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Modifications of Molybdenum-Disulphide Films by Ion-Bombardment Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Niels JØrgen Mikkelsen
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Universityof Aarhus DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Gunnar SØrensen
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, Universityof Aarhus DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Abstract

The present paper reports on the structural and tribological studies of MoSx films in the thickness range of 3-4000 Å bombarded with inert-gas ions in the hundred-keV energy range. It has been shown that it is possible to amorphize MoS1.8 crystalline films with 400-keV Ar ions at a dose of lxl016 ions/cm2 Contrary to previous studies, there is evidence for both a lowfriction coefficient and an increased sliding life of sputtered MoSx films when amorphized by the ion-bombardment technique. The paper will discuss the influence of ion dose and tribological differences between bombarded and nonbombarded MoSx films. With the availability ofhigh-intensity ion beams in the mA range, the possibility of a direct ion synthesis of a molybdenum surface with high-intensity sulphur-ion beams will be discussed, and friction measurements of these systems will be presented.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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