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Nanocomposite Films for Wear Resistance Applications

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A new generation thin films which consists of at least two separate phases with one being nanocrystalline or amorphous phase are termed as nanocomposite coatings. These coatings are usually made from ternary or higher order systems and comprise at least two immiscible phases. The most widely studied nanocomposite coatings are ternary, quaternary or even more complex systems having nanocrystalline grains of hard transition metal nitrides (e.g. TiN, AlN, CrN, Zrn, Bn, etc.), carbides (e.g. VC, WC, ZrC, TiC, etc.), borides (e.g. WB, ZrB2, TiB2, CrB2, VB2, etc.), oxides (e.g. Al2O3, TiO2, Y2O3, ZrO2, etc.) or silicides (e.g. TiS2, CrS2, ZrS2, etc.) surrounding by amorphous matrices (e.g. Si3N2, BN, C, etc.). According to Veprek et al., the nanocrystalline grains should be 5–10 ;nm in size and separated by 2–5 ;nm within an amorphous phase [1].

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Roy, M. (2013). Nanocomposite Films for Wear Resistance Applications. In: Roy, M. (eds) Surface Engineering for Enhanced Performance against Wear. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0101-8_2

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