Viktor Šroba , Tomáš Roch , Martin Truchlý , Leonid Satrapinskyy , Branislav Grančič , Katarína Viskupová , Peter Švec Jr , Peter Kúš , Grzegorz Greczynski , Marián Mikula
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Nanostructure, mechanical properties and oxidation resistance of understoichiometric ZrB2-x films deposited by high power impulse magnetron sputtering
Diborides of transition metals from group IVB (TMB2, TM = Ti, Zr) are desirable materials in demanding industrial conditions due to their excellent mechanical properties. Direct current magnetron sputtering (DCMS) leads to the growth of overstoichiometric (TMBx, x > 2) film with nanocomposite structure consisting of crystalline hexagonal TMB2 nanocolumns surrounded by a thin, amorphous boron-rich rich tissue phase. At elevated temperatures, the presence of the tissue phase has a negative effect on the films' mechanical properties and oxidation resistance. An innovative approach using effective ionization of sputtered species during high-power pulsed magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) growth of ZrB2 films is presented.
While layers grown using the conventional DCMS method are overstoichiometric (B/Zr = 2.2), the films grown by HiPIMS are understoichiometric, with a B/Zr ratio ranging from 1.6 to 1.9. In understoichiometric ZrB1.9 and ZrB1.6 films, detailed structural analysis using transmission electron microscopy revealed a nanocrystalline structure comprised of densely packed 10–20 nm wide nanograins. In addition, the understoichiometric films exhibit high hardness values above 42 GPa and improved high-temperature oxidation resistance compared to the ZrB2.2 film deposited by DCMS.
期刊介绍:
Surface and Coatings Technology is an international archival journal publishing scientific papers on significant developments in surface and interface engineering to modify and improve the surface properties of materials for protection in demanding contact conditions or aggressive environments, or for enhanced functional performance. Contributions range from original scientific articles concerned with fundamental and applied aspects of research or direct applications of metallic, inorganic, organic and composite coatings, to invited reviews of current technology in specific areas. Papers submitted to this journal are expected to be in line with the following aspects in processes, and properties/performance:
A. Processes: Physical and chemical vapour deposition techniques, thermal and plasma spraying, surface modification by directed energy techniques such as ion, electron and laser beams, thermo-chemical treatment, wet chemical and electrochemical processes such as plating, sol-gel coating, anodization, plasma electrolytic oxidation, etc., but excluding painting.
B. Properties/performance: friction performance, wear resistance (e.g., abrasion, erosion, fretting, etc), corrosion and oxidation resistance, thermal protection, diffusion resistance, hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity, and properties relevant to smart materials behaviour and enhanced multifunctional performance for environmental, energy and medical applications, but excluding device aspects.