The effect of chemical composition on the structure, chemistry and mechanical properties of magnetron sputtered WBC coatings: Modeling and experiments

S Mirzaei, M Alishahi, P Souček, J Ženíšek… - Surface and Coatings …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ternary WBC coatings were non-reactively deposited in order to enhance the envelope of
the mechanical properties of the binary transition metal borides and carbides with a focus on …

Phase formation, thermal stability and mechanical properties of Nb-BC coatings prepared by combinatorial magnetron sputtering

S Debnárová, P Souček, V Buršíková, M Hans… - Surface and Coatings …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, combinatorial magnetron sputtering was used to deposit Nb-BC coatings in a
wide composition range. The phase formation, thermal stability and mechanical properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Nb incorporation in Mo2BC coatings on structural and mechanical properties—Ab initio modelling and experiment

J Ženíšek, P Souček, P Ondračka, Z Czigány… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
This article presents theoretical and experimental findings on the stability of orthorhombic
(Mo 1− x Nb x) 2 BC phase in magnetron sputtered coatings, where molybdenum is …

Synthesis and characterization of Ta–B–C coatings prepared by DCMS and HiPIMS co-sputtering

M Polaček, P Souček, M Alishahi, N Koutná, P Klein… - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
This study reports on the deposition and properties of Ta–B–C coatings by the co-sputtering
of tantalum, boron carbide, and graphite targets using High Power Impulse Magnetron …

W 4f electron binding energies in amorphous WBC systems

J Ženíšek, P Ondračka, J Čechal, P Souček… - Applied surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we critically evaluate the applicability of the procedure proposed in [Mirzaei et
al., Surf. Coat. Technol. 358 (2019) 843–849] which is based on the fitting of the XPS …

Tribological behaviors of Mo2BC ceramics against various counterpart materials

Z Zhang, B Chang, Z Yu, S Wang, G Su, X Pang… - Tribology …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the tribological behaviors of Mo 2 BC ceramics against four different
counterpart materials were studied. It was established that the tribological properties of Mo 2 …

Atomic substitution to balance hardness, ductility, and sustainability in molybdenum tungsten borocarbide

A Mansouri Tehrani, AO Oliynyk, Z Rizvi… - Chemistry of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Mo2–x W x BC is suggested to be one of the only exceptionally high hardness, transition-
metal-rich materials that also shows moderate ductility and compositional sustainability. This …

Phase formation of powders sputtered from X2BC targets and XC+ XB powder mixtures {X= Nb, Ta, W}

S Debnárová, P Souček, P Ondračka… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the phase formation and thermal stability of XBC powders are investigated,
where X={Nb, Ta, and W}. XBC powders are synthesized by pulsed-DC magnetron …

Industrially deposited hard and damage resistant WBC coatings

M Kroker, P Souček, L Zábranský, V Buršíková… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
The article presents composition-dependent structural and mechanical properties of sputter-
deposited WBC coatings. The industrial batch-coater employs a cylindrical sputter source …

Microstructural changes of amorphous Mo–B–C coatings upon thermal annealing

L Zábranský, P Souček, P Vašina, J Dugáček… - Surface and Coatings …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Several amorphous Mo–B–C coatings with wide range of compositions were
subjected to thermal annealing to a final temperature of 1000° C in UHV conditions. The …