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The Effects of Nitrogen Bonding on Hardness of AIN/CrN Multilayer Hard Coatings
- Authors
- Yoon, Sang-Won; Seo, Jong-Hyun; Chae, Keun-Hwa; Park, Jong-Keuk; Song, Jong-Han; Jayaram, Vickram; Lee, Kon-Bae; Seong, Tae-Yeon; Hoon-Kwon; Ahn, Jae-Pyoung
- Issue Date
- 2월-2012
- Publisher
- AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
- Keywords
- AIN/CrN; NEXAFS; Multilayer Hard Coating; Bilayer Thickness; Broken Nitrogen Bond
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, v.12, no.2, pp.1476 - 1479
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- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 12
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 1476
- End Page
- 1479
- ISSN
- 1533-4880
- Abstract
- AIN/CrN multilayer hard coatings with various bilayer thicknesses were fabricated by a reactive sputtering process. The microstructural and mechanical characterizations of multilayer coatings were investigated through transmission electron microscope (TEM) observations and the hardness measurements by nano indentation. In particular, the variation of chemical bonding states of the bilayer nitrides was elucidated by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. Many broken nitrogen bonds were formed by decreasing the bilayer thickness of AIN/CrN multilayer coatings. Existence of optimum AIN/CrN multilayer coatings thickness for maximum hardness could be explained by the competition of softening by the formation of broken nitrogen bonds and strengthening induced by decreasing bilayer thickness.
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