Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 25 March 1994:
Vol. 263. no. 5154, pp. 1753 - 1755
DOI: 10.1126/science.263.5154.1753
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Diamond Coating of Titanium Alloys

M. D. Drory 1 and J. W. Hutchinson 2

1 Crystallume, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
2 Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

A titanium alloy was coated with a thin layer of synthetic diamond by chemical vapor deposition methods, achieving exceptional adhesion. Scientific and technological opportunities exist for the development of diamond-coated metal alloys and for a better understanding of adhesion mechanisms of hard, brittle coatings. An indentation method of wide applicability for measuring the adhesion of such coatings is discussed.

Submitted on September 20, 1993
Accepted on February 25, 1994

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)