Microstructural design of hard coatings

PH Mayrhofer, C Mitterer, L Hultman… - Progress in materials …, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Microstructural design has attracted increasing interest in modern development of hard
coatings for wear-resistant applications. In plasma-assisted vapor deposited thin films, the …

Low-dimensional SiC nanostructures: fabrication, luminescence, and electrical properties

JY Fan, XL Wu, PK Chu - Progress in materials science, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Nanostructured silicon carbide has unique properties that make it useful in microelectronics,
optoelectronics, and biomedical engineering. In this paper, the fabrication methods as well …

Influence of high-temperature oxide formation on the tribological behaviour of TiN and VN coatings

N Fateh, GA Fontalvo, G Gassner, C Mitterer - Wear, 2007‏ - Elsevier
The formation of thin reaction films in sliding contacts has provided the basis for the recent
development of adaptive, self-lubricating coatings with optimum tribological properties. The …

Adaptive Mo2N/MoS2/Ag Tribological Nanocomposite Coatings for Aerospace Applications

SM Aouadi, Y Paudel, B Luster, S Stadler, P Kohli… - Tribology Letters, 2008‏ - Springer
Abstract Reactively sputtered Mo 2 N/MoS 2/Ag nanocomposite coatings were deposited
from three individual Mo, MoS 2, and Ag targets in a nitrogen environment onto Si (111) …

Calorimetric evidence for frictional self-adaptation of TiAlN/VN superlattice coatings

PH Mayrhofer, PE Hovsepian, C Mitterer… - Surface and Coatings …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
TiAlN/VN superlattices are potential candidates for dry machining due to their high hardness
and excellent tribological properties. It has been reported that VN easily oxidizes at relatively …

A new low friction concept for high temperatures: lubricious oxide formation on sputtered VN coatings

G Gassner, PH Mayrhofer, K Kutschej, C Mitterer… - Tribology Letters, 2004‏ - Springer
The binary system of vanadium and nitrogen offers promising phases in order to enhance
the tribological properties of common hard coatings, owing to their ability to form lubricious …

Hybrid HIPIMS and DC magnetron sputtering deposition of TiN coatings: Deposition rate, structure and tribological properties

Q Luo, S Yang, KE Cooke - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2013‏ - Elsevier
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) has the advantage of ultra-dense
plasma deposition environment although the resultant deposition rate is significantly low. By …

Temperature dependent friction and wear of magnetron sputtered coating TiAlN/VN

Q Luo - Wear, 2011‏ - Elsevier
In this paper, a magnetron sputtered nano-structured multilayer coating TiAlN/VN, grown on
hardened tool steel substrate, has been investigated in un-lubricated ball-on-disk sliding …

Comparative study of the tribological behaviour of superhard nanocomposite coatings nc-TiN/a-Si3N4 with TiN

S Ma, J Prochazka, P Karvankova, Q Ma, X Niu… - Surface and Coatings …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Superhard nanocomposite nc-TiN/a-Si3N4 coatings were prepared by reactive magnetron
sputtering (RMS) and pulsed dc plasma-induced chemical vapour deposition (PCVD) on …

Tailoring the nanostructure of Ti–Si–N thin films by HiPIMS in deep oscillation magnetron sputtering (DOMS) mode

JC Oliveira, F Fernandes, F Ferreira… - Surface and Coatings …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Nanocomposite TiSiN films consist of nano-sized TiN crystallites surrounded by an
amorphous Si–N matrix. Many works have shown that the hardness of nanostructured TiSiN …