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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2011
Transmission electron microscopy was used to study the effect of nitrogen-ion irradiation on the microstructure of ion-plasma TiN coating deposited on a substrate of austenitic stainless steel. The principal peculiarities of the changes in the fine structure at the substrate-coating interface and in the bulk of the coatings having a thickness of several micrometers have been revealed for the conditions of ion-beam-assisted deposition and plasma-assisted deposition. Possible mechanisms for the effect of ion irradiation on the microstructure of the substrate-coating composition are discussed.