Knoop hardness and adhesion strength in Ti interlayer modified TiN coating on 1008 carbon steel

Effects of Metal-Plasma Source Ion Implantation on Tribological Properties of a DLC Film

“…Although DLC films have been considered as a strong candidate for various applications due to its excellent mechanical and tribological properties, their poor adhesion on tool steels limits the applications. In order to overcome this drawback, some ideas were introduced such as the sputter cleaning of the substrate surface [8] and the insertion of an interlayer like Si [9], Ti [10,11] and W [12] between the film and the substrate. Recently, many results were reported that the surface treatment by ion implantation played an important role in improving the adhesion strength of the DLC film.…”