NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND IMPROVED DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION RESISTANCE

Consisted of dense amorphous carbon or hydrocarbon, diamond-like carbon (DLC) mechanical properties fall between those of graphite and diamond with potential uses in electrochemical applications [1,2]. Some authors have reported the concern of doping DLC films with metal ions in order to combine the properties of the ions and the bulk of the host material [3]. In this paper nanocrystalline diamond (NCD