journal article·2026-08

On the counterintuitive wear behavior of Si doped hydrogenated amorphous carbon films: Low friction does not guarantee low wear

Xue Li, Songlin Zhang, Qian Jia, Yuhang Lan, Artem Okulov, Bin Zhang

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