This study assessed the influences of fluorine introduced into DLC films on the structural and mechanical properties of the sample. In addition, the effects of the fluorine incorporation on the compressive stress in DLC films were investigated. For this purpose, fluorinated diamond-like carbon (F-DLC) films were deposited on cobalt-chromium-molybdenum substrates using radio-frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor. The coatings were examined by Raman scattering (RS), Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analysis (ATR-FTIR), and a combination of elastic recoil detection analysis and Rutherford backscattering (ERDA-RBS). Nano-indentation tests were performed to measure hardness. Also, the residual stress of the films was calculated by the Stony equation. The ATR-FTIR analysis revealed that F was present in the amorphous matrix mainly as C-F and C-F2 groups. Based on Raman spectroscopy results, it was determined that F made the DLC films more graphitic. Additionally, it was shown that adding F into the DLC coating resulted in weaker mechanical properties and the F-DLC coating exhibited lower stress than DLC films. These effects were attributed to the replacement of strong C = C by feebler C-F bonds in the F-DLC films. F-doping decreased the hardness of the DLC from 11.5 to 8.8 GPa. In addition, with F addition, the compressive stress of the DLC sample decreased from 1 to 0.7 GPa.

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have been widely used in many industrial applications because of their outstanding mechanical and chemical properties like hardness, wear resistance, lubricous property, chemical stability, and uniformity of deposition. Also, DLC films coated on paper, polymer, and metal substrates have been extensively used. In this work, in order to improve the printing quality and plate wear of polymer printing plates, different deposition conditions were used for depositing DLC on the polymer printing plates using the Pulsed DC PECVD method. The deposition temperature of the DLC films was under 100˚C, in order to prevent the deformation of the polymer plates. The properties of each DLC coating on the polymer concave printing plate were analyzed by measuring properties such as the roughness, surface morphology, chemical bonding, hardness, plate wear resistance, contact angle, and printing quality of DLC films. From the results of the analysis of the properties of each of the different DLC deposition conditions, the deposition conditions of DLC + F and DLC + Si + F were found to have been successful at improving the printing quality and plate wear of polymer printing plates because the properties were improved compared to those of polymer concave printing plates.

We investigated tribological characteristics of diamond-like carbon (DLC) in a condition with carbon nanotube (CNT) content of 1wt% in aqueous solution. Si-DLC films were deposited by radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (RF-PECVD) process on Al6061 aluminum alloy. In this study, the deposition of DLC films was carried out in vacuum with a chamber pressure of 10-5 to 10-3 Torr achieved by mechanical pump followed by turbo molecular pump. The surface adsorbed oxygen on the Aluminum substrates was removed by passing Ar gas for 10 minutes. The RF power was maintained at 500W throughout the experiment. A buffer layer of HMDSO was deposited on the substrate to improve the adhesion of DLC coating. At this point CH4 gas was introduced in the chamber using gas flow controller and DLC coating was deposited on the buffer layer along with HMDSO for 50 min. The thickness of 1 μm was obtained for DLC films on aluminum substrates The tribological properties of as synthesized DLC films were analyzed by wear test in the presence of dry air, water and lubricant such as CNT ink.

A diamond-like carbon (DLC) film deposited on a WC disk was investigated to improve disk wear resistance for injection molding of zirconia optical ferrule. The deposition of DLC films was performed using the filtered vacuum arc ion plating (FV-AIP) system with a graphite target. The coating processing was controlled with different deposition times and the other conditions for coating, such as input power, working pressure, substrate temperature, gas flow, and bias voltage, were fixed. The coating layers of DLC were characterized using FE-SEM, AFM, and Raman spectrometry; the mechanical properties were investigated with a scratch tester and a nano-indenter. The friction coefficient of the DLC coated on the WC was obtained using a pin-on-disk, according to the ASTM G163-99. The thickness of DLC films coated for 20 min. and 60 min. was about 750 nm and 300 nm, respectively. The surface roughness of DLC films coated for 60 min. was 5.9 nm. The Raman spectrum revealed that the G peak of DLC film was composed of sp3 amorphous carbon bonds. The critical load (Lc) of DLC film obtained with the scratch tester was 14.6 N. The hardness and elastic modulus of DLC measured with the nano-indenter were 36.9 GPa and 585.5 GPa, respectively. The friction coefficient of DLC coated on WC decreased from 0.2 to 0.01. The wear property of DLC coated on WC was enhanced by a factor of 20.

