SYNTHESIS OF SUPERHARD CARBON NITRIDE COMPOSITE COATINGS

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LI, D [1 ]
CHU, X [1 ]
CHENG, SC [1 ]
LIN, XW [1 ]
DRAVID, VP [1 ]
CHUNG, YW [1 ]
WONG, MS [1 ]
SPROUL, WD [1 ]
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[1] NORTHWESTERN UNIV, BIRL IND RES LAB, EVANSTON, IL 60201 USA
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10.1063/1.114667
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Crystalline carbon nitride/TiN composite coatings have been deposited using a dual-cathode magnetron sputtering system onto polished silicon and M2 steel substrates held at room temperature. We propose that TiN provides a lattice-matched structural template to seed the growth of carbon nitride crystallites. The resulting coatings are smooth, fully crystalline, with nanoindentation hardness in the range of 45-55 GPa. This hardness is in the low-end range of diamond films. Suggestions for better seeding materials to further improve the hardness are proposed.© 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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