Carbon-base Protective Coating Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition on Copper Substrate

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2022.681

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2023, Vol. 37

Issue (9): 706-712 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2022.681

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Carbon-base Protective Coating Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition on Copper Substrate

LU Yimin¹(

), MA Lifang², WANG Hai¹, XI Lin¹, XU Manman¹, YANG Chunlai¹

^1.School of Mechanical Engineering of Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, China
^2.High Overload Ammunition Guidance and Control and Information Perception Laboratory, PLA Army Academy of Artillery and Air Defense, Hefei 230031, China

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LU Yimin, MA Lifang, WANG Hai, XI Lin, XU Manman, YANG Chunlai. Carbon-base Protective Coating Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition on Copper Substrate. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2023, 37(9): 706-712.

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Abstract

Carbon-based coatings, similar to diamond-like film, have lower friction, good corrosion resistance, and other excellent properties, which can be used as protective layers in wide fields. A high adhesive strength of the coating or film on the substrate is the critical requirement for application. However, it is impossible to grow carbon-based layers directly on the most of metals like copper, because they have a high mismatch interface. Based on the former researches and the references, the carbon-based complex coatings with three different structures were designed and grown by pulsed laser deposition. Diamond-like carbon and silicon carbide, the carbon-based materials, were deposited as the functional layer and buffer layer respectively, to make composite coatings. The interface with the weakest bonding force in the designed carbon-based complex coating was found by analyzing the micro-structure of the failure interface in the peeling coating samples. The results of comparative experiments indented that the silicon carbide layer, which played a key role in enhancing the adhesive property of the carbon-based complex coating grown at the room temperature on the metal copper substrate, could increase the bonding force of the interface between the diamond-like carbon functional layer and the metal titanium transition layer, and reduce the invalid problem of the complex coating due to the inner-stress accumulation in the thick diamond-like carbon film. The carbon-based coating of excellent adhesion could successively be prepared on the metal copper substrate, and the products can pass the relative tests regulated in the subsections ‘3.4.1.1 adhesive force’ and ‘3.4.1.3 moderate friction’ in the national military standard of ‘general specifications for optical films (GJB 2485-95)’. Nano-hardness of the coating on the copper substrate increased by 4 times compared with the bare copper, which enhanced the anti-scratch performance.

Key words: surface and interface in the materials carbon-based complex coating pulsed laser deposition adhesive property failure interface diagnosis

Received: 29 December 2022

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Fund: Scientific Research Project of Universities of Anhui Province(2022AH050982);Start-up Fund for Introductions of AHPU(2022YQQ001);Foundation Sciences of AHPU(Xjky2022008)

Corresponding Authors: LU Yimin, Tel: 15927643720, E-mail: luyimin_zy@163.com

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Table 1 Structure design of the multilayer carbon-based complex coatings

Fig.1 Facula on the target surface

Fig.2 Cracking pattern of carb-based complex coating with structure I

Fig.3 XPS survey (a) and Ti2p peak (b) of the exposed surface of carbon-based complex coating with structure II

Fig.4 XPS survey (a) and C1s peak (b) of surface of the carbon-based complex coating with structure III

Fig.5 Raman spectroscopies of single DLC layer (a), single SiC layer (b), and alternating DLC/SiC film (c)

Fig.6 Load-depth (a) and hardness-depth curves (b) of carbon-based complex coating

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