rf PECVB법을 이용하여 붕규산 유리 기판 위에 diamond like carbon(DLC) 박막을 증착하였다. 메탄(CH4)-수소(H2) 혼합 가스를 전구체 가스로 사용하였다. DLC 박막의 형상, 구조 및 광학적 특성은 SEM, 라만 및 UV 스펙트럼으로 분석하였다. 증착 속도는 혼합 가스의 수소 농도에 따라 증가하다가, 혼합 가스 유량이 25 sccm 이상에서는 일정하게 되었다. UV스펙트럼으로 계산한 박막의 optical band gap은 증착 시간과 DC serf bias의 증가에 따라 감소하는 경향을 나타냈으나, 수소함량에 의해서는 거의 영향이 없었다. 박막의 투과율에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 인자는, 특히 자외선 영역과 가시광선 영역에서, bias 전압이었다.

순수한 동적 결합반응이고 전하 누적이 없는 이온 임플란테이션, 새로운 재료 개발 등에 음이온을 직접 사용하는 새로운 연구가 진행되고 있으며, 이러한 관점에서 새로운 고체상의 Cs이온 법이 실험실 규모로 연구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 음이온 Cs gun으로 DLC 박막을 실리콘 위에 제조하였다. 이 시스템은 가스가 필요없으므로, 고 진공에서 증착이 일어난다. C(sup)-빔 에너지는 80~150eV 사이에서 조절이 우수하였다. Raman 분석결과 박막의 DLC 지수, 즉sp3비율은 이온 에너지 증가에 따라 증가하였으며, 미소 경도값 또한 7에서 14GPa로 증가하였다. DLC박막의 표면 평균거칠기(Ra)는 ~1Å정도로 아주 매끈하였으며, 불순물이 내재되지 않는 박막을 얻을 수 있었다.

CH4와 H2의 혼합가스에 미량의 질소와 산소를 첨가하여 rf-플라즈마 CVD법으로 DLC막을 합성하였다. 이 때 챔버내 압력은 430mtorr, 기판에 인가된 전력은 80W였으며, H2와 CH4의 비율은 1:1이었다. 이 시편들에 대해 가시광선 영역과 자외선 영역에서의 투과도를 비교하였으며, 결합구조의 변화를 알아보기 위하여 FTIR 분석을 실시하였다. 질소의 경우 첨가량이 6.3%에서 17.4%으로 증가됨에 따라 전체적인 투과도값이 증가하였으며, FRIR 분석결과 wavenumber 3500 cm-1 /의 위치에 N-H stretching band가 나타나고 2300cm-1 /에는 nitrile의 피크가 나타났다. 이 피크들의 존재는 질소의 첨가에 의하여 interlink를 감소시킴으로써 막의 잔류응력을 현저히 감소시킬 수 있음을 의미한다. 2% O2를 첨가한 경우 막의 투과도는 질소를 첨가한 경우보다 월등히 더 향상되었다. 질소첨가량을 증가시킴에 따라 optical band gap또한 증가되는 경향을 보였으며, 2% O2를 첨가하였을 때 막의 optical band gap은 0.5까지 감소하였다.

rf 플라즈마 화학증착을 이용하여 증착된 hydrogenated DLC막의 잔류응력 거동에 대해 조사하였다. 합성된 DLC막의 압축 잔류응력은 이온 에너지뿐만 아니라 이온/원자 유입량 비에 의해 영향을 받는 것으로 조사되었다. 잔류응력의 최대치는 이온/원자 유입량비가 증가할수록 낮은 이온 에너지 구간에서 일어나며 그 값은 증가하였다. 이온 에너지에 따른 DLC막의 결합 구조의 변형을 Raman 스펙트럼을 이용하여 분석하였다. DLC막의 잔류응력은 sp3결합의 net working이 최대가 되는 점에서 최대치를 보이며, 이는 sp3 net working에 의한 부피팽창 요인에 기인하는 것으로 생각된다. DLC막 내의 유입되는 수소는 잔류응력의 직접적인 원인으로 작용하지 않는 것으로 분석되었다.