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Interfacial adhesion and toughness of nanostructured diamond coatings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Neeta Toprani ,
Shane A. Catledge ,
Yogesh K. Vohra  and
Raymond Thompson
Neeta Toprani
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama 35294-1170
Shane A. Catledge
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama 35294-1170
Yogesh K. Vohra
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama 35294-1170
Raymond Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama 35294-4460
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Abstract

Microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition was used to deposit ultrasmooth nanostructured diamond films (roughness of 14 nm) on a titanium alloy (Ti–6Al–4V) by employing a feedgas mixture containing a high methane fraction (15% by volume) in nitrogen and hydrogen. Of particular interest in this study is the exceptional adhesion of the 4-μm-thick diamond coatings to the metal substrates as observed by indentation testing up to 150 kg load with a 1/8-in.-diameter tungsten carbide ball. No film delamination was observed up to 150 kg indentation load for each of 5 samples grown under the same processing conditions. Scanning electron microscopy of the film surrounding the indentations revealed circumferential microcracking beginning at loads ranging from 60 kg to as high as 150 kg. The strain to cause film microcracking was estimated from calculations of indentation surface areas to be as high as 1.9 ± 0.2%, which represents a significant improvement in toughness over other ceramic coatings.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 15 , Issue 5 , May 2000 , pp. 1052 - 1055
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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