Thin and hard ZrC/TiN multilayers grown by pulsed laser deposition

The effect of deposition conditions on the properties of Zr-carbide, Zr-nitride and Zr-carbonitride coatings – a review

“…The morphology of the coatings was affected by the number of focus shots. An improvement in the crystallinity of the Zr-nitride/carbonitride coatings was observed, which was attributed to the saturation of the residual stresses developed in all planes for higher numbers of focus shots (40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50), in turn caused by enhanced ion induced annealing of the substrate surface.…”

Good Biocompatibility and Sintering Properties of Zirconia Nanoparticles Synthesized via Vapor-phase Hydrolysis

“…To minimize substrate contributions, the indentation experiments were performed in load control, with the load of 50 gf. The loading and unloading speed was 5 × 10 −6 m·s −1 , and the time under the peak load was 15 s 48 49 55 56 57 58 . Ten random tests were performed for each sample to evaluate the material hardness.…”

Optical and mechanical properties of nanocrystalline ZrC thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition

“…Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is a very suitable technique for such studies, since by controlling laser irradiation parameters and deposition conditions films with various structural qualities can be obtained [3,[9][10][11]. Moreover, crystalline films could be deposited at moderate substrate temperatures, below 550 • C. We showed previously that ZrC films grown by PLD at different temperatures exhibited high hardness and Young's modulus values, as well as low friction coefficients and wear rates [3,11].…”