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Research Article | Open Access

In-situ TEM studies on stick–slip friction characters of sp2 nanocrystallited carbon films

Xue FAN( ), Zelong HU, Wenchao HUANG
Institute of Nanosurface Science and Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Optomechatronics Engineering, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Carbon films with two different kinds of sp2 nanocrystallited structure were investigated to study the stick–slip friction with the in-situ and ex-situ tests. In-situ transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation and nanofriction tests revealed that the origins of stick and slip varied with shear stress and film deformation. At the stick stage, shear stress gradually increased with the contact strengthened until reached the shear strength to break the interfacial adhesion; at the slip stage, the shear stress decreased and accompanied with film deformation. During the sliding process, adhesive deformation resulted in the large stick–slip step while ploughing deformation led to a smoother step. Ex-situ nanofriction tests on a series of sp2 nanocrystallited carbon films with different irradiation energies showed the expected sliding behavior with the in-situ results. This study first clarified the mechanism of stick–slip friction with the in-situ TEM observation, which plays the important role for the micro and nano application of sp2 nanocrystallited carbon films.

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deformationcontact interfacein-situ transmission electron microscope (TEM)carbon filmsstick–slip

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Friction
Volume 10 Issue 10,
October 2022
Pages 1635-1649
DOI: 10.1007/s40544-021-0551-z
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FAN X, HU Z, HUANG W. In-situ TEM studies on stick–slip friction characters of sp2 nanocrystallited carbon films. Friction, 2022, 10(10): 1635-1649. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-021-0551-z

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Received: 05 April 2021
Revised: 07 July 2021
Accepted: 27 August 2021
Published: 04 January 2022
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