The effect of addition of Al in ZrO2 thin film on its resistance to cracking

Evaluation of crack resistance of CrSiCN coatings as a function of Si concentration via nanoindentation

“…The similar phenomena of Al-O-N and Zr-Al-O coatings were reported in Refs. [47,48], in which the critical value of H/E was around 0.1. By contrast, for CrSiCN (20), CrSiCN (25) and CrSiCN(30) coatings, the relatively inferior elastic abilities lead to confrontation of radial cracks.…”

Flexible antibacterial Al–Cu–N films

“…In the indentation test the resistance of film to cracking was evaluated from the Vickers diamond indenter imprint in the film surface at a high load of L = 0.75 N and 1 N [34]. For the bending test the film was deposited on a thin Mo strip (80 × 15 × 0.15 mm 3 ) and the coated strip was bent around cylinders of different radii r c until clear cracks in the film were formed; more details are given in references [36][37][38].…”

Effect of Nitrogen Content on Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of WB2(N) Films Deposited by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering

“…Based on the literature reported in recent years [31][32][33][34][35][36] , diborides which possess a (0 0 1) growth texture have a higher hardness than that of massive films that do not possess such a structure in the hexagonal crystal structure [5,7,37] ; (vi) the possible solid solution hardening effect of nitrogen atoms. When P N2 exceeds 0.006 Pa, the volume fraction of the soft amorphous BN phase at the grain boundary is increased, resulting in the sharp reduction of both hardness and elastic modulus.…”