Structural Evolution and Mechanical Properties of CrSiN/WSiN Multilayer Coatings
Li-Chun Chang, Yan-Zhi Liao, Yu-Ting Ye, Yung-I Chen · 2026
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Description
Li-Chun Chang and three co-authors study hard multilayer coatings in this two thousand twenty-six paper. The coatings stack thin layers of two nitride films, one with chromium and silicon, the other with tungsten and silicon. Such stacks protect tools and parts from wear. The team made the films with magnetron sputtering. They varied how thick each repeated pair of layers was.
Single films of the first type were crystalline, while the second type was near amorphous. The stacked coatings mixed both forms, and each layer's growth was shaped by the layer below it. Thinner layer pairs gave harder, stiffer coatings. One stack reached a hardness the authors report as high for this class. The work helps engineers tune coated parts for strength and low friction.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Li-Chun Chang, Yan-Zhi Liao, Yu-Ting Ye, Yung-I Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |