Zirconium-based coatings have found important uses ranging from functional deposits on
carbon fibers, field emitters, nuclear fuel particles, and dental and body implants to …

Zirconium-based coatings exhibit a range of useful properties such as high hardness, high
temperature stability, biocompatibility, and good resistance to wear, erosion, corrosion and …

This study demonstrated the formation of N-enriched mixed metal oxides (Ta 2 O 5-Nb 2 O 5-
N and Ta 2 O 5-Nb 2 O 5) thin film composites used as photocatalysts to degrade P …

To improve the corrosion resistance, surface electrical conductivity and wettability of Ti–6Al–
4V used in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), a ZrCN nanocrystalline coating …

Nitrides, carbides, and carbonitrides of transition metal elements like Zr, W, Ti, etc. are
generally employed to produce hard coatings. Zirconium-based hard coatings have shown …

In this report Zrsingle bondCsingle bondNsingle bondAg coatings produced by dual
magnetron sputtering are characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and …

New multifunctional materials based on well-established materials to which functional
properties are added, such as antibacterial performance, have become a relevant research …

The aim of the present paper was to evaluate the effect of neutron activation on TiSiCN
carbonitrides coatings prepared at different C/N ratios (0.4 for under stoichiometric and 1.6 …

In the paper, by using radio frequency (rf) magnetron sputtering method, a zirconium
carbonitride coating was produced on AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel. The influence of …

Introduction Hard coatings are primarily based on carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides of
transition metal elements such as W, Ti, Zr, etc. Zr-based hard coatings show good …