2023-06-212023-06-212011-08-26Manninen, N.K., Escobar-Galindo, R., Benito, N., Figueiredo, N.M., Cavaleiro, A., Palacio Orcajo, C. y Carvalho, S. (2011). Ag–Ti(C, N)-based coatings for biomedical applications: influence of silver content on the structural properties. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 44. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/44/37/375501.0022-3727 (impreso)1361-6463 (online)https://hdl.handle.net/11441/147376Ag–TiCN coatings were deposited by dc reactive magnetron sputtering and their structural and morphological properties were evaluated. Compositional analysis showed the existence of Ag–TiCN coatings with different Ag/Ti atomic ratios (ranging from 0 to 1.49). The structural and morphological properties are well correlated with the evolution of Ag/Ti atomic ratio. For the samples with low Ag/Ti atomic ratio (below 0.20) the coatings crystallize in a B1-NaCl crystal structure typical of TiC0.3N0.7. The increase in Ag/Ti atomic ratio promoted the formation of Ag crystalline phases as well as amorphous CNx phases detected in both x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy analysis. Simultaneously to the formation of Ag crystalline phases and amorphous carbon-based phases, a decrease in TiC0.3N0.7 grain size was observed as well as the densification of coatings.application/pdf8engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess10.1088/0022-3727/44/37/375501