Abrasive:
wear, 129-31,134,271,273,280,290 wear modeling, I24, I25
Adherence, 223
Adhesion, 56, 57, 61, 62, 65, 73, 78, 136, 138--42, 147-51, 157-60, 163, 164, 166,210,2II,2I3-I8,220,222,232, 233,238,239,250,251,276
Apparent friction, 85 Appearance, 103, I I3, I24
Coating, I, 3, 5, 6, 8-16, I8, I9, 21, 23, 56, 57,59,63,65,67,68, 73-5,82, I36, I40, I42, I49, I64-6
Cohesive strength, I86, I87, I90, I94, I95, I97-200,204,208,210 Cone,22,23,25,30-7,39,40,43-9,
5I,53
Contact angle, I-12, 14-23, 25 Cracking, 56, 67, 7I-3, 76, 82 Critical:
force for cracking, I66
load, 136--44, 147, 149, 151, 152, 155, 156, 158, I59, 164,210,213, 215-I8
plastic strain, I86, I89-97, 208 Cross-linking, 56
Damages, 56, 65, 66
Delamination, 56, 65, 67,71-3, 82
DLC coating, 223-5,227,228,230,231
Elastomers, 56, 57, 59
Finite element analysis, 210
Friction, 56-9, 61-3, 67-72,77, 82, 85-7, 89,90,92-5,97-101
coefficient, I-5, 8, 10-12, I6, 19-23, 25,262
Gloss, 102-5, I07, I08, I 14-21 Groove, I, 2, 4-6, I2, I 3, I5, 2 I-3, 25
Hardness, 22-6, 33, 39, 40,43-5,47,
49,51,53
High nitrogen steels, 280
JKR theory. 56
Laser scanning confocal microscopy, I03
Machinability, 280,281,289,291
Mar resistance measurement, I66, 167, 169, 174, 175, 186
Mechanical properties, I03-5, 113, 12 I Micro:
fracture, 186-97, 199, 200, 204, 208 scratch, 210, 215, 223
Microstructural integrity, I86, 188, 195, 199,204
Nano:
indentation and scratching, 166, 168, 169, 175, 177, 180-84, 186
scratch, 85-8, 92, 93, 95, 96, 98 Nanotribology, 85
Nature of surface, 262
Optical scattering, I02-5, I07-10, 114, I 16-21
Parallel overlapping scratch, 186, 190, I93, I96-99,201,203-5
Poly(amide) fibre, 85 Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS), 56 Poly(n-butyl acrylate) (PnBA), 56, 57, 59 Polymers, 124, 125, 127-34
Pre-sputtering time, 232, 234, 236, 238--45, 248,249
Recovering, I
Representative strain, 22, 25, 38, 51, 52 Roughness, I, 2, 4-6,9-1 I, 13, 15, 21,23
Scratch, 22, 26, 38, 42, 56, 250, 254, 258,261
inclined, 262, 264, 265, 267, 277 resistance, 1-5, 9, 13, 15-7, 19, 23, 24,
166, 186, 280, 281' 289, 291 resistance measurement, I66
