TY - GEN A1 - Obrosov, Aleksei A1 - Gulyaev, Roman A1 - Zak, Andrzej A1 - Ratzke, Markus A1 - Naveed, Muhammad A1 - Dudzinski, Wlodzimierz A1 - Weiß, Sabine T1 - Chemical and Morphological Characterization of Magnetron Sputtered at Different Bias Voltages Cr-Al-C Coatings T2 - Materials N2 - MAX phases (M = transition metal, A = A-group element, and X = C/N) are of special interest because they possess a unique combination of the advantages of both metals and ceramics. Most attention is attracted to the ternary carbide Cr2AlC because of its excellent high-temperature oxidation, as well as hot corrosion resistance. Despite lots of publications, up to now the influence of bias voltage on the chemical bonding structure, surface morphology, and mechanical properties of the film is still not well understood. In the current study, Cr-Al-C films were deposited on silicon wafers (100) and Inconel 718 super alloy by dc magnetron sputtering with different substrate bias voltages and investigated using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), and nanoindentation. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) was used to analyze the correlation between the growth of the films and the coating microstructure. The XPS results confirm the presence of Cr2AlC MAX phase due to a negative shift of 0.6–0.9 eV of the Al2p to pure aluminum carbide peak. The XRD results reveal the presence of Cr2AlC MAX Phase and carbide phases, as well as intermetallic AlCr2. The film thickness decreases from 8.95 to 6.98 µm with increasing bias voltage. The coatings deposited at 90 V exhibit the lowest roughness (33 nm) and granular size (76 nm) combined with the highest hardness (15.9 GPa). The ratio of Al carbide to carbide-like carbon state changes from 0.12 to 0.22 and correlates with the mechanical properties of the coatings. TEM confirms the columnar structure, with a nanocrystalline substructure, of the films. KW - XPS KW - AFM KW - MAX phase KW - TEM KW - chemical bonding KW - surface morphology Y1 - 2017 UR - http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/2/156/htm U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10020156 SN - 1996-1944 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 156 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Obrosov, Aleksei A1 - Gulyaev, Roman A1 - Ratzke, Markus A1 - Volinsky, Alex A. A1 - Bolz, Sebastian A1 - Naveed, Muhammad A1 - Weiß, Sabine T1 - XPS and AFM Investigations of Ti-Al-N Coatings Fabricated Using DC Magnetron Sputtering at Various Nitrogen Flow Rates and Deposition Temperatures T2 - Metals N2 - Ti-Al-N coatings were deposited by direct current magnetron sputtering (DCMS) onto IN 718 at different nitrogen flow rates and deposition temperatures. The coatings’ properties were characterized using atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) as well as nanoindentation. It was found that higher deposition temperature leads to higher surface roughness and nitrogen flux influences the shape of grains. According to XPS, the bonding structure of all coatings exhibited the (Ti,Al)N phase. Mechanical properties depend on the Al content within the films. The coating with the best mechanical properties (deposited at 500 °C and 20 standard cubic centimeters per minute (sccm)) was further deposited onto tungsten carbide (WC) cutting tools for cylindrical turning experiments. A quasi-constant flank wear was observed until a machining volume of 23,500 mm³. KW - Ti-Al-N coatings KW - DC magnetron sputtering KW - XPS KW - AFM KW - nitrogen flow rate KW - surface morphology Y1 - 2017 UR - http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/7/2/52/htm U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/met7020052 SN - 2075-4701 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 52 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Borcia, Rodica A1 - Borcia, Ion-Dan A1 - Bestehorn, Michael A1 - Varlamova, Olga A1 - Hoefner, Kevin A1 - Reif, Jürgen T1 - Drop Behavior Influenced by the Correlation Length on Noisy Surfaces T2 - Langmuir Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03878 VL - 35 SP - 928 EP - 934 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reif, Jürgen ED - Ossi, Paolo M. T1 - Surface Functionalization by Laser-Induced Structuring T2 - Advances in the Application of Lasers in Materials Science Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-96844-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96845-2_3 SP - 63 EP - 88 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - GEN A1 - Varlamova, Olga A1 - Hoefner, Kevin A1 - Ratzke, Markus A1 - Reif, Jürgen A1 - Sarker, Debasish T1 - Modification of surface properties of solids by femtosecond LIPSS writing: comparative studies on silicon and stainless steel T2 - Applied Physics A Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1362-y SN - 0947-8396 SN - 1432-0630 VL - 123 IS - 12 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Czajkowski, Klaus A1 - Ratzke, Markus A1 - Varlamova, Olga A1 - Reif, Jürgen T1 - Femtosecond-laser-induced periodic surface structures on magnetic layer targets: The roles of femtosecond-laser interaction and of magnetization T2 - Applied Surface Science Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.03.148 SN - 0169-4332 VL - 417 SP - 84 EP - 87 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Varlamova, Olga A1 - Reif, Jürgen A1 - Stolz, Michael A1 - Borcia, Rodica A1 - Borcia, Ion-Dan A1 - Bestehorn, Michael T1 - Wetting properties of LIPSS structured silicon surfaces T2 - The European Physical Journal B N2 - The controlled dynamics of liquid drops via generation of specific wetting states on a solid surface is of great interests both in the fundamental and applied sciences. Considering that the wettability is strongly dependent on the surface topography and surface roughness, we investigate – through experiments and theory – the effect of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) generated on silicon (100) targets as a control parameter of wetting properties. To obtain structured silicon surfaces with different morphological features, we patterned the surface by irradiation with femtosecond pulses from an amplified Ti:Sapphire laser system (790 nm/100 fs/1 kHz) at a fluence in the range of 0.4–1.2 J/cm2 on a spot with a diameter about of 100 μm. Variation of the applied irradiation dose results in surface modifications with the roughness about of a few tens of nanometers are ranging from regular LIPSS patterns with the lateral period of about 500–700 nm to complex agglomerations of 3-D microstructures with several-μm feature size. The theoretical study on the correlation of wetting properties with the surface topography has been performed within a phase field model. We found an excellent agreement of numerical results with experiments. Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2019-90672-2 SN - 1434-6036 SN - 1434-6028 VL - 92 IS - 5 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schlipf, Jon A1 - Martin, Elena A1 - Stchakovsky, Michel A1 - Benedetti, Alessandro A1 - Fischer, Inga Anita A1 - Schulze, Jörg A1 - Chiussi, Stefano T1 - Ellipsometric analysis of concentration gradients induced in semiconductor crystals by pulsed laser induced epitaxy T2 - Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5122777 SN - 2166-2754 VL - 37 IS - 6 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Funk, Hannes S. A1 - Kern, Michael A1 - Weisshaupt, David A1 - Sürgers, Christoph A1 - Fischer, Inga Anita A1 - Oehme, Michael A1 - Slageren, Joris van A1 - Schulze, Jörg T1 - Magnetic Characterization of a Mn Based Ferromagnet on SixGe(1-x-y)Sny with High Sn Content T2 - ECS Transactions Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1149/09301.0101ecst SN - 1938-5862 SN - 1938-6737 VL - 93 IS - 1 SP - 101 EP - 104 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Fischer, Inga Anita A1 - Augel, Lion A1 - Berkmann, Fritz A1 - Kawaguchi, Yuma A1 - Schlipf, Jon A1 - Schulze, Jörg T1 - Plasmonics-Integrated Ge PIN-Photodetectors T2 - ECS Transactions Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1149/09301.0041ecst SN - 1938-5862 SN - 1938-6737 VL - 93 IS - 1 SP - 41 EP - 44 ER -