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- Insights into the oxidation resistance mechanism and tribological behaviors of multilayered TiSiN/CrVxN hard coatingsPublication . Ju, Hongbo; Athmani, Moussa; Luan, Jing; AL-Rjoub, Abbas; Cavaleiro, Albano; Yaqub, Talha Bin; Chala, Abdelouahad; Ferreira, Fabio; Fernandes, FilipeIn the last decades, vanadium alloyed coatings have been introduced as potential candidates for self-lubrication due to their perfect tribological properties. In this work, the influence of V incorporation on the wear performance and oxidation resistance of TiSiN/CrN film coatings deposited by direct current (DC) reactive magnetron sputtering is investigated. The results show that vanadium incorporation significantly decreases the oxidation resistance of the coatings. In general, two layers are formed during the oxidation process: i) Ti(V)O2 on top, followed by a protective layer, which is subdivided into two layers, Cr2O3 and Si–O. ii) The diffusion of V controls the oxidation of V-containing coatings. The addition of vanadium improves the wear resistance of coatings, and the wear rate decreases with increasing V content in the coatings; however, the friction coefficient is independent of the chemical composition of the coatings. The wear of the V-containing coatings is driven by polishing wear.
- Vacuum Tribological Properties of W-S-N Coatings Synthesized by Direct Current Magnetron SputteringPublication . Yaqub, Talha Bin; Yaqoob, Khuram; Mukhtar, Amir; Fernandes, Filipe; Bondarev, Andrey; Ferreira, Fabio; Al-Rjoub, Abbas; Cavaleiro, AlbanoThis work deals with the investigation of the tribological performance of DC magnetron sputteredW-S-N coatings under vacuum atmosphere, as part of the exploration of multi-environment sliding properties of W-S-N solid lubricants. This study is part of the systematic testing of W-S-N solid lubricants in different environments, especially vacuum, which is often ignored. The trend is to test sliding properties in dry N2 by considering it as replacement of vacuum environment testing. This approach is not appropriate. In this work, a set of coatings was synthesized with N-alloying content in the range of 0–25.5 at.%. A maximum S/W ratio of 1.47 was observed for the pure WSx coating. A maximum hardness of 8.0 GPa was observed for 23 at.% of N-alloying. The coating with the lowest N content (14.6 at.%) displayed the lowest friction, specific wear rate and wear scar depth under vacuum conditions. Despite superior sliding performance at room temperature (35% humidity), 200 C and dry nitrogen conditions, the performance of the WSN12.5 coating deteriorated vacuum environment.