Micro-arc Oxidation is a widely used technique to produce thick, hard and strong adherent coatings on the transition metal surfaces.
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A hard and adherent TiN/Ti thin film of approximately 3 μm in thickness was deposited on the surface of Ti 50.6 at.% Ni alloy by the PIIID technique.
The present study explored the in-situ deposition of hard and adherent nanocrystalline protective coatings on NiTi/PZT/TiOx thin film heterostructure prepared by dc/rf magnetron sputtering.
Deposition of hard and adherent diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings employing an asymmetrical bipolar pulsed-DC PECVD system and an active screen that functioned as an additional cathode is presented.
The present study explored the in situ deposition of hard and adherent nanocrystalline TiN protective coating on NiTi thin films prepared by dc magnetron sputtering to improve the surface, mechanical and corrosion properties of NiTi thin films without sacrificing the phase transformation effect.
