Magnetron sputtered titanium carbide-based coatings: A review of science and technology

H Larhlimi, A Ghailane, M Makha, J Alami - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
Titanium carbide (TiC) coatings are widely used in several industrial applications, including
tooling and tribological applications. These materials are used due to their mechanical …

Solid particle erosion of CVD diamond coatings: A review

DW Wheeler, RJK Wood - Wear, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the behaviour of CVD diamond coatings when subjected to solid particle
erosion. The high hardness, elastic modulus and strength of diamond coatings make them …

Microscopic relaxation channels in materials for superconducting qubits

A Premkumar, C Weiland, S Hwang, B Jäck… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite mounting evidence that materials imperfections are a major obstacle to practical
applications of superconducting qubits, connections between microscopic material …

Effect of carbon content on the structural, mechanical and corrosion properties of TiC films deposited using a HiPIMS discharge

H Larhlimi, O Abegunde, Y Samih, A Ghailane… - Surface and Coatings …, 2022 - Elsevier
TiC x thin films have been deposited on steel substrates using High Power Impulse
Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS) under Ar-C 2 H 2 atmosphere. The effect of varying the …

Tribological properties of TiC/aC: H nanocomposite coatings prepared via HiPIMS

JC Sánchez-López, S Dominguez-Meister… - Applied surface …, 2018 - Elsevier
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) technology has been employed to
prepare TiC/aC: H nanocomposite coatings from a titanium target in acetylene (C 2 H 2) …

Superhard titania coatings produced on titanium using induction heat treatment

A Fomin - Ceramics International, 2019 - Elsevier
Superhard titania coatings were prepared by high-temperature oxidation of commercially
pure (cp) titanium using induction heat treatment (IHT). IHT was performed at the …

A comprehensive review of vapour deposited coatings for cutting tools: properties and recent advances

N Ariharan, CG Sriram, N Radhika, S Aswin… - Transactions of the …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing demand for cost-efficient, high-quality machined products has led to a
requirement for cutting tools that are able to provide a long tool life even when operating …

[HTML][HTML] Non-reactive HiPIMS deposition of NbCx thin films: Effect of the target power density on structure-mechanical properties

A Bahr, T Glechner, T Wojcik, A Kirnbauer… - Surface and Coatings …, 2022 - Elsevier
The exceptional mechanical properties of transition metal carbide coatings are known to be
governed by the carbon content and its morphological distribution. Here, we verify the …

Enhanced properties of tungsten films by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering

AM Engwall, SJ Shin, J Bae, YM Wang - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Tungsten films (750–1200 nm thick) deposited by high-power impulse magnetron
sputtering (HiPIMS) under various sputtering gas pressure and substrate bias are …

Effect of magnetic field on spoke behaviour in HiPIMS plasma

J Hnilica, P Klein, M Šlapanská… - Journal of Physics D …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The objective of this paper is to study the effect of magnetic field strength on spoke
behaviour in a high power impulse magnetron sputtering discharge. In three magnetic field …