Recent progress in the superhard nanocrystalline composites: Towards their industrialization and understanding of the origin of the superhardness

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 108-109, Issue , 1998, Pages 138-147

  Veprek S ^a   Nesladek P ^a   Niederhofer, A ^a   Glatz, F ^a   Jilek M ^b   Sima M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SHM Ltd   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cutting tools; High thermal stability; Plasma induced CVD technique; TiN amorphous Si3N4 superhard coatings

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; CUTTING TOOLS; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SILICON NITRIDE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TITANIUM NITRIDE;

PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD); SUPERHARD COATINGS;

CERAMIC COATINGS;

EID: 2142806777     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0257-8972(98)00618-5     Document Type: Article

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