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The analysis of the friction behavior during the run-in period is the focus of the study. The NCD films were grown using microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (MW-PECVD) on single-crystalline diamond SCD(110) substrates. Reciprocating sliding tests were conducted under 500 and 2000 g of normal load using Si3N4 balls as a counter body. The friction force permanently varies during the test, namely Fx value can locally increase or decrease in each cycle of sliding. The distribution of friction force drops (dFx) was extracted from the experimental data using a specially developed program. The analysis revealed a power-law distribution f\u2212\u00b5 of dFx for the early stage of the run-in with the exponent value (\u00b5) in the range from 0.6 to 2.9. In addition, the frequency power spectrum of Fx time series follows power-law distribution f\u2212\u03b1 with \u03b1 value in the range of 1.0\u20132.0, with the highest values (1.6\u20132.0) for the initial stage of the run-in. No power-law distribution of dFx was found for the later stage of the run-in and the steady-state periods of sliding with the exception for periods where a relatively extended decrease of coefficient of friction (COF) was observed. The asperity interlocking leads to the stick-slip like sliding at the early stage of the run-in. This tribological behavior can be related to the self-organized criticality (SOC). The emergence of dissipative structures at the later stages of the run-in, namely the formation of ripples, carbonaceous tribolayer, etc., can be associated with the self-organization (SO).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e21111055","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,28]],"date-time":"2019-10-28T11:26:13Z","timestamp":1572261973000},"page":"1055","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Transition from Self-Organized Criticality into Self-Organization during Sliding Si3N4 Balls against Nanocrystalline Diamond Films"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Andrei","family":"Bogatov","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1887-8976","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vitali","family":"Podgursky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Heinar","family":"Vagistr\u00f6m","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maxim","family":"Yashin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Asad A.","family":"Shaikh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mart","family":"Viljus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8030-8504","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pradeep L.","family":"Menezes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6370-1440","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Iosif S.","family":"Gershman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Joint Stock Company Railway Research Institute, Moscow State Technological University \u201cStankin\u201d (MSTU \u201cSTANKIN\u201d), 3rd Mytischinskaya Street 10, 129851, 127994, GSP-4, Moscow, Vadkovsky lane 1, Moscow, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"162","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mser.2007.09.001","article-title":"Multiscale friction mechanisms and hierarchical surfaces in nano- and bio-tribology","volume":"58","author":"Nosonovsky","year":"2007","journal-title":"Mater. 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