Temperature-Adaptive Ultralubricity of a WS2/aC Nanocomposite Coating: Performance from Room Temperature up to 500 °C

H Cao, J Momand, A Syari'ati, F Wen… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This study reports on the ultralubricity of a high-temperature resilient nanocomposite
WS2/aC tribocoating. The coefficient of friction of this coating remains at around 0.02 …

Enhanced corrosion inhibition of low carbon steel in aqueous sodium chloride employing sol–gel-based hybrid silanol coatings

TS Hamidon, NA Ishak, MH Hussin - Journal of Sol-Gel Science and …, 2021 - Springer
The anti-corrosion properties of sol–gel-based hybrid silanol coatings incorporated with
span tea leaves extract employed on low carbon steel in saline solution was explored by …

Enhancing mechanical properties and cutting performance of industrially sputtered AlCrN coatings by inducing cathodic arc glow discharge

R Žemlička, M Alishahi, M Jílek, P Souček… - Surface and Coatings …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Effect of substrate bias voltage on the composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of WBC coatings

S Mirzaei, M Alishahi, P Souček, V Buršíková… - Applied Surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
Commercial ceramic protective coatings usually exhibit high hardness, but low ductility
impairs their performance and application-oriented properties. Accordingly, a state-of-the-art …

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 …

Design of pulsed neon injection in the synthesis of WBC films using magnetron sputtering from a surface-sintered single powder cathode

B Wicher, R Chodun, M Trzciński, A Lachowski… - Thin Solid Films, 2020 - Elsevier
The surface sintering approach was examined in the present manuscript to obtain single
cathode material consisting of multiple elements. Design of electromagnetic discharge …

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 …

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 …

Effect of bonding structure on hardness and fracture resistance of WBC coatings with varying B/W ratio

S Mirzaei, M Alishahi, P Souček, L Zábranský… - Surface and Coatings …, 2019 - Elsevier
Low ductility and brittle deformation behaviors are major drawbacks of currently used
commercial hard ceramic-based protective coatings. Recent ab-initio calculations revealed …