Development of a Nanoscale Fatigue Measurement Technique And its Application to Ultrathin Amorphous Carbon Coatings

Author(s)

Xiaodong Li, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow
Bharat Bhushan

Document Type

Article

Abstract

A technique to study nanofatigue behavior of coatings has been developed. Based on measurements of amorphous carbon coatings (DLC), higher hardness, fracture toughness and adhesion strength are responsible for a longer fatigue life. This technique can be satisfactorily used to simulate and study damage in head-disk and MEMS/NEMS interfaces.

Publication Info

Published in Scripta Materialia, Volume 47, Issue 7, 2002, pages 473-479.

Rights

Copyright Elsevier, 2002.

Li, X., & Bhushan, B. (2002) Development of a Nanoscale Fatigue Measurement Technique and Its Application to Ultrathin Amorphous Carbon Coatings. Scripta Materialia, 47(7) 473-479.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6462(02)00181-1