Tribological carbon-based coatings: An AFM and LFM study

AFM Applications in Micro/Nanostructured Coatings

“…Martínez-Martínez et al examined some carbon-based coatings through AFM and lateral force microscopy (LFM) techniques to investigate their microstructure and friction properties at the micro-and nanoscales (98). They prepared four samples through the magnetron sputtering technique.…”

Microtribological Behavior of Polymer-Nanoparticle Thin Film with AFM

“…Friction images in trace and retrace scan directions were recorded when the scan angle was 90 o . The applied load including the intrinsic adhesive force on thin films was calculated from set-point and "Force -Distance" curve .The applied load was changed and then the friction signals recorded, and so on, the friction-load figure was obtained (Li et al, 1999;Martínez-Martínez et al, 2009). …”

Deposition of DNA Nanostructures on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite

“…8,9 The sp 2 carbon materials have been widely studied because of their excellent mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. 10,11 Among the many different types of carbon materials (e.g., graphite, semiconducting and metallic carbon nanotubes, and single and multilayer graphene), HOPG is often used as the model to understand the basic properties of extended sp 2 carbons in wetting, 12 adsorption, 13 tribology, 14 biosensing, 15 and surface chemistry. 16 Therefore, a fundamental understanding of the interaction between DNA nanostructure and HOPG will pave the way to integrating DNA nanostructure with a broad range of sp 2 carbon materials.…”