An X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopie Study of B-N-Ti system

Autor: Sudipta Seal, Jerzy Morgiel, Tery L. Barr, Ewa Benko, Natalie Sobczak
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: MRS Proceedings. 472
ISSN: 1946-4274
0272-9172
DOI: 10.1557/proc-472-269
Popis: Composite nitrides (such as BN, TiN) are widely used in various industrial applications because of their extreme wear and corrosion resistance, thermal and electrical properties. In order to obtain composite materials with mese optimal properties, it is important to elucidate whether any chemical reactions occur at nitride/metal interfaces, e.g., those involving BN-Ti/TiN. Materials of interest include the deposition by PVD of Ti and TiN on BN substrates. Some of these systems were then subjected to varying degrees of physical and thermal alteration. Detailed X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has merefore been rendered of these interfaces using cross-sectional display and sputter etching. Resulting structural and morphological features have been investigated with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Diffusion of the nitridation, oxynitride formation and interfacial growth are of general interest.
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