This study deposited CrAlN coatings from Al50Cr50 targets using high-power impulse
magnetron sputtering, with a focus on the effects of nitrogen content and substrate bias …

The hardness and friction coefficient of the molding tools are the two key factors in
influencing their performance during the cutting process. In this regard deposited by physical …

Compressor blades used in gas turbine engines for marine applications must work in harsh
environment such as erosion and corrosion. Multilayer nitride coatings produced by physical …

In order to investigate a protective coating approach for nuclear applications, two different
aluminum rich layers were deposited on T91 steel coupons: Ti-Al-N films were grown via …

A novel DLC film deposition method was proposed to realize the deposition of DLC film on
the surface of complex shaped workpiece. Meanwhile, Si-DLC film was deposited on the …

High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) is the new PVD technique that has been
widely used to deposit hard coatings. In this work, titanium-aluminum nitride (TiAlN) coatings …

PVD technologies, including vacuum arc evaporation and DC-magnetron sputtering, have
been utilized in industrial settings since the early 1980s for depositing protective coatings …

Ion bombardment during film growth usually induces high compressive stress in compound
thin film materials, resulting in rupture and failure of coated tools used in tribological …

In this work, aluminium nitride (AlN) films were deposited on silicon substrates buffered by
an epitaxial AlN thin film for surface acoustic wave (SAW) applications. The films were …

In this work, the influence of different pulse widths (25, 50 and 100 μs) during high power
impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) of copper, silver and zirconium was investigated in …