Wear and corrosion studies of duplex surface-treated AISI-304 steel by a combination of cathodic cage plasma nitriding and PVD-TiN coating

M Naeem, S Awan, M Shafiq, HA Raza, J Iqbal… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work aims to improve the surface properties of AISI-304 austenite stainless steel by
using duplex treatment of cathodic cage plasma nitriding (CCPN) and PVD-TiN, and the …

Effect of substrate surface roughness on adhesion of titanium nitride coatings deposited by physical vapour deposition technique

T Bhushan, A Chandrashekhar… - IOP conference series …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Medium carbon steel (EN8) substrates with different Surface Roughness (SR) were
deposited by Titanium Nitride (TiN). The research work was carried out to investigate the …

Impact of structural and optical properties tunability of SnSe2 thin films on its optoelectronic properties

AM El-Mahalawy, SA Mansour, AR Wassel… - Surfaces and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a result of the precise controllability of the properties of tin diselenide and the possibility
of harmonious integration with silicon technology in many applications. Attention was …

Wide-temperature-range tribological properties of Cu-Ni-Al films with multiple oxidation states

Z Cheng, X Wang, X Li, Z Li, Y Hu, Q Jiang, R Liu… - Vacuum, 2025 - Elsevier
High-temperature (HT) apparatus suffer from galling and seizure of contact interface, for
which a wear-resistant film is helpful but challenging to design. In this work, the Cu-Ni-Al …

Corrosion behavior of niobium-coated 316L stainless steels as metal bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

YS Kim, IS Lee, JY Choi, S Jun, D Kim, BC Cha… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Niobium was coated on 316L stainless steel by pulsed direct-current (DC) magnetron
sputtering to improve corrosion behavior. The applied bias voltage highly affected the …

Cathodic cage plasma pre-treatment of TiN-coated AISI-304 stainless steel for enhancement of mechanical strength and wear resistance

HA Raza, M Shafiq, M Naeem, MY Naz… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Springer
Although austenitic stainless steels (ASSs) are known for their superior corrosion resistance
properties, the use of such materials in motion contact parts is limited due to their low wear …

Enhanced surface properties of M2 steel by plasma nitriding pre-treatment and magnetron sputtered TiN coating

MS Libório, EO Almeida, SM Alves… - … Journal of Surface …, 2020 - inderscienceonline.com
AISI M2 high-speed steels are widely used in cutting/forming tools due to their easy
machinability and balanced toughness. Unfortunately, they exhibit severe cutting edge wear …

Optimization of growth conditions for direct synthesis of SnSe2 thin films via improved atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition

B Wu, Z Wang, Z Wang, J Yu, H Zhao - Optical Materials, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, high-quality tin diselenide (SnSe 2) thin films were successfully synthesized
using an optimized atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) technique …

The impact of BBr3/TiCl4 ratios on the microstructural and mechanical characteristics of TiBN coatings deposited using a pulsed-PACVD technique

M Mahdavi, A Abdollah-Zadeh, H Elmkhah - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the impact of precursor ratios on both the microstructural and
tribological characteristics of TiBN coatings. Using the PACVD process, TiN, TiB 2, and three …

Structural characterization of TiN coatings on Si substrates irradiated with Ar ions

M Popović, M Novaković, N Bibić - Materials characterization, 2009 - Elsevier
The present study deals with TiN/Si bilayers irradiated at room temperature (RT) with 120
keV Ar ions. The TiN layers were deposited by dc reactive sputtering on Si (100) wafers to a …