Amorphous carbon films have attracted substantial interest due to their exceptional mechanical and tribological properties.Previous studies revealed that the amorphous carbon films exhibited lower coefficient of frict...Amorphous carbon films have attracted substantial interest due to their exceptional mechanical and tribological properties.Previous studies revealed that the amorphous carbon films exhibited lower coefficient of friction(COF)because of the transformation in bond structure from sp^(3)-C to sp^(2)-C during friction processes.However,the mechanism for such a transformation during friction is not well understood.This study is conducted to get an insight into the metastable transformation in amorphous carbon film during friction by means of experiments and molecular dynamics(MD)simulation.Relevant wear tests showed that wear of the film changed from an abrasive wear mode to a mixture of abrasion and adhesive wear,resulting in a decrease in growth rate of the wear rate after the running-in stage.It is worth noting that the sp^(3)-C atoms were increased during the running-in stage when the films contained lower sp^(3)/sp^(2) ratios.However,the formed sp^(3)-C atoms could only be short-lived and gradually transformed to sp^(2)-C atoms with the graphitization generated on the wearing surface of the films.The radial distribution function and translational order parameter indicated that the films'high sp^(3)/sp^(2) ratio led to an increased sp^(2)-C proportion on the wear scar after friction,which caused an increased structural ordering.展开更多
The preparation of TiC coating on Ti alloy surface to improve the wear resistance has attracted attention from researchers in aerospace field.The service life of TiC coating is related to the interfacial adhesion prop...The preparation of TiC coating on Ti alloy surface to improve the wear resistance has attracted attention from researchers in aerospace field.The service life of TiC coating is related to the interfacial adhesion properties between TiC coating and Ti alloy substrate.However,it is difficult to explain its interfacial adhesion mechanism by experimental methods.Based on the termination of atoms on the TiC surface,two TiC/Ti interface models named as the C-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) and Ti-terminated-TiC(11)/Ti(0001) interface were constructed by first-principles.The interfacial electronic characteristic of C-Ti bond is a mixture of polar covalent and metal bonds,and that of Ti-Ti bond is the metal bond.The tensile strains of both C-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) and Ti-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) interface in the fracture stage are ranged from 12% to 14%.Their maximum tensile stresses are 16.201 GPa and 15.590GPa,respectively.The sliding potential energy surface maximum of C-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) and Ti-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) interface are 5.387 J/m^(2) and 0.271 J/m^(2),respectively.And the sliding potential barriers on the minimum energy path are 2.094 J/m2and 0.136 J/m^(2) with an ideal shear strength of 20.32 GPa and 1.61 GPa,respectively.In summary,the interfacial adhesion property of C-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) interface is better than that of Ti-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) interface.展开更多
基金This work was co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51905466)Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(No.201945099002)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Nos.E2021203191 and E2020203184)Youth Top Talent Project of Hebei Province Higher Education,China(No.BJ2019058).
文摘Amorphous carbon films have attracted substantial interest due to their exceptional mechanical and tribological properties.Previous studies revealed that the amorphous carbon films exhibited lower coefficient of friction(COF)because of the transformation in bond structure from sp^(3)-C to sp^(2)-C during friction processes.However,the mechanism for such a transformation during friction is not well understood.This study is conducted to get an insight into the metastable transformation in amorphous carbon film during friction by means of experiments and molecular dynamics(MD)simulation.Relevant wear tests showed that wear of the film changed from an abrasive wear mode to a mixture of abrasion and adhesive wear,resulting in a decrease in growth rate of the wear rate after the running-in stage.It is worth noting that the sp^(3)-C atoms were increased during the running-in stage when the films contained lower sp^(3)/sp^(2) ratios.However,the formed sp^(3)-C atoms could only be short-lived and gradually transformed to sp^(2)-C atoms with the graphitization generated on the wearing surface of the films.The radial distribution function and translational order parameter indicated that the films'high sp^(3)/sp^(2) ratio led to an increased sp^(2)-C proportion on the wear scar after friction,which caused an increased structural ordering.
基金This study was co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51771167)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(No.E2021203191)+2 种基金the Hebei Province Innovation Ability Promotion Project,China(No.22567609H)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province,China(No.2020J05196)the Innovative Funding Project for Doctoral Postgraduates of Hebei Province,China(No.CXZZBS2022147).
文摘The preparation of TiC coating on Ti alloy surface to improve the wear resistance has attracted attention from researchers in aerospace field.The service life of TiC coating is related to the interfacial adhesion properties between TiC coating and Ti alloy substrate.However,it is difficult to explain its interfacial adhesion mechanism by experimental methods.Based on the termination of atoms on the TiC surface,two TiC/Ti interface models named as the C-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) and Ti-terminated-TiC(11)/Ti(0001) interface were constructed by first-principles.The interfacial electronic characteristic of C-Ti bond is a mixture of polar covalent and metal bonds,and that of Ti-Ti bond is the metal bond.The tensile strains of both C-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) and Ti-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) interface in the fracture stage are ranged from 12% to 14%.Their maximum tensile stresses are 16.201 GPa and 15.590GPa,respectively.The sliding potential energy surface maximum of C-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) and Ti-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) interface are 5.387 J/m^(2) and 0.271 J/m^(2),respectively.And the sliding potential barriers on the minimum energy path are 2.094 J/m2and 0.136 J/m^(2) with an ideal shear strength of 20.32 GPa and 1.61 GPa,respectively.In summary,the interfacial adhesion property of C-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) interface is better than that of Ti-terminated-TiC(111)/Ti(0001) interface.