A study of structure and properties of Ti-doped DLC film by reactive magnetron sputtering with ion implantation

Ti-doped diamond-like carbon (DLC) films were prepared on Ti alloys by reactive magnetron sputtering combined with PSII technology. The structure and properties of unmodified and Ti-doped DLC films were analyzed in a systematic way by different testing, such as TEM, XPS, frictional wear testing, contact angle measurement and so on. The results showed that Ti-doped DLC was a typical a-C:H film containing TiC nanometer grains, whose mechanical properties were obviously improved, such as hardness, wear resistance and cohesive strength, still kept good wear resistance at the ambient temperature of 450 °C, and held a rather large mean water contact angle of 104.2 ± 1°.