@article{9f3c385f5b444548831156d76e1b40d7,
title = "Quantification of sliding-induced phase transformation in N3FC diamond-like carbon films",
abstract = "We investigate magnetron-sputtered {"}N3FC{"} diamond-like carbon films at the nanoscale using an in situ transmission electron microscopy sliding experiment. We measure the sliding-induced changes in sp3- and sp2-hybridized carbon using electron energy loss spectroscopy, taking into account the effect of the electron beam. The rate of the phase transformation from sp3 to sp2 bonding is quantified as being between 0.009% and 0.018% volume transformed per sliding pass.",
keywords = "Diamond-like carbon, In situ TEM, Tribochemistry, Tribology",
author = "A. M'Ndange-Pfupfu and O. Eryilmaz and A. Erdemir and Marks, {L. D.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge valuable feedback from Jackie Johnson over the course of this project. The authors would also like to acknowledge Russell Cook for his technical assistance. The electron microscopy was performed at the Electron Microscopy Center for Materials Research at Argonne National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Laboratory operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357 by UChicago Argonne, LLC. Funding Information: AM and LDM acknowledge funding by the National Science Foundation on Grant Number CMMI-1030703 . Funding Information: OA and AE acknowledge funding by the U.S. Department of Energy , Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Freedom Car and Vehicle Technologies Program, under Contract no. DE-AC02-06CH11357 and the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research on grant number FA9550-08-1-0010 . ",
year = "2011",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.diamond.2011.06.028",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "20",
pages = "1143--1148",
journal = "Diamond and Related Materials",
issn = "0925-9635",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "8",
}