Influence of grain size and humidity on the nanotribological properties of wear-resistant nanostructured ZrO2 coatings: An atomic force microscopy study

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2498-2503

  Tocha, Ewa ^a   Schönherr, Holger ^a   Vancso, G Julius ^a   Siebelt, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COATINGS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; THIN FILMS; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR RESISTANCE; ZIRCONIA;

LOW FRICTION COATINGS; NANOTRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 27644504920     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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