Nanoscratch behaviour, structure and nanoindentation of multilayer TiN/CrN coatings

International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 439-456

  Konchady, Manohar S ^a   Yarmolenko, Sergey ^a   Devdas, Pai M ^a   Sankar, Jagannathan ^a   Kvit, Alexander V ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Delamination; Nanoindentation; Nanoscratch; Residual stress; TiN CrN nanolaminates; X ray Diffraction; XTEM

Indexed keywords

DELAMINATION; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MONOLAYERS; MULTILAYERS; NANOINDENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESIDUAL STRESSES; TITANIUM NITRIDE; UNLOADING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRACKING MECHANISMS; ELASTIC-PLASTIC DEFORMATION; MATERIAL REMOVAL; MONOLAYER COATINGS; MULTI-LAYER-COATING; NANO-SCRATCH; TIN/CRN NANOLAMINATES; XTEM;

STRIPPING (REMOVAL);

EID: 58149394320     PISSN: 1749785X     EISSN: 17497868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSURFSE.2008.022284     Document Type: Article

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