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Transfer film growth of continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic poly(ether ether ketone) facilitated by surface texture during dry sliding

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To show the effect of surface texture on transfer film growth of continuous carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic poly(ether ether ketone) (CCF-PEEK), tribological behaviors of untextured and laser-engraved-dimple-textured WC–Co, TiN and DLC surfaces dry-sliding against CCF-PEEK pin were studied in ambient atmosphere (pv = 0.46 MPa•m/s). Little tribo-film formed on untextured WC–Co, TiN and DLC, but continuous, relatively uniform CCF-PEEK transfer films with micron-level thickness grew from the majority of dimples along the sliding direction on textured WC–Co, TiN and DLC. A stable reduction in coefficient of friction by nearly 38.3% was achieved by textured WC–Co compared to the untextured. Texturing also yielded significant friction reduction to TiN, but almost did not lower the friction of DLC. Micro-cutting effect from the dimple texture edges probably caused considerable material removal of the counterpart CCF-PEEK pin and the repetitive friction cycles shaped the CCF-PEEK wear debris into the tribo-films. The friction reduction could be primarily attributed to the substantial mediation of tribological CCF-PEEK transfer films on the sliding interface. This study indicates that surface texture can facilitate the growth of polymeric transfer films with tribological application potentials in dry-sliding conditions.

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This study was funded by National Key Research and Development Project of China (grant number 2018YFB2002201); the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (grant numbers BX20190048, 2021M693724); and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 52005061, 51771037).

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    Huajun Cao, Xin Dong, Da Qu, Chaoyang Dong & Bo Wu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

    Huajun Cao, Xin Dong, Da Qu, Chaoyang Dong, Deen Sun & Bo Wu

  3. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China

    Chunyue Zhao & Deen Sun

  4. School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Le Gu

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Cao, H., Dong, X., Qu, D. et al. Transfer film growth of continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic poly(ether ether ketone) facilitated by surface texture during dry sliding. J Mater Sci 57, 383–397 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06595-6

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