Plasma processing of aluminum alloys to promote adhesion: A critical review

VK Patel, S Bhowmik - Reviews of Adhesion and Adhesives, 2017 - raajournal.com
Aluminum and its alloys are commonly used as lightweight materials in many industrial
sectors including aerospace but these materials exhibit poor adhesion properties, low …

Low-energy high-current plasma immersion implantation of nitrogen ions in plasma of non-self-sustained arc discharge with thermionic and hollow cathodes

NN Koval, AI Ryabchikov, DO Sivin, IV Lopatin… - Surface and Coatings …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents the results of low-energy high-current implantation of nitrogen ions into
AISI 5140 steel. The plasma was generated using a plasma source based on non-self …

Influence of pulsed power supply parameters on active screen plasma nitriding

M Naeem, M Waqas, I Jan, M Zaka-ul-Islam… - Surface and Coatings …, 2016 - Elsevier
It is well known that active screen plasma nitriding (ASPN) is driven using a pulsed DC
power supply, due to several advantages such as improved control over temperature …

The chemical characterization and reflectivity of the Al (1.0% wtSi)/Zr periodic multilayer

Q Zhong, Z Zhang, J Zhu, Z Wang, P Jonnard… - Applied surface …, 2012 - Elsevier
The reflectivity of Al (1.0% wtSi)/Zr multilayer with 40 periods has been measured in the
region of 17–19nm. Experimental peak reflectivity is 41.2% at 5° incidence angle. However …

Novel active screen plasma nitriding of aluminum using aluminum cathodic CAGE

M Naeem, JC Díaz-Guillén, M Akram… - Surface Review and …, 2020 - World Scientific
The aim of this work is to improve the surface properties of aluminum, using active screen
plasma nitriding (ASPN) equipped with aluminum active screen (Al-AS). The samples are …

Investigation of plasma parameters in an active screen cage-pulsed dc plasma used for plasma nitriding

M Naeem, ZI Khattak, M Zaka-ul-Islam… - Radiation Effects and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Active screen cage-pulsed dc plasmas are widely used in the material processing
applications such as plasma nitriding, carburizing and nitrocarburizing. Specifically for …

Effect of pulsed current on cathodic cage plasma nitriding of non-alloyed steel

M Naeem, J Iqbal, F Shabbir, MA Khan… - Materials Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The cathodic cage plasma nitriding (CCPN) is an efficient and cost-effective surface
modification technique, extensively used in last two decades. The effectiveness of CCPN is …

Thermally induced structural modification in the Al/Zr multilayers

Q Zhong, Z Zhang, S Ma, R Qi, J Li, Z Wang… - Applied surface …, 2013 - Elsevier
The effect of increasing temperature on the structural stability and interactions of two kinds of
Al/Zr (Al (1% wtSi)/Zr and Al (Pure)/Zr) multilayer mirrors are investigated. All Al/Zr …

Plasma processing of aluminum alloys to promote adhesion: a critical review

VK Patel, S Bhowmik - Progress in Adhesion and Adhesives, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aluminum and its alloys are commonly used as lightweight materials in many industrial
sectors including aerospace but these materials exhibit poor adhesion properties, low …

Pulsed dc discharge in the presence of active screen for nitriding of high carbon steel

A Saeed, AW Khan, F Jan, M Waqar, M Abrar… - Materials …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
A discharge of nitrogen-hydrogen mixture by 50 Hz pulsed dc in the presence of active
screen cage is investigated by optical emission spectroscopy (OES). The aim is to identify …