- Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
- Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
- Advanced materials and composites
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
- Solidification and crystal growth phenomena
- Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
- Advanced Sensor Technologies Research
- Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
- Vacuum and Plasma Arcs
- Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
- Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques
- nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces
- Advanced machining processes and optimization
- Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys
- Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
- Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
- Material Properties and Applications
- Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
- Metallurgical and Alloy Processes
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
- Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Oerlikon (Germany)
2014-2023
Sulzer (Germany)
2003-2013
Federal Highway Research Institute
1995
Chemnitz University of Technology
1991
Hochschule für bildende Künste
1984-1985
AlCr-based hard nitride coatings with different chemical compositions and architectures have been successfully developed applied over the last few decades. Coating properties are mainly influenced by deposition conditions Al/Cr content. The fcc structure is dominant for an Al-content up to Al0.7Cr0.3N preferred most cutting applications. Different (AlCrX)N alloying concepts, including X = Si, W, B, V, investigated in order enhance oxidation resistance wear behaviour provide tribological...
PVD technologies, including vacuum arc evaporation and DC-magnetron sputtering, have been utilized in industrial settings since the early 1980s for depositing protective coatings. These coatings encompass a range of materials such as metal nitrides, carbonitrides, oxides, oxynitrides, DLC, serving diverse applications cutting forming tools, automotive components, decoration. Vacuum generates highly energized ionized particle flux toward substrate, while “classical” gas-ion-dominated direct...
AlTiN and CrN coatings were deposited in hybrid DOMINO platforms by magnetron sputtering (DC-MS, DC-MS+HCP-MS, HCP-MS) vacuum arc evaporation. The ion cleaning was done the AEGD process. coating rates energy efficiency of both deposition processes compared. roughness effects different types discussed. Preliminary results change pulse characteristics during simultaneously running HCP-MS plus evaporation are shown.