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Tailoring microstructure, mechanical and tribological properties of NiTi thin films by controlling in-situ annealing temperature

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Publication date: 30 April 2017
Source:Thin Solid Films, Volume 628
Author(s): Soroush Momeni, Johannes Biskupek, Wolfgang Tillmann
Magnetron sputtered near equiatomic NiTi thin films were deposited on Si (100) and hot work tool steel substrates. The deposited thin films were in-situ annealed at four different temperatures viz., 80°C, 305°C, 425°C, and 525°C. The effect of the in-situ annealing temperature on the microstructure of the film, the morphology, as well as mechanical and tribological properties was studied using X-ray diffraction, synchrotron diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, ball-on-disc, scratch test, and three dimensional optical microscopy. The obtained results revealed how the variation of in-situ annealing temperature affects the crystallization, microstructure evolution, as well as mechanical and tribological properties of NiTi thin films.


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