Formation of wear resistant nanostructural topocomposite coatings on metal materials by ionic-plasma processing

The article regards formation processes of activation and dissipative energy flows under ion-plasma sputtering of coatings. It proposes an advanced system of ionic-plasma processing with the activation of the processed surface by high voltage pulses of electric potential. The authors carry out the experimental evaluation of tribological properties for the samples with coatings and study the features of their surface damage. It is established that the topokompozitny coverings, containing high-disperse nanodimensional clusters reduce probability of brittle destruction during an initial stage of operation of tribocouplings. They show that the use of high-frequency pulse oscillations under ion-plasma sputtering decreases friction ratio and increases wear resistance of coatings. (paper)