Our investigation was concentrated on two basic challenges in the field of hard protective
coatings prepared by magnetron sputtering:(1) Toughness and resistance to cracking (TRC) …

Niobium nitride and silver composite films with silver content ranging from 9.2 to 19.9 at.%
were deposited by using a RF magnetron sputtering system and friction coefficients and …

The average ion energy per deposited atom (E d) is defined as the product of the ion energy
(E i) and ion-deposition flux ratio (J i/J d) in magnetron sputtering deposition. E d captures …

Severe wear is a key factor affecting the work character and service life of the cutting tools
used for dry cutting. The deposition of wear-resistant films on the cutting tools via magnetron …

Of prime prominence in modification of growing films in magnetron sputtering is the energy
of arriving species onto the substrate; however, the effect of discharge voltage on such an …

The article focuses on some formation peculiarities of chromium nitride coatings in an argon
and nitrogen atmosphere during the magnetron sputtering of a hot chromium target …

Due to their high hardness and superior wear resistance, AlTiN coatings have been
extensively investigated and used in the field of cutting tools. In this work, the effects of V and …

In this paper, a series of chromium carbon nitride (CrCN) composite films with various
carbon content were deposited by changing the power of carbon target using RF-reactive …

Titanium nitride (TiNx) films were deposited on 304 stainless steel and silicon (100) wafers
by ion source assisted magnetron sputtering. The effect of substrate bias voltage on the …

Titanium carbide (TiC x) films were deposited by reactively sputtering Ti target with varied
methane (CH 4) flow rates using an unbalanced magnetron sputtering equipment operating …