Oxidation and Corrosion Behavior of Nanolaminated MAX-Phase Ti₂AlC Film Synthesized by High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering and Annealing

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(a) Cross section TEM image of the amorphous matrix Ti-Al-C films, (b) high resolution TEM image from the region marked with red square and insets showing the SAED of the amorphous matrix Ti-Al-C films, (c) cross section TEM image of the MAX-phase Ti₂AlC films, and (d) high resolution TEM image from the region marked with red square insets showing the SAED along the zone axis of the MAX-phase Ti₂AlC films.

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