An improved coating material possessing super-hard and low friction properties and a method for forming the same. The improved coating material includes the use of a noble metal or soft metal homogeneously distributed within a hard nitride material. The addition of small amounts of such metals into nitrides such as molybdenum nitride, titanium nitride, and chromium nitride results in as much as increasing of the hardness of the material as well as decreasing the friction coefficient and increasing the oxidation resistance.
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Title
Hard and low friction nitride coatings and methods for forming the same
Inventors
Erdemir, Ali : Argonne National Laboratory Urgen, Mustafa : Argonne National Laboratory Cakir, Ali Fuat : Argonne National Laboratory Eryilmaz, Osman Levent : Argonne National Laboratory Kazmanli, Kursat : Argonne National Laboratory Keles, Ozgul : Argonne National Laboratory
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University of Chicago
Content Type
Patent
Assignees
UChicago Argonne LLC University of Chicago