| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L16774/01 |
| Title: |
PREPARATION, CHARACTERISATION AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON NITRIDE |
| Principal Investigator: |
Milne, Professor WI |
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Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
23 September 1996 |
Ends: |
22 June 1999 |
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225,007
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| Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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C3N4 is predicted to be a very hard solid, with a hardness similar to diamond. Carbon nitride films will be deposited by a combined vacuum arc/plasma beam source apparatus and by reactive sputtering. These techniques allow a wide range of control of the ion fluxes and ion energies to create the possible C3N4 phase and to engineer the bonding in amorphous Cnx phases. The sp3/sp2 binding ratio in the resulting films will be characterised by EELS and correlated to the measured mechanical properties. The films prepared by sputtering are amorphous and possess a unusually high elastic recovery and have potential as a low friction material for coating magnetic hard discs, biomedical implants and as a buffer layer for CVD diamond films. A detailed study of the mechanical, wear, friction and haemocompatibility properties of the films will be carried out as a function of deposition conditions.
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