Concepts for the design of advanced nanoscale PVD multilayer protective thin films

M Stueber, H Holleck, H Leiste, K Seemann… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Technological challenges in future surface engineering applications demand continuously
new material solutions offering superior properties and performance. Concepts for the …

Materials mechanical size effects: a review

TT Zhu, AJ Bushby, DJ Dunstan - Materials Technology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Knowledge of the mechanical behaviour of materials is essential in materials
science and applied mechanics. At small sizes, this behaviour shows significant departures …

Influence of layer number on microstructure, mechanical properties and wear behavior of the TiN/Ti multilayer coatings fabricated by high-power magnetron sputtering …

L Sheng, Y Xiao, C Jiao, B Du, Y Li, Z Wu… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present research, the TiN/Ti multilayer coatings with different layers were fabricated on
Ti6Al4V substrates with same deposition time by high-power DC reactive magnetron …

Structure, mechanical and tribological properties of self-toughening TiSiN/Ag multilayer coatings on Ti6Al4V prepared by arc ion plating

C Dang, J Li, Y Wang, J Chen - Applied Surface Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The TiSiN/Ag multilayer coatings deposited on Ti6Al4V alloy substrate using the
multi-arc ion plating system. All multilayer coatings had a same total thickness of about 2.5 …

Stress in evaporated and sputtered thin films–a comparison

R Koch - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2010 - Elsevier
Stress in thin films and heterostructures is often the cause for malfunction of respective
applications, but enables also the controlled engineering of novel materials properties. In …

Hard yet tough CrN/Si3N4 multilayer coatings deposited by the combined deep oscillation magnetron sputtering and pulsed dc magnetron sputtering

YX Ou, XP Ouyang, B Liao, X Zhang, S Zhang - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Hard yet tough coatings with simultaneously high hardness and toughness represent a new
class of high-performance coatings, which are vital for tribological applications due to the …

Nanoscale architecture of (CrN/ZrN)/(Cr/Zr) nanocomposite coatings: Microstructure, composition, mechanical properties and first-principles calculations

OV Maksakova, RF Webster, RD Tilley… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The main principles of formation of microstructure and properties of the nanostructured films
consisting of periodically alternating multilayers of CrN/ZrN transition metal nitride films and …

[HTML][HTML] High density of stacking faults strengthened TaN/TiN multilayer

Y Huang, Z Chen, A Wagner, C Mitterer, K Song… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Multilayer coatings with individual layer thickness on the nanoscale exhibit superior
mechanical properties because of their high interface density. However, compared to …

Influence of N content on structure and mechanical properties of multi-component Al-Cr-Nb-Y-Zr based thin films by reactive magnetron sputtering

K von Fieandt, L Riekehr, B Osinger, S Fritze… - Surface and Coatings …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Al-Cr-Nb-Y-Zr-N films have been deposited with reactive dc magnetron sputtering at
various N 2 flow ratios to achieve films with different nitrogen content, from purely metallic to …

Effect of nitrogen flow rate on structure and properties of MoNx coatings deposited by facing target sputtering

T Wang, G Zhang, S Ren, B Jiang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017 - Elsevier
Molybdenum nitride (MoN x) coatings with different nitrogen content were deposited by
reactively sputtering molybdenum metal target with various N 2 flow rate. The structure of the …