Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Laser surface graphitization to control friction of diamond-like carbon coatings

  • Rapid communication
  • Published:
Applied Physics A Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

To study the role of laser surface graphitization in the friction behavior of laser-patterned diamond-like carbon (DLC) films, we apply the scanning probe microscopy (SPM) in the lateral force mode (LFM) which allows to obtain simultaneously the lateral force and topography images and to determine local friction levels in laser-irradiated and original surface areas. Based on this approach in the paper, we report on (1) laser surface microstructuring of hydrogenated a-C:H and hydrogen-free ta-C films in the regime of surface graphitization using UV laser pulses of 20-ns duration and (2) correlation between the structure and friction properties of the laser-patterned DLC surface on micro/nanoscale using SPM/LFM technique. The SPM/LFM data obtained for the surface relief gratings of graphitized microstructures have evidenced lower friction forces in the laser-graphitized regions. For the hydrogenated DLC films, the reversible frictional behavior of the laser-graphitized micropatterns is found to take place during LFM imaging at different temperatures (20 and 120 °C) in ambient air. It is revealed that the lateral force distribution in the laser-graphitized areas is shifted to higher friction levels (relative to that of the unirradiated surface) at temperature 120 °C and returned back to the lower friction during the sample cooling to 20 °C, thus confirming an influence of adsorbed water layers on the nanofriction properties of laser-graphitized micropatterns on the film surface.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6

References

  1. A. Erdemir, C. Donnet, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 39, R311–R327 (2006)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. A.A. Voevodin, J.E. Bultman, J.S. Zabinski, Surf. Coat. Technol. 107, 12 (1998)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. T.V. Kononenko, S.V. Garnov, S.M. Pimenov, V.I. Konov, V. Romano, B. Borsos, H.P. Weber, Appl. Phys. A 71, 627 (2000)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. G. Dumitru, V. Romano, H.P. Weber, S. Pimenov, T. Kononenko, J. Hermann, S. Bruneau, Y. Gerbig, M. Shupegin, Diam. Relat. Mater. 12, 1034 (2003)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. T.V. Kononenko, S.M. Pimenov, V.V. Kononenko, E.V. Zavedeev, V.I. Konov, G. Dumitru, V. Romano, Appl. Phys. A 79, 543 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. T.V. Kononenko, V.V. Kononenko, S.M. Pimenov, E.V. Zavedeev, V.I. Konov, V. Romano, G. Dumitru, Diam. Relat. Mater. 14, 1368 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. M.S. Komlenok, S.M. Pimenov, V.V. Kononenko, V.I. Konov, H.-J. Scheibe, J. Nano Microsyst. Tech. 3, 48 (2008). (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  8. T. Roch, V. Weihnacht, H.-J. Scheibe, A. Roch, A.F. Lasagni, Diam. Relat. Mater. 33, 20 (2013)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. T. Roch, F. Klein, K. Guenther, A. Roch, T. Mühl, A. Lasagni, Mater. Res. Exp. 1, 035042 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. T. Roch, D. Benke, S. Milles, A. Roch, T. Kunze, A. Lasagni, Diam. Relat. Mater. 55, 16 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. S.E. Grillo, J.E. Field, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 33, 595 (2000)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. A.R. Konicek, D.S. Grierson, A.V. Sumant, T.A. Friedmann, J.P. Sullivan, P.U.P.A. Gilbert, W.G. Sawyer, R.W. Carpick, Phys. Rev. B 85, 155448 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. U. Bögli, A. Blatter, A. Bächli, R. Lüthi, E. Meyer, Diam. Relat. Mater. 2, 924 (1993)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. S.M. Pimenov, A.A. Smolin, E.D. Obraztsova, V.I. Konov, U. Bögli, A. Blatter, M. Maillat, A. Leijala, J. Burger, H.E. Hintermann, E.N. Loubnin, Surf. Coat. Technol. 76–77, 572 (1995)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. A. Erdemir, M. Halter, G.R. Fenske, A. Krauss, D.M. Gruen, S.M. Pimenov, V.I. Konov, Surf. Coat. Technol. 94–95, 537 (1997)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. G. Meyer, N.M. Amer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 2089 (1990)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. L. Sirghi, V. Tiron, M. Dobromir, Diam. Relat. Mater. 52, 38 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  18. H. Schulz, H.-J. Scheibe, P. Siemroth, B. Schultrich, Appl. Phys. A 78, 675 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. V.F. Dorfman, B.N. Pypkin, Surf. Coat. Technol. 48, 193 (1991)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. M.L. Shupegin, J. Ind Lab. Mater. Diagn 79, 28 (2013). (in Russian)

    Google Scholar 

  21. G. Dumitru, V. Romano, H.P. Weber, S. Pimenov, T. Kononenko, M. Sentis, J. Hermann, S. Bruneau, Appl. Surf. Sci. 222, 226 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  22. S.N. Magonov, M.-H. Whangbo, Surface analysis with STM and AFM. Experimental and theoretical aspects of image analysis (VCH, Weinheim, New York, Basel, Cambridge, Tokyo, 1996)

    Google Scholar 

  23. A.C. Ferrari, J. Robertson, Phys. Rev. B 61, 14095 (2000)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  24. C.G. Dunckle, I.B. Altfeder, A.A. Voevodin, J. Jones, J. Krim, P. Taborek, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 114903 (2010)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. H. Li, T. Xu, C. Wang, J. Chen, H. Zhou, H. Liu, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 38, 62 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  26. H.I. Kim, J.R. Lince, O.L. Eryilmaz, A. Erdemir, Tribol. Lett. 21, 53 (2006)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

The work was supported by the Russian Scientific Foundation under Project No. 15-12-00039.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia

    Maxim S. Komlenok, Vitaly V. Kononenko, Evgeny V. Zavedeev, Vadim D. Frolov, Natalia R. Arutyunyan & Sergei M. Pimenov

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow Region, Russia

    Anastasia A. Chouprik & Andrey S. Baturin

  3. Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS), 01277, Dresden, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Scheibe

  4. Moscow Power Engineering Institute, Moscow, Russia

    Mikhail L. Shupegin

Authors
  1. Maxim S. Komlenok
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Vitaly V. Kononenko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Evgeny V. Zavedeev
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Vadim D. Frolov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Natalia R. Arutyunyan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Anastasia A. Chouprik
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Andrey S. Baturin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Hans-Joachim Scheibe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Mikhail L. Shupegin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Sergei M. Pimenov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sergei M. Pimenov.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Komlenok, M.S., Kononenko, V.V., Zavedeev, E.V. et al. Laser surface graphitization to control friction of diamond-like carbon coatings. Appl. Phys. A 121, 1031–1038 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-015-9485-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-015-9485-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation