Novel ceramic Ti-Si-C nanocomposite coatings for electrical contact applications

Surface Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 406-411

  Eklund, P ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbides; Resistivity; Sputtering; Thin films; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SPUTTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICAL CONTACT MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITE COATINGS; NANOCRYSTALLTIES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 38549157151     PISSN: 02670844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174329407X239126     Document Type: Article

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