TEM and STEM/EELS Studies of Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) Films and Diamond Films
Abstract:
This thesis is concerned with microstructural and chemical investigations of thin layers of diamond and diamond-like carbon (DLC) which were performed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in combination with electron energy loss spectroscopy. Practical aspects about the EELS technique of determining the fractions of sp2-hybridized carbon-atoms in DLC films are studied. The wear mechanism of diamond is proved by TEM to involve an atom-by-atom amorphization process driven by mechanical force.
| Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT | Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Zuverlässigkeit von Bauteilen und Systemen (IAM-ZBS) |
| Publikationstyp | Hochschulschrift |
| Publikationsjahr | 2014 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Identifikator | urn:nbn:de:swb:90-449278 KITopen-ID: 1000044927 |
| Verlag | Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) |
| Art der Arbeit | Dissertation |
| Fakultät | Fakultät für Maschinenbau (MACH) |
| Institut | Institut für Angewandte Materialien - Zuverlässigkeit von Bauteilen und Systemen (IAM-ZBS) |
| Prüfungsdaten | 12.11.2014 |
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| Referent/Betreuer | Gumbsch, P. |