Title: Metal composite materials reinforced with nanostructural carbon particles synthesised from fullerenes under pressure

Authors: Ekaterina Drozdova; Iraida Lukina; Olga Chernogorova; Viktor Blinov; Evgeny Ekimov; Vladimir Stupnikov

Addresses: Laboratory of Structural Steels and Alloys, Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia ' Laboratory of Structural Steels and Alloys, Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia ' Laboratory of Structural Steels and Alloys, Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia ' Laboratory of Structural Steels and Alloys, Baikov Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119334, Russia ' Laboratory of New Magnetic and Superconducting Materials, Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Troitsk 108840, Russia ' Chemistry Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia

Abstract: Metal composite materials (CM) are spatially reinforced with superelastic superhard carbon particles, which are synthesised from fullerenes directly upon high-temperature sintering of CM under pressure. The structure and properties of the reinforcing particles and CM based on various metals have been studied as a function of pressure, temperature, and the composition of fullerites. The wear resistance of CM is substantially higher than that of the matrix metal, and the friction coefficient of CM is comparable to that of diamond-like coatings. At the same time, the CM to a great extent retain the electrical conductivity of the matrix metal.

Keywords: composite materials; fullerenes; superelasticity; superhard carbon; nanostructure; wear resistance; friction coefficient.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2019.102393

International Journal of Nanotechnology, 2019 Vol.16 No.1/2/3, pp.69 - 76

Published online: 23 Sep 2019 *

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