Optical and Mechanical Characterization of Sputtered AlN/Ag Multilayer Films

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Ag Surface Outflow Kinetics in Ag/AlN Nanomultilayers

“…Among the NMLs mentioned earlier, the Ag/AlN system is of particular interest for its prominent mechanical and optical properties. [33] According to the previously published works, these NMLs show a substantial outflow of silver, making them promising brazing fillers for joining technologies. [8,16,24,34,35] Chiodi et al [24] were the first to report a massive Ag outflow upon heating in air at a relatively low temperature (420 °C), which has been recently confirmed by Druzhinin et al [8] Oxidation of AlN nanolayers and formation of Al 2 O 3 phase result in an increased interface energy.…”

Effects of Mo Single‐Layer Thickness on Microstructure and Tribological Behavior of WSx/Mo/a‐C/Mo Multilayer Films

“…In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in nanomultilayer films due to their excellent mechanical properties and tribological behavior. [ 1–6 ] Self‐lubricating multilayer coatings are typically prepared with the alternation of soft and hard layers, for example, multilayered Ti/TiN, [ 7 ] WS x /a‐C, [ 8 ] MoS 2 /a‐C, [ 9 ] WS 2 /MoS 2 , [ 10–12 ] etc. The generally accepted concepts to explain the phenomenon include modulus hardening, coordinated strain hardening, and Hall–Petch theory.…”