Superhard composite materials including compounds of carbon and nitrogen deposited on metal and metal nitride, carbide and carbonitride
A composite material having high hardness comprises a carbon nitrogen compound, such as CN.sub.x where x is greater than 0.1 and up to 1.33, deposited on a metal or metal compound selected to promote deposition of substantially crystalline CN.sub.x. The carbon nitrogen compound is deposited on a crystal plane of the metal or metal compound sufficiently lattice-matched with a crystal plane of the carbon nitrogen compound that the carbon nitrogen compound is substantially crystalline. A plurality of layers of the compounds can be formed in alternating sequence to provide a multi-layered, superlattice coating having a coating hardness in the range of 45-55 GPa, which corresponds to the hardness of a BN coating and approaches that of a diamond coating.
- Research Organization:
- Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-90ER45434
- Assignee:
- Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
- Patent Number(s):
- 5,776,615
- Application Number:
- 08/388,020
- OSTI ID:
- 871682
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Growth of single‐crystal TiN/VN strained‐layer superlattices with extremely high mechanical hardness
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journal | July 1987 |
Enhanced hardness in lattice‐matched single‐crystal TiN/V 0.6 Nb 0.4 N superlattices
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journal | December 1990 |
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