Influence of composition and structural properties in the tribological behaviour of magnetron sputtered Ti-Si-C nanostructured thin films, prepared at low temperature

Wear

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 552-557

  Munteanu, D ^a   Ionescu, C ^a   Olteanu, C ^a   Munteanu, A ^a   Davin, F ^b   Cunha, L ^c   Moura, C ^c   Vaz, F ^c  

^a TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^b CSM Instruments SA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Friction; Hardness; PVD coatings; Residual stresses; Wear

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; FRICTION; HARDNESS; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SILICON ALLOYS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM CARBIDE; TOOL STEEL; TRIBOLOGY; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE; MAGNETRONS; SILICON;

FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MAGNETRON CO-SPUTTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; PVD COATINGS; STAINLESS STEEL SUBSTRATES; STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT; TITANIUM CARBIDE FILMS; TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; RESIDUAL STRESS STATE;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 73149097205     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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