Papers by Keyword: Pure Ti Substrate

Abstract: Diamond coatings on pure titanium substrates are of interest for tribological and biomedical implants. However, due to the different thermal expansion coefficients of the two materials, the complex nature of the interlayer formed during diamond deposition, and the difficulty in achieving very high nucleation density, it is hard to deposit adherent thin diamond layers on titanium. The aim of the present research was to successfully produce smooth and well adherent nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) film on a pure Ti substrate using the microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MWPCVD) method. The influence of Argon addition to CH4/H2 plasma on the crystallinity, morphology and growth of the diamond film deposited by MWPCVD was investigated using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), Xray diffraction (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy.

Abstract: The deposition of a well adherent diamond film on titanium and its alloys is always complicated due to the different thermal expansion coefficients of the two materials, the complex nature of the interlayer formed during diamond deposition, and the difficulty in achieving very high nucleation density. In this work well-adherent and smooth nano-crystalline diamond film was successfully deposited on pure titanium substrate by microwave plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (MWPCVD) method in CH4/H2 environment. It is found that the average grain size was less than 20 nm with a surface roughness value as low as 28nm. Of particular interest in this study was the exceptional adhesion of approximately 2μm-thick diamond film to the metal substrate as observed by indentation testing up to 150 kg load. Experimental results on growth mechanism and obtaining good adhesion are discussed.