A remarkable dependence of the friction force on carrier concentration was found on doped silicon substrates. The sample was a nearly intrinsic n-type Si(100) wafer patterned with 2-micrometer-wide stripes of highly B-doped p-type material. The counter surface was the tip of an atomic force microscope coated with conductive titanium nitride. The local carrier concentration was controlled throug...

The chemical formation of advanced ceramics from organometallic precursors is promising with respect to structural design and tailormade properties. We report on the synthesis of nanocrystalline titanium carbonitride materials at different pyrolysis temperatures via the polymer-to-ceramic transformation of synthesised poly(titanylcarbodiimides) and their structural and nanochemical characteriza...

this paper presents the findings of experimental investigations into the effects of cutting speed, feed rate, depth of cut and approach angle on the machinability of titanium (grade-5) alloy. also the comparison for the two different cutting materials inserts polycrystalline diamond (pcd) and cubic boron nitride (cbn) with similar tool geometry for similar machining parameters is also carried o...

Hard coatings such as titanium nitride (TiN) and chromium nitride (CrN) are widely used in cutting and forming tools against wear and corrosion. In the present study, hard coating films were deposited onto AISI 1070 steels by a cathodic arc evaporation plating (CAVP) technique. These samples were subjected to wear in a conventional lathe for investigating the tribological behaviour of coating s...

The thermal stability of an a-Ti film in contact with a d-TiN film in the structure of a TiN/Ti/TiN film stack on SiO2 substrates was studied by in situ sheet resistance (Rs) measurement, Auger electron spectroscopy, glancing angle x-ray diffractometry, cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. It was found that nitrogen dissolv...

An excellent, platinum free fiber counter electrode (CE) was successfully fabricated, consisting of porous, single crystalline titanium nitride (TiN) nanoplates grown on carbon fibers (CF). The fiber-shaped dye-sensitized solar cells (FDSSCs) based on the TiN-CF CE show a high conversion efficiency of 7.20%, comparable or even superior to that of the Pt wire (6.23%).

New areas of application for electroencephalography are in brain-computer interfaces, where disabled people might be able to interact with their environment based on measured brain signals. However, conventional electroencephalography is not suitable here. Thus, our aim is to develop novel dry electrodes for home use. We developed various novel EEG electrodes with titanium and polyurethane as b...

The present study investigates the relationships and parameter interactions between three controllable variables (lamp current, pulse frequency and air pressure) on hole taper in micro-drilling operations, in order to assess the effect of the different process parameters and also material properties in laser micro-drilling operations. Micro-drilling experiments have been conducted for Gamma-Tit...