Enhancing the tribo-mechanical properties of aerospace AL7075-T6 by magnetron-sputtered Ti/TiN, Cr/CrN & TiCr/TiCrN thin film ceramic coatings

Effect of microstructural evolution on wettability and tribological behavior of TiO2 nanotubular arrays coated on Ti–6Al–4V

“…10b,c,d and f). Similar behavior was recently reported by Ezazi et al [45]. According to the AFM images of the worn surfaces, lateral grooves surrounded by high peaks were formed, representing the formation of microgrooves on the surface of the samples due to the severe plastic deformation of the substrate, a ductile alloy.…”

“…This behavior was due to the initial consecutive wear of the surfaces' micro asperities and increased conformity of worn surfaces. Hence, in the early stages, wear damage was caused by brittle micro-fractures within surface grains and by tribochemical reactions [45]. As shown in Fig.…”

Annealing effects on microstructural, optical, and mechanical properties of sputtered CrN thin film coatings: Experimental studies and finite element modeling

“…The enhancement of the tribological and mechanical properties of magnetron sputtered Ti/TiN, Cr/CrN and TiCr/TiCrN thin film coatings have been reported by Ezazi et al [25]. In their study, the authors described combining TiN and CrN phases into a single film and presented a solution for the damage mechanisms that degrade material properties.…”

Ti/TiN/HA coating on Ti–6Al–4V for biomedical applications

“…In this sense, the Taguchi method, which is an experimental design technique, was used to dramatically decrease the number of experiments by using orthogonal arrays and minimizing the out of control factors [33][34][35][36].…”