AVS 45th International Symposium
    Vacuum Metallurgy Division Tuesday Sessions

Session VM+TF-TuM
Advances in Hard and Superhard Coatings

Tuesday, November 3, 1998, 8:20 am, Room 328
Moderator: A. Inspektor, Kennemetal, Inc.


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8:20am VM+TF-TuM1 Invited Paper
Deposition, Structure, and Properties of Superlattice Thin Films
S.A. Barnett, A. Madan, P. Yashar, I. Kim, Northwestern University
9:00am VM+TF-TuM3
In-situ and Ex-situ Ellipsometric Analysis of Cr, CrN, Cr@sub 2@N Thin Films
D.M. Mihut, S.R. Kirkpatrick, S.L. Rohde, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
9:20am VM+TF-TuM4
AlN/cBN Magnetron Sputtering: Effects on Adhesion and Phase Stabilization
W. Otaño, L.J. Pilione, R. Messier, Pennsylvania State University, J.J. Santiago-Avilés, University of Pennsylvania, G. Lamaze, National Institute of Science and Technology
9:40am VM+TF-TuM5 Invited Paper
Energetics of Cubic Boron Nitride Deposition
R. Clarke, D. Litvinov, University of Michigan
10:20am VM+TF-TuM7
Deposition and Characterization of Ultra Thin CNx Films as a Thin-Film Disk Overcoat
X. Chu, Z.D. Yang, J.F. Ying, S. Wang, B. Zhang, MMC Technology Inc.
10:40am VM+TF-TuM8
Carbon and Carbon Nitride Films Prepared by Low-Energy, Isotopically-Mass-Separated, Negative C@sub 2@@super -@ and CN@super -@ Ions
N.T. Tsubouchi, A.C. Chayahara, A.K. Kinomura, C.H. Heck, Y.H. Horino, Osaka National Research Institute, AIST, Japan
11:00am VM+TF-TuM9
Investigation on Multilayered Chemical Vapor Deposited Ti/TiN Films
J.C. Hu, National Tsing Hua Univ., Rep. of China, T.C. Chang, National Nano Device Lab, Rep. of China, L.-J. Chen, National Tsing Hua Univ., Rep. of China, Y.L. Yang, National Nano Device Lab, Rep. of China, P.T. Liu, National Chiao Tung Univ., Rep. of China, S.Y. Chen, National Tsing Hua Univ., Rep. of China, C.Y. Chang, National Chiao Tung Univ., Rep. of China
11:20am VM+TF-TuM10
Chemical Vapor Deposition of Metal (Ti) and Ceramic (TiO@sub 2@, TiN) Thin Films via Gas-Phase Reaction of Titanium Tetrachloride and Sodium Metal Vapor
J.H. Hendricks, M.I. Aquino, J.E. Maslar, M.R. Zachariah, National Institute of Standards and Technology
11:40am VM+TF-TuM11
Low Energy Ion Beam Deposition of Oriented Diamond Microcrystallites
P.K. Tse, R.W.M. Kwok, K.M. Lui, W.M. Lau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong