Active Screen Plasma Treatment
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 31879
Special Issue Editor
Interests: active screen plasma nitriding; plasma nitriding; surface engineering; surface modification; plasma CVD; diamond like carbon; spark plasma sintering; high-entropy alloys
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Conventional direct current plasma nitriding (DCPN) has some limitations and disadvantages, such as edge effect, hollow-cathode effect, distortion, arcing, and overheating of specimens. Because of these problems, some new methods were presented to avoid the direct formation of plasma on the surface and its consequent problems. One of the methods is active screen plasma nitriding (ASPN) or cathodic cage plasma nitriding (CCPN). Many researchers have reported on factors that are critical to nitriding, including the geometry of the active screen or cathodic cage, the distance between the screen and the component, screen material, furnace size, the value of bias power, and the sample position. Various materials such as steels, titanium alloys, aluminum alloys, copper alloys, high-entropy alloys, polymers, and carbon fibers have been nitrided by ASPN or CCPN. Different materials such as silver, copper, titanium, chromium, and carbon have also been applied as an active screen. This Special Issue will collect reviews and articles related to active screen plasma treatments such as ASPN or CCPN as well as active screen plasma carburizing (ASPC) or cathodic cage plasma carburizing (CCPC). The objective of this Special Issue is to encourage communication among researchers broadly relating to the topic of active screen plasma treatment.
I am pleased to invite you to submit your work to the Special Issue, “Active Screen Plasma Treatment”.
Prof. Dr. Akio NISHIMOTO
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- active screen plasma nitriding
- active screen plasma carburizing
- cathodic cage plasma nitriding
- cathodic cage plasma carburizing
- plasma nitriding
- plasma carburizing
- surface engineering
- coating
- duplex process
- high-entropy alloys
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