STTR Phase I: A New Process for Boride Coatings for Manufacturing Applications

这个小型企业技术转移(STTR)第一阶段项目旨在开发一种用于渗硼涂层的新型低温金属-有机化学气相沉积技术并将其商业化。过渡金属硼化物因其高硬度和良好的化学稳定性而极具吸引力，在美国制造业中作为耐磨耐蚀涂层具有广泛的应用前景。目前的物理和化学气相沉积技术不能提供一种可行的方法，在较低的衬底温度下获得附着力良好的硼化物涂层。伊利诺伊大学香槟分校(UIUC)和UES，Inc.将合作开发过渡金属硼化物涂层的单一来源前驱体，用于在低衬底温度下沉积。建议的方法具有成本效益和环境友好性，因此能够在许多不同的行业中应用，包括切割工具、压铸模具和镶件、平板玻璃的转印辊、化学工艺的部件、火炮管、汽车和航空航天等武器工业。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is directed toward development and commercialization of a new low temperature metal-organic chemical vapor deposition technology for boride coatings. Diborides of transition metals are very attractive for their high hardness and good chemical stability, and have potentials for many applications in the manufacturing sector in United States as wear and corrosion resistant coatings. Current technologies of physical and chemical vapor deposition do not provide a viable method of good adherent boride coating at low substrate temperature. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and UES, Inc. will work together to develop single-source precursors for transition metal boride coatings for deposition at low substrate temperatures. The proposed method is cost-effective and environmentally friendly, thus enabling applications in many different industries that include cutting tools, die casting dies and inserts, transfer rolls for flat glass, component for chemical processes, armament industries such as gun tubes, automotive and aerospace.