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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 691, Issue -, Pages 159-164Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.08.147
Keywords
Coating materials; Nanostructured materials; Vapor deposition; Microstructure; Surfaces and interfaces; Mechanical properties
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51471110, 51101101]
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure [SKL201402SIC]
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Metal-based Electrical Power Materials of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education [5313310202]
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A series of TiN/Ni nanocomposite films with different Ni content were synthesized by reactive magnetron sputtering. The microstructural evolution, mechanical properties and strengthening mechanism of TiN/Ni nanocomposite film were studied. When Ni:Ti ratio is less than 1:24, the small amount of Ni can be dissolved in the TiN matrix, leading to the slight decrease of the hardness and elastic modulus. When Ni:Ti ratio rises to 4:21, Ni inclines to separate from TiN due to the thermodynamic incompatibility as an interfacial phase and grow coherently with adjacent TiN crystallites. As a result, the TiN/Ni film was remarkably strengthened with the maximal hardness and elastic modulus of 33.3 GPa and 373 GPa. As Ni:Ti ratio further increases to 5:20, Ni interface transforms into amorphous state, leading to the destruction of the epitaxial growth structure and the rapid decrease of hardness and elastic modulus. The strengthening effect of TiN/Ni nanocomposite film can be attributed to the coherent interface between Ni interfacial layers and TiN crystallites. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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