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R. V. LYTVYN1, N. B. KONIH-ETTEL1, І. А. POLIAKOV1, І. V. KUD1, О. М. MYSLYVCHENKO1, V. G. KOLESNICHENKO1, О. М. POSTRELKO1, L. M. KULIKOV1, M. Yu. BARABASH2,3,4,5, and О. B. ZGALAT-LOZYNSKYY1

1I. M. Frantsevych Institute for Problems of Materials Sciences, N.A.S. of Ukraine, 3, Omeljan Pritsak Str., UA-03142 Kyiv Ukraine
2Technical Centre, N.A.S. of Ukraine, 13, Pokrovs'ka Str., UA-04070 Kyiv, Ukraine
3National Technical University of Ukraine 'Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute', 37, Beresteiskyi Ave., UA-03056 Kyiv, Ukraine
4Gas Institute, N.A.S. of Ukraine, 39, Degtyarivska Str., UA-03113 Kyiv, Ukraine
5Institute for Applied Control Systems, N.A.S. of Ukraine, 42, Academician Hlushkov Ave., UA-03187 Kyiv, Ukraine

Si3N4–TiN Wear-Resistant Composite Ceramics with a Surface Layer of 2D MoSSe Nanostructures

879–894 (2025)

PACS numbers: 06.60.Vz, 61.05.cp, 62.20.Qp, 62.23.Pq, 68.37.Hk, 81.20.Ev, 81.40.Pq

Received 16 July, 2025

The paper presents the results of the development and tribological evaluation of a system based on Si3N4–25 wt.% TiN composite ceramic with a surface layer of solid lubricant composed of substitutional solid solution of 2D MoSSe (molybdenum sulphoselenide) nanostructures. The Si3N4–TiN composite powder is synthesized by thermal reaction of precursors. Dense ceramic specimens with a relative density of 0.98 and a microhardness of 15.7 GPa are fabricated by spark plasma sintering at a maximum temperature of 1800°C. 2D МоSSe nanostructures are synthesized by chemical vapour deposition. A solid lubricant layer of 2D MoSSe nanostructures is deposited on the surface of the ceramic specimens by ultrasound-assisted deposition in ethanol, followed by drying and annealing at 200°C. Tribological tests are performed under dry sliding and with a solid lubricant layer according to the ball-on-disk scheme in contact with ceramic and steel counterbodies. As shown, the presence of 2D MoSSe reduces significantly the friction force and linear wear: for the ceramic counterbody, linear wear decreases by a factor of 10–20 depending on the loading regime. The friction force in the tribosystem with the solid lubricant, as compared to that under dry sliding, decreases by a factor of 2–6 for the steel indenter under dynamic-loading conditions and by a factor of 2–10 for the ceramic indenter, depending on the sliding time. The SEM and EDS data confirm the formation of a dense tribolayer based on 2D MoSSe. This layer reduces the adhesive and abrasive wear under friction in the ceramic–lubricant–steel tribosystem. The obtained results create prerequisites for using developed materials in hybrid bearings and other friction units operating under extreme conditions.

KEY WORDS: composite ceramic, Si3N4, TiN, spark plasma sintering, solid lubricant, 2D nanostructures, MoSSe, wear resistance

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/nnn.23.03.0879

Citation:
R. V. Lytvyn, N. B. Konih-Ettel, І. А. Poliakov, І. V. Kud, О. М. Myslyvchenko, V. G. Kolesnichenko, О. М. Postrelko, L. M. Kulikov, M. Yu. Barabash, and О. B. Zgalat-Lozynskyy, Si3N4–TiN Wear-Resistant Composite Ceramics with a Surface Layer of 2D MoSSe Nanostructures, Nanosistemi, Nanomateriali, Nanotehnologii, 23, No. 3: 879–894 (2025); https://doi.org/10.15407/nnn.23.03.0879

Funding / Acknowledgments:
The authors of the paper R. V. Lytvyn, І. V. Kud, N. B. Konih-Ettel, L. І. Kulikov, О. B. Zgalat-Lozynskyy note that the presented investigations were performed with support of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine, project No. 2023.04/0046 'New lubricant additives of 2D-nanostructures of solid solutions of transition metal dichalcogenides for the modification of ceramic and hybrid bearings for aviation equipment'.
The authors thank Dr. Lev Axelrud from the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine, for the x-ray analysis.

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