Toughening effect of Ni on nc-CrAlN/a-SiNx hard nanocomposite

• Main Authors: Wang, Yu Xi, Zhang, Sam, Lee, Jyh-Wei, Lew, Wen Siang, Li, Bo
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97702; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17131
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To combat the brittleness of hard nc-CrAlN/a-SiNx nanocomposite (nc-: nanocrystalline, a-: X-ray amorphous), different Ni content (from 0 to 39.8 at.%) is doped via magnetron sputtering. Glancing Angle X-ray Diffractometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscop...