Abb Research Ltd.

Impact Coatings Ab

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Per Eklund

Lars Hultman

Peter Isberg

Hans Högberg

Henrik Ljungcrantz

Jens Birch

Sharafat Ali

Bo Jonson

Jens Emmerlich

Systems and methods provide for the improvement of surface properties via deposition of a film. A typical film may comprise at least three, including at least four components, and typically includes at least one of, including both of, Nitrogen and Oxygen. A film may include at least one of Silicon, Phosphorous, and Boron, and one or more modifiers. For some films, a modifier may include an element having a cationic field strength greater than 10 &#x212b;{circumflex over (&#x2003;)}&#x2212;2. A film may have a high hardness and/or modulus. A film, may be substantially transparent to visible light. Some films have high refractive indices. Some films have low refractive indices. Some films have very low ultraviolet extinction coefficients.

Hard thin films

An element for making an electric contact to a contact member for enabling an electric current to flow between the element and the contact member. The element includes a body having at least a contact surface thereof coated with a contact layer applied against the contact member. The contact layer includes a film including a multielement material with equal or similar composition as any of a layered carbide or nitride that can be described as MAX, where M is a transition metal or a combination of a transition metals, n is 1, 2, 3 or higher, A is an group A element or a combination of a group A element, element and X is Carbon, Nitrogen or both.

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