[HTML][HTML] Conductive nitrides: Growth principles, optical and electronic properties, and their perspectives in photonics and plasmonics

P Patsalas, N Kalfagiannis, S Kassavetis… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The nitrides of most of the group IVb-Vb-VIb transition metals (TiN, ZrN, HfN, VN, NbN, TaN,
MoN, WN) constitute the unique category of conductive ceramics. Having substantial …

CVD and precursor chemistry of transition metal nitrides

A Kafizas, CJ Carmalt, IP Parkin - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Thin films of transition metal nitrides show wide-ranging properties and have various
technological uses. The early transition metal nitrides with stoichiometry MNx (M= Ti, Zr, Hf …

Comparison of tribological behavior of three films—TiN, TiCN and CrN—grown by physical vapor deposition

YL Su, SH Yao, ZL Leu, CS Wei, CT Wu - Wear, 1997 - Elsevier
By way of the PVD process, different metal-based ceramic coatings can be produced by
changing the metal targets and reactive gases. In this report, TiN, TiCN and CrN are …

The corrosion behavior of Cr-(C, N) PVD hard coatings deposited on various substrates

DK Merl, P Panjan, M Čekada, M Maček - Electrochimica Acta, 2004 - Elsevier
A comparison was made between the electrochemical corrosion behavior of chromium
carbonitride (Cr-(C, N)) and chromium nitride (Cr-N) coatings produced by evaporation in a …

The tribological potential of CrN and Cr (C, N) deposited by multi-arc PVD process

SH Yao, YL Su - Wear, 1997 - Elsevier
Ceramic coatings have been proven to be a good choice for preventing the base material
from wear, corrosion, erosion and other unfavourable damage. In the field of thin solid films …

Microstructure, stress and mechanical properties of arc-evaporated Cr–C–N coatings

J Almer, M Odén, G Håkansson - Thin Solid Films, 2001 - Elsevier
The relationships between coating microstructure and properties in the Cr–C–N system
have been investigated as a function of composition and post-deposition annealing …

Plasma nitriding and plasma nitrocarburizing of electroplated hard chromium to increase the wear and the corrosion properties

E Menthe, KT Rie - Surface and Coatings Technology, 1999 - Elsevier
We have investigated the effect of plasma nitriding and plasma nitrocarburizing on the
microstructure and properties of electroplated chromium. Plasma nitriding and plasma …

Mechanical properties, sliding wear and solid particle erosion behaviors of plasma enhanced magnetron sputtering CrSiCN coating systems

F Cai, X Huang, Q Yang - Wear, 2015 - Elsevier
CrSiCN coating systems with different concentrations of Cr, Si, C, and N were investigated
for their microstructure, mechanical properties (hardness H, elastic modulus E and …

Microstructure and tribological properties of CrN and CrSiCN coatings

F Cai, X Huang, Q Yang, R Wei, D Nagy - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2010 - Elsevier
Three CrN based coatings were deposited on 17-4PH precipitation hardening stainless
steel substrate using plasma enhanced magnetron sputtering (PEMS) technique. The three …

On the performance and application of CrN coating

YL Su, SH Yao - Wear, 1997 - Elsevier
Two sets of experiments, cylinder-on-plate reciprocating wear tests and milling tests, were
carried out to evaluate the performance of CrN coating layers on ferrous metals. Micro …