Coatings are now frequently used on cutting tool inserts in the metal production sector due
to their better wear resistance and heat barrier effect. Protective hard coatings with a …

The effect of different plasma focus shots and angular positions (0° and 30°) on the
properties of chromium nitride (CrN) coatings, deposited by a plasma focus (PF) device on …

Understanding the evolution of target composition, hysteresis effect and coatings properties
as a function of reactive gas and sputtering techniques in developing new thin film coatings …

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 …

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 surface sintering approach was examined in the present manuscript to obtain single
cathode material consisting of multiple elements. Design of electromagnetic discharge …

In this study, TiO2 films were deposited on the glass substrates at different pressures using a
DC magnetron sputtering system. The surface topography, fractality, particle size …

As an efficient tool for theoretical investigation, the first-principles calculation based on
Density Functional Theory (DFT) has been applied to various fields of material development …

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 …

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 …