Preparation and tribological properties of TiO2-ZrO2 thin films

Yunxia Chen, Jinfang Zhou, Weimin Liu

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Abstract

High oriented TiO2-ZrO2 thin films were prepared with sol-gel process followed by dip-coating the ethanol solution of zirconium oxychloride and titanium tetrachloride. The microstructure, morphology and tribological properties of TiO2-ZrO2 thin films were investigated using AFM, XPS, XRD and dynamic-static tribometer. The results show that the TiO2-ZrO2 films are dense, homogeneous and in a complete tetragonal phase; which display an excellent antiwar and friction reduction performance. Under 0.5 N applied load, the friction coefficient is only 0.14-0.20 and the antiwear life is more than 5000 sliding cycles for the TiO2-ZrO2/AISI 52100 steel and TiO2/Si3N4 systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)279-284
Number of pages6
JournalCailiao Yanjiu Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Materials Research
Volume16
Issue number3
StatePublished - Jun 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Sol-gel
  • TiO-ZrO thin films
  • Tribological properties

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