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Structural, mechanical and corrosion properties of TiOxNy/ZrOxNy multilayer coatings

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 202; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.surfcoat.2007.09.032

1879-3347

M. Bǎlǎceanu, V. Braic, M. Braic, A. Kiss, C.N. Zoita, Alina Vlădescu, Paula Drob, Cora Vasilescu, D. Dudu, O. Muresanu,

Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research

Results on the deposition and characterization of TiOxNy/ZrOxNy multilayers, with bilayer periods of 20 and 400 nm, are presented. The coatings were deposited on TiNiNb alloy substrates by the pulsed magnetron sputtering method. The elemental composition, hardness, adhesion and corrosion resistance of the coatings were analyzed. As resulted from the XPS analysis, the individual layers consisted of a mixture of titanium or zirconium oxynitrides and corresponding oxides. X-ray analysis revealed that the coatings were amorphous. Only slight differences between the microhardness and adhesion values of the coatings with small and large bilayer period Λ were found. The experiments also showed that the multilayered coatings improved the corrosion resistance of the uncoated alloy and reduced the amount of ion release in artificial body fluids.