Synthesis and characterization of Cr-B-N coatings deposited by reactive arc evaporation

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3048-3055

  Polychronopoulou, Kyria ^a,b   Neidhardt, J ^a   Rebholz, C ^b   Baker, M A ^c   O'Sullivan, M ^d   Reiter, A E ^e   Gunnaes, A E ^f   Giannakopoulos, K ^b,g   Mitterer, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d PLANSEE COMPOSITE MATERIALS GMBH   (Germany)

^e Balzers AG   (Liechtenstein)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CHROMATE COATINGS; CHROMIUM; COATINGS; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; EVAPORATION; FILM GROWTH; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOISTURE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; VAPORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARC EVAPORATIONS; COATING MORPHOLOGIES; COLUMNAR STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLINE GROWTHS; ELASTIC RECOIL DETECTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; N COATINGS; N CONTENTS; SUBSTRATE BIASES; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 56549088656     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2008.0370     Document Type: Article

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