Structural, mechanical and electrical-contact properties of nanocrystalline-NbC/amorphous-C coatings deposited by magnetron sputtering

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 206, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 354-359

  Nedfors, Nils ^a   Tengstrand, Olof ^b   Lewin, Erik ^a   Furlan, Andrej ^a   Eklund, Per ^b   Hultman, Lars ^b   Jansson, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electrical contact properties; Magnetron sputtering; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposite; Niobium carbide

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; AMORPHOUS CARBON (A-C); C-SYSTEMS; CONTACT FORCES; CROSSED CYLINDERS; DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MATRIX; NANO-COMPOSITE COATING; NIOBIUM CARBIDE; POTENTIAL MATERIALS; RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; COATINGS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NIOBIUM; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM CARBIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 80052356636     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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