Study of TiAlSiN coatings post-treated with N and CÂ +Â N ion implantations. Part 2: The tribological analysis

► We have examined the wear properties of TiAlSiN coatings post-treated with C or C + N ion implantations. ► The coatings with implantation have an improvement in tribological performance in terms of friction coefficient and wear rate. ► The improvement of the coatings is more significant for the case of C + N implantations. ► In the extreme cases, the samples have 100-fold improvement of wear rate as compared to the untreated TiSiAlN coating.