Effects of sputtering pressure on microstructure and mechanical properties of ZrN films deposited by magnetron sputtering

Effect of Nitrogen Partial Pressure on Structure, Mechanical Property, and Corrosion Behavior of ZrNx Films Prepared by Reactive DC Magnetron Sputtering

“…ZrN is also available in a wide range of colors, so it has a wide range of prospects in the field of decorative coatings [ 3 ]. There are several ways to prepare ZrN coatings, such as vacuum cathodic arc evaporation plating [ 4 , 5 ], DC reactive magnetron sputtering plating [ 6 , 7 ], pulsed laser deposition [ 8 ], and ion beam assisted deposition [ 9 ].…”

CHANGES IN ADHESION OF CrN COATINGS ON Zr-1%Nb ALLOY SUBSTRATES PRELIMINARY IRRADIATED WITH HIGH-INTENSE PULSED ION BEAMS

“…At present, some metals, alloys, and steels are protected with ceramic coatings for various applications (Akahoshi et al, 2020;Aouadi et al, 2020;Selvaraj et al, 2020;Attarzadeh et al, 2021;Wang et al, 2021). Attempts are being made to use nitride ones for improving functional properties of nuclear fuel claddings made of zirconium alloys (Khatkhatay et al, 2014;Lin et al, 2018;Xiao et al, 2018;Gao et al, 2019;Meng et al, 2019;Tang et al, 2019;Krejčí et al, 2020;Ham et al, 2021). However, the incompatibility of material characteristics at the metal/ ceramic interfaces (Howe et al, 1993;Liu et al, 2004;Mu et al, 2017;Guan et al, 2020;Zhao et al, 2021), residual stresses in the coatings (Lyubimov et al, 1992;Xiao et al, 2018;Mehboob et al, 2020;Muraoka and Tateno, 2020), as well as the morphology (roughness) of the surface layers of the substrate (Lin et al, 2018;Xiao et al, 2018) result in their low adhesion.…”

“…Attempts are being made to use nitride ones for improving functional properties of nuclear fuel claddings made of zirconium alloys (Khatkhatay et al, 2014;Lin et al, 2018;Xiao et al, 2018;Gao et al, 2019;Meng et al, 2019;Tang et al, 2019;Krejčí et al, 2020;Ham et al, 2021). However, the incompatibility of material characteristics at the metal/ ceramic interfaces (Howe et al, 1993;Liu et al, 2004;Mu et al, 2017;Guan et al, 2020;Zhao et al, 2021), residual stresses in the coatings (Lyubimov et al, 1992;Xiao et al, 2018;Mehboob et al, 2020;Muraoka and Tateno, 2020), as well as the morphology (roughness) of the surface layers of the substrate (Lin et al, 2018;Xiao et al, 2018) result in their low adhesion. This challenge can be solved by optimizing the deposition parameters (Lin et al, 2018;Xiao et al, 2018;Tang et al, 2019;Krejčí et al, 2020).…”

“…However, the incompatibility of material characteristics at the metal/ ceramic interfaces (Howe et al, 1993;Liu et al, 2004;Mu et al, 2017;Guan et al, 2020;Zhao et al, 2021), residual stresses in the coatings (Lyubimov et al, 1992;Xiao et al, 2018;Mehboob et al, 2020;Muraoka and Tateno, 2020), as well as the morphology (roughness) of the surface layers of the substrate (Lin et al, 2018;Xiao et al, 2018) result in their low adhesion. This challenge can be solved by optimizing the deposition parameters (Lin et al, 2018;Xiao et al, 2018;Tang et al, 2019;Krejčí et al, 2020). Nevertheless, the issue of durability of the coatings is not limited to enhancing their quality only.…”

Cu oxidation mechanism on Cu-Zr(O)N coatings: Role on functional properties

“…Amongst other characteristics, transition metal nitrides and oxynitrides have exhibited interesting mechanical [4,5], optical [6,7], anticorrosion [8] and tribological [9] properties. Transition metal oxynitrides have been developed by several authors [10][11][12][13] since, due to their binding characteristics and their properties, they can be fine-tuned to originate nitrides and the corresponding oxide.…”