an excellent wear resistance of 3.3 × 10–6 mm3 N−1 mm−1 for this DLC coating. Wear tests showed a swelling in the wear profiles on this coating, which was associated with the occurrence of a re-hybridization process.

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