Deposition of diamond-like carbon films on an iron substrate by a pulsed high-density plasma beam at room temperature

The formation of diamond-like carbon film at atmospheric pressure by the pulsed laser/plasma hybrid deposition method

“…The deposition thickness of the DLC films at various electrode currents for 1600 pulses of the laser input are listed in Table 5. It also shows that the critical loading of the DLC in the scratch test is up to 19 N. Since the average loading for the DLC film deposed by other physical vapor deposition methods is approximately 20 -30 N for iron substrates [3], the mechanical strength of the DLC film made by the proposed hybrid method at atmospheric pressure is in a reasonable range.…”

“…A variety of the techniques has been developed to form the diamond-like carbon film in literature [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is one of the methods with laser energy for DLC film deposition application in low pressure [4,5].…”

An Investigation of the Effect of Working Gas Type on Morphological Features of the Deposited Layers on a Steel Alloy Produced by Impulse Plasma Deposition Technique

“…Different deposited films with different compositions and physical as well as mechanical properties could be obtained by changing the electrodes material, working gases and operation parameters [4]. Accomplishment of carbon coatings using the stated technique have a wide variety of industrial applications due to their high hardness, excellent corrosion resistance, wide range of optical transparency and electrical properties [5][6][7][8][9]. Carbon films in the form of Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) were deposited by using high-density plasma by different techniques [5].…”

“…Accomplishment of carbon coatings using the stated technique have a wide variety of industrial applications due to their high hardness, excellent corrosion resistance, wide range of optical transparency and electrical properties [5][6][7][8][9]. Carbon films in the form of Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) were deposited by using high-density plasma by different techniques [5].…”

“…The plasma coaxial gun used for that purpose is a device capable of transforming electrical energy into kinetic energy in the form of direct plasma jet [10]. Bursts of plasma containing ions, atoms and electrons is produced and accelerated into vacuum chamber at a velocity of about 10 4 m/s to bombard the target [5,11]. These species of charged particles are deposited on the substrate surface and implanted into the bulk.…”