ENDRINO , José Luis

In this work, we have studied the improvement on the oxidation resistance of AlCrN-based coatings by adding a subsurface titanium nitride barrier layer. Since oxidation is interrelated with the inward diffusion of oxygen into the surface of AlxCr1−xN (x = 0.70) coatings and the outward diffusion of Cr to the surface, the oxidation behaviour of...

Protective nanocomposite coatings based on hard ceramic phases (TiC, TiB2) combined with amorphous carbon (a-C) are of interest because of their adequate balance between mechanical and tribological performances. In this work, Ti–B–C nanocomposite coatings were prepared by co-sputtering of graphite and TiB2 targets. Varying the discharge power...

Silver-containing diamond-like-carbon (DLC) is a promising material for biomedical implants due to its excellent combination of antibacterial and mechanical properties. In this work, a dual-cathode pulsed filtered cathodic arc source containing silver and graphite rods was employed in order to obtain DLC samples with various silver contents....

Hydrogenated diamond-like-carbon (a-C:H) and hydrogen-free amorphous carbon (a-C) coatings are known to be biocompatible and have good chemical inertness. For this reason, both of these materials are strong candidates to be used as a matrix that embeds metallic elements with antimicrobial effect. In this comparative study, we have incorporated...

Aluminium doped zinc oxide thin films (4 at.% Al) were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering technique and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), four point probe technique and optical spectrophotometry. High heterogeneities were observed as a function of sample position in the chamber. The...

The design of an efficient and stable solar selective coating for Concentrating Solar Power central receivers requires a complex study of the materials candidates that compose the coating. Carbon-transition metal nanocomposites were studied in this work as absorber materials because they show appropriate optical properties with high absorption...

Environmental characterization of optical and structural properties of thin films continues to be a challenging task. To understand the failure mechanism in high temperature thin film applications, it is crucial to understand how material properties change with temperature. An accurate knowledge of the variation of the dielectric function of...

Transparent Al-doped ZnO thin films were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering with different oxygen flow rates. The electronic resistivity, measured by the 4 point-probe method, is very sensitive to the sample position relative to the magnetron axis: the closer the magnetron from the axis the higher the resistivity. This is more...

In this study, we have grown silver-containing hydrogenated (a-C:H) and non-hydrogenated (a-C) amorphous carbon coatings by two plasma immersion ion implantation methods: I) chemical vapor deposition of methane combined with pulsed filtered cathodic arc deposition of silver, and II) by alternating arc pulses from graphite and silver in a dual...

In this study, we have successfully used the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) technique at the Ti-K edge to extract the local structure in a set of nanocomposite TiBC/a-C coatings deposited by a combined d.c.-pulsed and r.f.-magnetron sputtering deposition process. The sequence of Fourier transform spectra in the deposited films...

In this work, we have studied the influence of the coating design and composition on the oxidation behavior of AlxCr1−xN (x = 0.70) coatings. In particular, we have studied the effect brought about by the deposition of an additional subsurface titanium nitride barrier layer as well as by the doping of the AlCrN-based coatings by tungsten, boron...

Solar selective coatings based on carbon transition metal carbide nanocomposite absorber layers were designed. Pulsed filtered cathodic arc was used for depositing amorphous carbon:metal carbide (a-C:MeC, Me ¼ V, Mo) thin films. Composition and structure of the samples were characterized by ion beam analysis, X-ray diffraction, Raman...

In this study, cemented carbide ball nose end mills with nano-crystalline Al0.67Ti0.33N hard PVD coatings deposited by cathodic arc evaporation were annealed at 700 °C during 2 h in a controlled atmosphere environment (argon + oxygen mixture) and in vacuum. The changes of structure and properties of the treated coating surfaces have been...