Friction and wear usually lead to huge energy loss and failure of machine pairs, which
usually causes great economic losses. Researchers have made great efforts to reduce …

There is a growing concern within the surface science community that the massive increase
in the number of XPS articles over the last few decades is accompanied by a decrease in …

In tribological applications, the degradation of metallic coatings due to oxidation and thermal
softening at high temperatures is an issue of increasing concern. Recently, researchers …

Four nitride coatings, TiN, TiAlN, AlTiN and CrAlN were deposited on YG6 (WC+ 6wt.% Co)
cemented carbide by cathodic arc-evaporation technique. The friction and wear properties …

We present first self-consistent modelling of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) Ti 2p, N
1s, O 1s, and C 1s core level spectra with a cross-peak quantitative agreement for a series of …

Industrial applications of CrN (PVD) coatings are entering an expanding but selective range
of mass manufactured goods. They may be prepared as single, low and high temperature …

Chromium and titanium nitride coatings are well known for their high hardness and good
wear resistance. Here, we research the mechanical and thermal properties of TiN/CrN_M1 …

Surface oxidation mechanisms of TiN and CrN films were studied by means of x-ray
photoelectron (XPS) and absorption spectroscopy (XAS). In the N 1s XPS spectra of both the …

TiAlN films were deposited on silicon (111) substrates from a TiAl target using a reactive DC
magnetron sputtering process in Ar+ N2 plasma. Films were prepared at various nitrogen …

Cr–N film coatings were prepared by magnetron sputter deposition at different nitrogen
partial pressures. The film characterisation by XRD and DTG gives average bulk …