Surface modification is widely adopted as a viable solution for surface damage under sliding
or impacting conditions. Various coatings can be manufactured using different techniques …

Titanium carbide (TiC) coatings are widely used in several industrial applications, including
tooling and tribological applications. These materials are used due to their mechanical …

The dynamic impact test is a tool for investigating the impact wear of the coated samples. In
the dynamic impact test, the indenter successively impacts the same place of the sample …

During physical vapor deposition (PVD), bias voltage is usually applied to the substrate for
tuning the ion energies and tailoring the coating structure and mechanical properties of a …

The ionization of sputtered species in high power impulse magnetron sputtering of titanium,
chromium, and aluminum targets is analyzed using Abel-inverted spectroscopic imaging to …

A number of industrial applications today require thermally sprayed coatings that exhibit
good adhesion, high temperature and chemical resistance, and can withstand particle …

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 …

Abstract Coatings in the Ta-Si-N system were deposited by magnetron sputtering in the Ar, N
2 atmosphere and Ar+ N 2 gas mixtures. Coatings have been studied in terms of structure …

High velocity oxygen-fuel (HVOF) prepared CrC-based hardmetal coatings are generally
known for their superior wear, corrosion, and oxidation resistance. These properties make …

Titanium nitride (TiN) coatings were deposited on a silicon substrate using reactive high
power impulsed magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS), without additional heating. The TiN films …