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

该小企业技术转让（STTR）第一阶段项目旨在开发和商业化一种用于硼化物涂层的新型低温金属有机化学气相沉积技术。 过渡金属的二硼化物因其高硬度和良好的化学稳定性而非常有吸引力，并且在美国的制造业中作为耐磨和耐腐蚀涂层具有许多应用潜力。目前的物理和化学气相沉积技术没有提供在低基底温度下良好粘附的硼化物涂层的可行方法。伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校（UIUC）和UES，Inc。将共同开发单一来源的前体，用于在低衬底温度下沉积过渡金属硼化物涂层。 所提出的方法具有成本效益和环境友好性，因此能够应用于许多不同的行业，包括切割工具，压铸模具和插入件，平板玻璃的转移辊，化学工艺的组件，军火工业，如枪管，汽车和航空航天。

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.