Growth, mechanical properties, and tribological performance of TiAlN/NbN and NbN/TiAlN bilayer coatings

Yi, Jiansong; Xiong, Ji; Guo, Zhixing; Yang, Tianen; liu, Junbo; You, Qianbing; Fang, Ding; Yu, Ze; Gou, Shaoxuan; Chen, Sitao

doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.11.161

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“…The formulated conditions can be met when creating a multilayer coating, where one layer is a multicomponent nitride system, for example (TiZrSiY), and the second layer is a mononitride, for example, NbN. The plastic properties of the suggested mononitride are ensured by a decrease in Young's modulus and, in some cases, an increase in heat resistance during the formation of a surface oxide film NbOx [13].…”

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Cathodic Vacuum ARC Multilayer Coatings (TiZrSiY)N/NbN: Structure and Properties Depending on The Deposition Interval of Alternate Layers

Beresnev,

Lytovchenko,

Azarenkov

et al. 2023

East Eur. J. Phys.

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Two series of multilayer coatings with different numbers of bilayers (268 and 536, respectively) were synthesised using the cathodic vacuum-arc deposition (CVAD) with the simultaneous sputtering of two different cathodes. The first cathode was made of the multicomponent TiZrSiY material, and the second one was made of technical niobium. The coatings were condensed in a nitrogen atmosphere at a constant negative bias potential applied to the substrate. The resulting coatings have a distinct periodic structure composed of individual layers of (TiZrSiY)N and NbN with the thicknesses determined by the deposition interval (10 or 20 s, respectively). The total thicknesses of the coatings determined by the number of bilayers were 11 and 9 microns, respectively. The formation of polycrystalline TiN and NbN phases with grain size comparable to the size of the layers has been identified for both series of coatings. The layers exhibit a columnar structure growth with a predominant orientation (111). The hardness of the experimental coatings depends on the thickness of the layers and reaches 39.7 GPa for the coating with the smallest layer thickness. The friction coefficient of the obtained coatings varies from 0.512 to 0.498 and also depends on the thickness of the layers. A relatively large value of the friction coefficient is due to high roughness and the presence of a droplet fraction on the surface as well as in the volume of the coatings.

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Cathodic Vacuum ARC Multilayer Coatings (TiZrSiY)N/NbN: Structure and Properties Depending on The Deposition Interval of Alternate Layers

Beresnev,

Lytovchenko,

Azarenkov

et al. 2023

East Eur. J. Phys.

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“…To further improve the performance of TiN and TiAlN-based coatings, recently, the drawbacks of monolayer hard coatings can be overcome using a multilayer system [ 14 , 15 , 16 ]. Nanoscale multilayered coatings have been attracted and studied extensively because of their promising mechanical and tribological properties [ 17 ].…”

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“…Recently, Y. Luo et al [ 22 ] showed that the multilayer coating of AlCrN/TiSiN with nanoscale modulation thicknesses possessed high plasticity index and impact wear resistance to abrasive quartz particles. Presently, there are only a few reports on multilayer coatings composed of TiAlNbN and AlCrN, and particularly their tribological performance has not been widely studied [ 10 , 16 ]. In this study, a high ionization cathodic arc evaporation (CAE) equipped with TiAlNb and AlCr targets was used to deposit the multilayered TiAlNbN/AlCrN with AlCrN layer addition into TiAlNbN.…”

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Improvement of Tribological Performance of TiAlNbN Hard Coatings by Adding AlCrN

Chang

Huang

2022

Materials

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In tribological applications, the degradation of alloy nitride coatings is an issue of increasing concern. The drawbacks of monolayer hard coatings can be overcome using a multilayer coating system. In this study, single-layer TiAlNbN and multilayer TiAlNbN/AlCrN coatings with AlCrN layer addition into TiAlNbN were prepared by cathodic arc evaporation (CAE). The multilayer TiAlNbN/AlCrN showed B1 NaCl structure, and the columnar structure continued from the bottom interlayer of CrN to the top multilayers without interruption. After AlCrN addition, the TiAlNbN/AlCrN coating consisted of TiAlNbN and AlCrN multilayers with a periodic thickness of 13.2 nm. The layer thicknesses of the TiAlNbN and AlCrN were 7 nm and 6.2 nm, respectively. The template growth of the TiAlNbN and AlCrN sublayers stabilized the cubic phases. The introduction of bottom CrN and the TiAlNbN/CrN transition layers possessed com-position-gradient that improved the adhesion strength of the coatings. The hardness of the deposited TiAlNbN was 30.2 ± 1.3 GPa. The TiAlNbN/AlCrN had higher hardness of 31.7 ± 3.5 GPa and improved tribological performance (wear rate = 8.2 ± 0.6 × 10−7 mm3/Nm) than those of TiAlNbN, which were because the multilayer architecture with AlCrN addition effectively resisted abrasion wear.

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Influence of aluminum addition on structure, hardness, and oxidation resistance of Ta_1−xAl_xN thin films

Santos,

Dias,

Rezende

et al. 2024

Surface & Interface Analysis

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Ta1−xAlxN thin films with 5, 15, and 40 at.% Al addition were co‐deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering and characterized by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), grazing angle X‐ray diffraction (GAXRD), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), nanohardness, and oxidation tests. GAXRD and XPS analyses showed, regardless of the % Al added, the non‐existence of ternary nitride Ta1−xAlxN, but always as individual binary nitrides, TaN and AlN. Sample TaAlN_15 obtained the highest hardness and H3/E2 values, possibly due to the AlN grains presence, which were efficient in distorting the TaN lattice. All samples failed oxidation tests at 873 K, showing that the Al addition was not efficient in improving this property for tantalum aluminum nitride thin films.

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Growth, mechanical properties, and tribological performance of TiAlN/NbN and NbN/TiAlN bilayer coatings

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Cathodic Vacuum ARC Multilayer Coatings (TiZrSiY)N/NbN: Structure and Properties Depending on The Deposition Interval of Alternate Layers

Cathodic Vacuum ARC Multilayer Coatings (TiZrSiY)N/NbN: Structure and Properties Depending on The Deposition Interval of Alternate Layers

Improvement of Tribological Performance of TiAlNbN Hard Coatings by Adding AlCrN

Influence of aluminum addition on structure, hardness, and oxidation resistance of Ta_1−xAl_xN thin films

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Growth, mechanical properties, and tribological performance of TiAlN/NbN and NbN/TiAlN bilayer coatings

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Cathodic Vacuum ARC Multilayer Coatings (TiZrSiY)N/NbN: Structure and Properties Depending on The Deposition Interval of Alternate Layers

Cathodic Vacuum ARC Multilayer Coatings (TiZrSiY)N/NbN: Structure and Properties Depending on The Deposition Interval of Alternate Layers

Improvement of Tribological Performance of TiAlNbN Hard Coatings by Adding AlCrN

Influence of aluminum addition on structure, hardness, and oxidation resistance of Ta1−xAlxN thin films

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Influence of aluminum addition on structure, hardness, and oxidation resistance of Ta_1−xAl_xN thin films