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    Influence of the pre-treatments and process temperature on the adhesion of TiN films deposited by PBII&D over nitrided austenitic stainless steel
    (2019-10-28) Vaca, Laura Silvia; Quintana, Juan Pablo; Guitar, María Agustina; Vega, Daniel; Brühl, Sonia Patricia; Márquez, Adriana Beatriz
    In this work the influence of pre-treatment cleaning processes in the adhesion of TiN films deposited by the plasma based ion implantation and deposition (PBII&D) process over plasma nitrided AISI 316L stainless steel was investigated, varying the gas composition, the duration of the sputtering process and the temperature in the same deposition chamber. The TiN film morphology was scrutinized with scanning electron microscopy on the surface complemented with focus ion beam for the cross section. The film microstructure was characterized with X ray diffraction. The adhesion of the coatings was studied using the Scratch Test with constant load at different values and the Rockwell C indentation method as well. It was found that only with the sputtering carried out in a H - Ar gas mixing at 300 ºC temperature used as pre-treatment was successful to prepare the nitrided surface for the subsequent TiN deposition by the PBII&D process.
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    Microstructure and wear behavior of TiN coatings deposited on nitrided stainless steel by PBII&D
    (2017-09-14) Vaca, Laura Silvia; Quintana, Juan Pablo; Vega, Daniel; Moscatelli, Mauro Nicolás; Dalibón Bähler, Eugenia Laura; Brühl, Sonia Patricia; Márquez, Adriana Beatriz
    This work presents the wear behavior of TiN coatings obtained by cathodic arc discharge combined with implantation and temperature on AISI 316L stainless steel previously ion nitrided.
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    Photocatalytic activity of TiO2 films prepared by cathodic arc deposition: dependence on thickness and reuse of the photocatalysts
    (2020-01-25) Meichtry, Jorge Martín; Vega, Daniel; Kleiman, Ariel; Litter, Marta Irene; Márquez, Adriana
    In this work, the photocatalytic activity of anatase films with thicknesses up to 1100 nm prepared by cathodic arc deposition (CAD) on glass substrates is reported. The photocatalytic activity under UV?Vis irradiation (λ > 330 nm) was evaluated through the efficiency in the reduction of 0.80 mM Cr(VI) in the presence of 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) at pH 2, and compared with the performance of samples obtained by dip-coating using commercial P25. The CAD films were optically transparent, with visible light transmittance ≥ 50% even for the thickest samples. The photocatalytic efficiency of the films increased as the thickness increased. The possibility of obtaining thicker films allowed cathodic arc films reaching better performance than P25 samples. For the most active films obtained by CAD, complete Cr(VI) reduction could be obtained in <300 min under a 28 W m−2 UV-A irradiance. The photocatalytic reaction for all the studied TiO2 films obeyed pseudo-first order kinetics. A decrease of the reaction rate constant was observed for both types of films after reusing the photocatalysts. The fate of the reduced Cr(VI) was also analyzed.
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    Tribological and corrosion Behavior of Duplex Coated AISI 316L using plasma based ion implantation and deposItion
    (2020) Vaca, Laura Silvia; Quintana, Juan Pablo; Vega, Daniel; Márquez, Adriana Beatriz; Brühl, Sonia Patricia
    The implementation of a duplex process, which combines plasma nitriding with hard coatings obtained by cathodic arc, on stainless steel substrates has faced adhesion problems that affected the wear and corrosion behavior of the treated surfaces. One variation of the cathodic arc process, which could improve the adhesion, is its combination with plasma ion implantation. This work presents results of the wear and corrosion behavior of duplex TiTiN bilayer coatings obtained by cathodic arc deposition combined with ion implantation (PBII&D) on plasma nitrided AISI 316L stainless steel In order to compare the application of PBII&D in duplex processes against conventional cathodic arc deposition, other two types of samples were obtained; one group of samples was coated using the same experimental device with the substrate at floating potential and the other one with a commercial PVD system. The coatings were characterized by SEM, XRD, and nanoindentation. The adhesion was evaluated by the Scratch Test and Rockwell C indentation. The wear resistance was analyzed by the pin-on-disk test and the corrosion behavior was evaluated by means of anodic polarization tests in NaCl solution, as well as by the Salt pray Fog Test. The PBII&D bilayer coatings showed better adhesion while the commercial PVD TiN coatings presented the smallest wear volume loss, but the delamination inside and around the track evidenced adhesion problems. Corrosion resistance was improved in all coatings benchmarked against nitride substrates, but PBII&D processes offered better protection.