Abstract
The presence of an adherent and hard TiN layer (200 nm) on TiNi-based shape memory alloy (SMA) film (3.5 μm) formed a passivation layer, improved hardness and tribological properties, without sacrificing the phase transformation and shape memory effect of the TiNi film.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2995-2999 |
| Journal | Materials Letters |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 20 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2003 |
Keywords
- TiNi
- Thin films
- TiN
- Sputtering
- Shape memory