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Analysis of local regions near interfaces in nanostructured multicomponent (Ti-Zr-Hf-V-Nb)N coatings produced by the cathodic-arc-vapor-deposition from an arc of an evaporating cathode

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Multicomponent nanostructured (Ti-Zr-Hf-V-Nb)N coatings produced by the cathodic-arc-vapor-deposition method have been studied using several complementary methods of elemental and structural analysis, such as those based on the use of slow positron beam (SPB); proton microbeam (μ-PIXE); electron micro- and nanobeam (EDS and SEM analysis); and X-ray diffraction phase analysis (XRD), including the a-sin2ϕ method of measuring the stress-strain state (X-ray tensometry). The elemental composition, microstructure, residual stresses in nanograins, and in-depth and surface distributions of defects and atoms, as well as the phase composition, stress-strain state, and texture of the coatings have been studied in a 3D representation. It has been found that creating a state of elastic stress-strain compression in the coating can significantly enhance its resistance to oxidation upon annealing. A redistribution of elements and defects (their aligning and segregation) due to diffusion and termination of spinodal segregation has been revealed near interfaces, around grains and subgrains, which occurred without a significant change in the average size of nanograins.

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  1. Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Universitätplatz 10, 06108, Halle, Germany

    R. Krause-Rehberg

  2. Sumy State University, ul. Rimskogo-Korsakova 2, Sumy, 40007, Ukraine

    A. D. Pogrebnyak, V. N. Borisyuk, M. V. Kaverin & M. A. Bilokur

  3. Institute of Applied Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, ul. Petropavlovskaya 58, Sumy, 40030, Ukraine

    A. G. Ponomarev

  4. National Institute of Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki, 305-0047, Japan

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  5. Karazin National Kharkov University, pl. Svobody 4, Kharkov, 61022, Ukraine

    V. M. Beresnev

  6. National Technical University Kharkov Polytechnic Institute, ul. Frunze 21, Kharkov, 61002, Ukraine

    O. V. Sobol’

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Original Russian Text © R. Krause-Rehberg, A.D. Pogrebnyak, V.N. Borisyuk, M.V. Kaverin, A.G. Ponomarev, M.A. Bilokur, K. Oyoshi, Y. Takeda, V.M. Beresnev, O.V. Sobol’, 2013, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2013, Vol. 114, No. 8, pp. 731–740.

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Krause-Rehberg, R., Pogrebnyak, A.D., Borisyuk, V.N. et al. Analysis of local regions near interfaces in nanostructured multicomponent (Ti-Zr-Hf-V-Nb)N coatings produced by the cathodic-arc-vapor-deposition from an arc of an evaporating cathode. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 114, 672–680 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X13080061

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