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PLASMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 461-465Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/12/4/15
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PECVD; diamond-like carbon (DLC); Si/SiC intermediate layers; stainless steel substrates
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Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films was deposited successfully on stainless steel substrates with Si/SiC intermediate layers by combining plasma enhanced unbalanced magnetron sputtering physical vapor deposition (PEUMS-PVD) and microwave electron cyclotron resonance plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MW-ECRPECVD) techniques. The effect of silicon dopant on the structure, morphology, nano mechanical properties and electrochemical behavior of DLC films were investigated by Raman spectroscopy, nano-indentation, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and potentiodynamic method and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). It showed that the incorporated silicon atoms substituted sp(2)-bonded carbon atoms in the ring structures, promoting the formation of sp(3)-bonds. The structural transition from C-C to C-Si bonds resulted in the relaxation of the residual stress, leading to the decrease in films hardness. The DLC films with Si/SiC intermediate layers led to significant improvement in the corrosion resistance of the stainless steel substrate due to effective isolation and good chemical inertness of the DLC films.
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