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Carbon Based Coatings with Improved Fracture and Wear Resistance

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The paper presents the results of mechanical and tribological tests of two kinds of carbon coatings with advanced microstructures - nanocomposite CrC/a-C:H and multilayer TiN/Ti/a-C:H. The introduction of barriers for dislocation motion and microcrack propagation as CrC nanograins in nanocomposite coating or Ti and TiN interlayers in multilayer led to coatings hardening and improved fracture and wear resistance in comparison to a single amorphous a-C:H coating. It was confirmed by wide range of mechanical tests. The mechanism of microcrack deflection and splitting on CrC nanograins and Ti layers was studied using spherical indentation tests and TEM observations of indent cross-sections.

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  1. AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Ave, 30-059, Cracow, Poland

    M. Kot & W. Rakowski

  2. Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, 25 Reymonta Street, 30-059, Krakow, Poland

    L. Major

  3. Joanneum Research Forschungsges mbH, Institute of Surface Technologies and Photonics, Functional Surfaces, Leobner Strasse 94, 8712, Niklasdorf, Austria

    J. Lackner

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  1. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Marek Gzik

  2. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland

    Ewaryst Tkacz

  3. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Zbigniew Paszenda

  4. Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

    Ewa Piętka

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Kot, M., Major, L., Lackner, J., Rakowski, W. (2017). Carbon Based Coatings with Improved Fracture and Wear Resistance. In: Gzik, M., Tkacz, E., Paszenda, Z., Piętka, E. (eds) Innovations in Biomedical Engineering. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 526. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47154-9_6

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