Structural properties, internal stress and thermal stability of nc-TiN/a-Si3N4, nc-TiN/TiSix and nc-(Ti1-yAlySix)N superhard nanocomposite coatings reaching the hardness of diamond

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 120-121, Issue , 1999, Pages 173-178

  Niederhofer, A ^a   Nesladek P ^a   Mannling H D ^a   Moto, K ^a   Veprek S ^a   Jilek M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SHM Ltd   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Hardness; Internal stress; Superhard nanocomposite coatings; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COATING; HARDNESS; INTERNAL STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033508655     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0257-8972(99)00451-X     Document Type: Article

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