摘要
Titanium and its alloys are widely used in the aerospace, marine, and biomedical industry due to their unique bulk properties such as high strength-to-weight ratio and melting temperature, good corrosion resistance, and favorable biocom- patibility. However, in some applications, com- ponents made of titanium or titanium alloys exhibit poor wear resistance under stationary or dynamic loading as well as contact corrosion manifested by the relatively negative standard electrode potential (-1.63 V ) . In order to improve the surface properties of titanium and its alloys, several techniques such as PVD ( physical vapor deposition ) /CVD (chemical vapor deposition ) coatings,