摘要 : Coatings are usually used to improve the functional properties of many engineering components. A recent exciting development has been studied by designing the structure of these engineering coatings through the use of multiple lay... 展开 Coatings are usually used to improve the functional properties of many engineering components. A recent exciting development has been studied by designing the structure of these engineering coatings through the use of multiple layers of different materials. This study addresses the development of multilayer Ti/TiB_2 coatings with increased adhesion to the substrate and retained high hardness. Multilayer Ti/TiB_2 coatings were deposited on stationary high-speed steel substrates by magnetron sputtering. Multilayer Ti/TiB_2 coatings were evaluated with respect to fundamental properties such as structure, fractured cross-section, surface roughness, hardness, modulus and coating adhesion. It was found that the adhesion of resultant coatings was increased with increased alternate Ti/TiB_2 layers, whilst the hardness was slightly increased. The effects of alternate layers on other structural and property features of the resultant coatings are also discussed in this paper. 收起