Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2011
The metal/ceramic interface in an in situ synthesized Ti/TiCP composite coating by laser processing was analyzed using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. The TiC particles were distributed uniformly in the matrix and were highly faceted. The interfaces between the TiC particles and the β matrix were abrupt and free of any other reaction phases. It was the Ti-terminated TiC surface that bonded to the β matrix, resulting in the metallic bonding between the TiC particles and the matrix.