Recent progress in emerging two-dimensional transition metal carbides

T Qin, Z Wang, Y Wang, F Besenbacher, M Otyepka… - Nano-micro letters, 2021 - Springer
As a new member in two-dimensional materials family, transition metal carbides (TMCs)
have many excellent properties, such as chemical stability, in-plane anisotropy, high …

Sputter deposition of transition-metal carbide films—A critical review from a chemical perspective

U Jansson, E Lewin - Thin Solid Films, 2013 - Elsevier
Thin films based on transition-metal carbides exhibit many interesting physical and chemical
properties making them attractive for a variety of applications. The most widely used method …

Reactive magnetron sputtering deposition and characterization of niobium carbide films

K Zhang, M Wen, G Cheng, X Li, QN Meng, JS Lian… - Vacuum, 2014 - Elsevier
Niobium carbide thin films have been deposited on Si (100) substrates by direct current
reactive magnetron sputtering using CH 4 as a carbon source. With increasing F CH 4 from …

Microstructure evolution, wear and corrosion resistance of CrC nanocomposite coatings in seawater

D Zhao, X Jiang, Y Wang, W Duan, L Wang - Applied Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Crsingle bond C nanocomposite coatings were deposited by multi-arc ion plating with
various argon/acetylene mixtures. The XRD, XPS and HRTEM characterization suggest that …

Deposition and characterization of reactive magnetron sputtered zirconium carbide films

QN Meng, M Wen, F Mao, N Nedfors, U Jansson… - Surface and Coatings …, 2013 - Elsevier
Zirconium carbide films have been deposited on silicon (100) substrates using direct current
magnetron reactive sputtering using CH 4 as a carbon source. The films exhibit a typical …

Optimizing the tribological behavior of tantalum carbide coating for the bearing in total hip joint replacement

S Du, K Zhang, M Wen, Y Qin, R Li, H **, X Bao, P Ren… - Vacuum, 2018 - Elsevier
Tantalum carbide (TaC) coatings deposited using DC reactive sputtering, have been
scrutinized with XPS, XRD, TEM, nanoindenter, and tribological tests in ambient air and …

Structural, mechanical and tribological properties of ZrC thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering

A Gilewicz, K Mydłowska, J Ratajski, Ł Szparaga… - Vacuum, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, thin coatings of ZrC were deposited by reactive pulsed magnetron
sputtering of a zirconium target in an Ar+ C 2 H 2 atmosphere on HS6-5-2 steel substrates …

The composition, structure and surface properties of the titanium-carbon coatings prepared by PVD technique

AP Rubshtein, AB Vladimirov, YV Korkh… - Surface and Coatings …, 2017 - Elsevier
Amorphous carbon (aC) and titanium-carbon nanocomposite TiC x/aC coatings were
deposited using the PVD technique. TiC x/aC were deposited by simultaneous sputtering of …

Structure, mechanical and tribological properties of HfCx films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering

W Shuo, Z Kan, A Tao, H Chaoquan, M Qingnan… - Applied Surface …, 2015 - Elsevier
Hafnium carbide (HfC) films have been deposited on Si (1 0 0) substrates by direct current
reactive magnetron sputtering. The microstructure, compressive stress, hardness and …

[HTML][HTML] Reactive sputtering of NbCx-based nanocomposite coatings: An up-scaling study

N Nedfors, O Tengstrand, A Flink, AM Andersson… - Surface and Coatings …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanocomposite Nb-C coatings, with a C/Nb ratio of 0.93–1.59, have been deposited by
reactive sputtering in a commercial sputtering system where the C is supplied from an …