Title
Effect of deposition temperature on the morphology, structure, surface chemistry and mechanical properties of magnetron sputtered Ti70-A130 thin films on steel substrate
Abbreviated Journal Title
Surf. Coat. Technol.
Keywords
growth models; plasma vapor deposition; nanoclusters; X-ray; photoelectron; spectroscopy; transmission electron microscopy; vickers; hardness; microhardness; ALLOY SURFACES; ENERGY; COATINGS; SYSTEM; AUGER; Materials Science, Coatings & Films; Physics, Applied
Abstract
The present study investigates the effect of deposition temperature (ambient and liquid N-2 temperatures) and sputtering power on the mechanical and chemical properties of magnetron sputtered Ti3Al thin films on 316 stainless steel substrates. Film structure and morphology are investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Films deposited at liquid N-2 temperature showed a dense nanocrystalline structure, whereas ambient temperature deposited films showed voids and discontinuities in their columnar grain morphology as evident from TEM analysis. A detailed analysis of the surface chemistry of DC-magnetron sputtered thin films is performed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Glancing angle XPS studies are carried out to study the chemistry at a few layers beneath the surface and monitor changes in thin film stoichiometry. Surface oxides are always present in the films and are more prominent in ambient temperature deposition. Higher power leads to an enhanced metallic Ti3Al component as detected from XPS Al(2p) and Ti(2p) lines. Films deposited at liquid N-2 temperature are nanocrystalline and stoichiometric (Ti/Al similar to 3:1) and showed improved hardness than those deposited at ambient temperatures under similar sputtering conditions and constant film thickness. The hardness of the films increases with increased sputtering power at ambient temperature deposition. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Journal Title
Surface & Coatings Technology
Volume
141
Issue/Number
2-3
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
252
Last Page
261
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0257-8972
Recommended Citation
"Effect of deposition temperature on the morphology, structure, surface chemistry and mechanical properties of magnetron sputtered Ti70-A130 thin films on steel substrate" (2001). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 8059.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/8059
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