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Nano-multilayered ZrN‒Ag/Mo‒S‒N film design for stable anti-frictional performance at a wide range of temperatures

Hongbo JU1,2,3,( )Jing LUAN2,Junhua XU1Albano CAVALEIRO2Manuel EVARISTO2Filipe FERNANDES2,4
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212003, China
Department of Mechanical Engineering, CEMMPRE, ARISE, University of Coimbra, Rua Luís Reis Santos, Coimbra 3030-788, Portugal
TINT - Laboratory for Tribology and Interface Nanotechnology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 6, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
CIDEM, ISEP - Polytechnic of Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, Porto 4249-015, Portugal

† Hongbo JU and Jing LUAN contributed equally to this work.

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A multilayer film, composed by ZrN‒Ag (20 nm) and Mo‒S‒N (10 nm) layers, combining the intrinsic lubricant characteristics of each layer was deposited using DC magnetron sputtering system, to promote lubrication in a wide-range of temperatures. The results showed that the ZrN‒Ag/Mo‒S‒N multilayer film exhibited a sharp interface between the different layers. A face-centered cubic (fcc) dual-phases of ZrN and Ag co-existed in the ZrN‒Ag layers, whilst the Mo‒S‒N layers displayed a mixture of hexagonal close-packed MoS2 (hcp-MoS2) nano-particles and an amorphous phase. The multilayer film exhibited excellent room temperature (RT) triblogical behavior, as compared to the individual monolayer film, due to the combination of a relative high hardness with the low friction properties of both layers. The reorientation of MoS2 parallel to the sliding direction also contributed to the enhanced anti-frictional performance at RT. At 400 ℃, the reorientation of MoS2 as well as the formation of MoO3 phase were responsible for the lubrication, whilst the hard t-ZrO2 phase promoted abrasion and, consequently, led to increasing wear rate. At 600 ℃, the Ag2MoO4 double-metal oxide was the responsible for the low friction and wear-resistance; furthermore, the observed transformation from t-ZrO2 to m-ZrO2, could also have contributed to the better tribological performance.

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JU H, LUAN J, XU J, et al. Nano-multilayered ZrN‒Ag/Mo‒S‒N film design for stable anti-frictional performance at a wide range of temperatures. Friction, 2024, 12(12): 2826-2837. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40544-024-0943-y

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Received: 06 March 2024
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Published: 15 August 2024
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