In the present study, Ti–Al–V–N coatings were synthesized onto Ti–6Al–4V substrates by plasma enhanced magnetron sputtering (PEMS) of two commercial sputter targets of Ti–6Al–4V in an Ar/N2 gas mixture. After that, the as-synthesized coatings were annealed in air atmosphere at temperature ranging from 500 °C to 900 °C. The as-synthesized and annealed coatings were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Vickers microhardness ... Read more