Adaptive Nanocomposite Coatings with a Titanium Nitride Diffusion Barrier Mask for High-Temperature Tribological Applications

Author(s)

Christopher Muratore, University of DaytonFollow
Jianjun Hu, University of DaytonFollow
Andrey A. Voevodin, Air Force Research Laboratory

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2007

Publication Source

Thin Solid Films

Abstract

Adaptive nanocomposite coatings that demonstrate low friction throughout broad ranges of temperature, wear, humidity and other environments are currently in development. One effective temperature adaptation mechanism at temperatures ≤ 500 °C is diffusion of noble metal to the coating surface, providing a low shear strength interface at the friction contact supported by a hard surface underneath. To prolong the wear lifetime of chameleon coatings relying upon this mechanism for low friction, a coating architecture incorporating a diffusion barrier mask to inhibit noble metal diffusion was employed. The diffusion barrier-capped coating provided lubrication at 500 °C over ten times longer than the monolithic yttria-stabilized zirconia–silver–molybdenum coating of the same thickness without failure. Characterization of coatings after heating with surface analysis and microscopy techniques revealed the mechanism for increased coating life, and allowed for measurement of silver self-diffusion parameters in the adaptive nanocomposite material.

Inclusive pages

3638–3643

ISBN/ISSN

0040-6090

Comments

Permission documentation is on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 2007, Elsevier

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

515

Peer Reviewed

yes

Issue

7-8

eCommons Citation

Muratore, Christopher; Hu, Jianjun; and Voevodin, Andrey A., "Adaptive Nanocomposite Coatings with a Titanium Nitride Diffusion Barrier Mask for High-Temperature Tribological Applications" (2007). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 154.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cme_fac_pub/154