The influence of annealing treatments on the properties of Ag:TiO 2 nanocomposite films prepared by magnetron sputtering

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4028-4034

  Adochite, R C ^a,b   Munteanu, D ^b   Torrell, M ^a   Cunha, L ^a   Alves, E ^c   Barradas, N P ^c   Cavaleiro, A ^d   Riviere, J P ^e   Le Bourhis, E ^e   Eyidi, D ^e   Vaz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b TRANSILVANIA UNIVERSITY OF BRASOV   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Decorative thin films; Magnetron sputtering; Mechanical properties; Silver; Tribological properties

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PROTECTIVE ATMOSPHERES; SILVER; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRIBOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ANNEALING TREATMENTS; DECORATIVE THIN FILMS; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; NANO-COMPOSITE COATING; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE; TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84856209430     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.12.095     Document Type: Article

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