Combinatorial design of amorphous TaNiSiC thin films with enhanced hardness, thermal stability, and corrosion resistance

Amorphous TaNiSiC and TaNiC films (with varying Ta/Ni and Si/C ratios) were deposited using combinatorial magnetron sputtering. The TaNiSiC films remained X-ray amorphous after four hour-long annealings up to 700 °C, while TaNiC alloys with high Ni and C contents crystallized. These differences were...

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Main Authors: Maciej Kaplan, Aishwarya Srinath, Lars Riekehr, Leif Nyholm, Björgvin Hjörvarsson, Stefan Fritze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:Materials & Design
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026412752200449X