Plasma-controlled surface wettability: Recent advances and future applications

C Ma, A Nikiforov, D Hegemann… - International …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Materials with the desirable surface wettability are of key importance in diverse applications.
However, most of the existing chemical processes used for surface wettability control are …

A review comparing cathodic arcs and high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS)

A Anders - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2014 - Elsevier
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) has been at the center of attention over
the last years as it is an emerging physical vapor deposition (PVD) technology that …

Physics and technology of magnetron sputtering discharges

JT Gudmundsson - Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetron sputtering deposition has become the most widely used technique for deposition
of both metallic and compound thin films and is utilized in numerous industrial applications …

High power impulse magnetron sputtering discharge

JT Gudmundsson, N Brenning, D Lundin… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) discharge is a recent addition to
plasma based sputtering technology. In HiPIMS, high power is applied to the magnetron …

Discharge physics of high power impulse magnetron sputtering

A Anders - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2011 - Elsevier
High power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) is pulsed sputtering where the peak
power exceeds the time-averaged power by typically two orders of magnitude. The peak …

Flexible hard nanocomposite coatings

J Musil - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The article reports on flexible hard nanocomposite coatings prepared by magnetron
sputtering. It is shown that the flexible hard nanocomposite coatings (i) represent a new …

Effect of bias voltage on the growth of super-hard (AlCrTiVZr) N high-entropy alloy nitride films synthesized by high power impulse magnetron sputtering

Y Xu, G Li, G Li, F Gao, Y Xia - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of bias voltage on plasma discharge
characteristics, element concentration, microstructure, morphology, and mechanical …

Hydrogen-free DLC films fabricated using superimposed HiPIMS-DCMS deposition system: Bias voltage effects

Y Chen, F Su, H Li, Q Li, J Sun, S Lin - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films were grown using a superimposed high-power pulse
magnetron sputtering and direct current magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS-DCMS) deposition …

Effect of bias voltages on microstructure and properties of (TiVCrNbSiTaBY) N high entropy alloy nitride coatings deposited by RF magnetron sputtering

X Zhang, V Pelenovich, Y Liu, X Ke, J Zhang, B Yang… - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract (TiVCrNbSiTaBY) N high entropy alloy nitride (HEAN) coatings have been
deposited onto Si (100) and cemented carbide substrates by radio frequency magnetron …

Comparison of CrN coatings prepared using high-power impulse magnetron sputtering and direct current magnetron sputtering

H Bai, J Li, J Gao, J Ni, Y Bai, J Jian, L Zhao, B Bai… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chromium Nitride (CrN) coatings have widespread utilization across numerous industrial
applications, primarily attributed to their excellent properties. Among the different methods …