International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 4 8 2015 August 2 An Investigation of TiAlCrCN Nanoparticles Coating Deposited by Physical Vapor on Cold Work Tool Steel 41 48 EN H. Saleem 1 Department of Management Sciences, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad, PAKISTAN Khan M.A. 2 Alireza Miremadi 1 Sharif University of Technology, International Campus, IRAN EtemadolesllamiBakhtiyari Ali 2 Arash Dorvash 3 Mohammad Aghania 1 Department of management Limkokwing University, Limkokwing Cyberjaya, Malaysia Peyman Attariani 2 Babak Afshar 3 Behnaz Torabi 4 Mohammad Aghaei 1 Department of Business Management, Branch, Tarbiat Moddares University (TMU), Tehran, IRAN Abdolmaleki Sobhan 2 Institute for Management and Planning Studies, IMPS, Tehran, IRAN Amin Asadollahi 3 Department of Business Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN MahinEslami Shahrbabaki 1 Psychiatry Department, Shahid Beheshti hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Hassan Ziaaddini 2 Institue of Neuropharmachology, Psychiatry Department, Shahid Beheshti hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Saeedi Hamed 3 Neurology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Khorasani Farshid 4 Neuroscience Research Center, Institue of Neuropharmachology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, IRAN Moghaddam Pourhassan 1 Khorasgan branch, Islamic Azad University, Esfahan, IRAN Mahmud 2 LotfiAhmad Reza 3 Yaghoubi Yaghoub 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomeinishahr, Isfahan, IRAN Karimian Majid 2 Department of Engineering, Tiran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tiran, IRAN Kamran Amini 3 > Research Paper 2014 2 3 2015 August 2 In this work, multi-component TiAlCrCN coatings are deposited through physical vapor deposition using arccathodic PVD on cold work steel tools substarts (Spk 1/2080). It attempts to investigate the effect of siclicon in the structure and mechanical characteristics of TiAlCrCN coatings. In this study, energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), and atomic electron microscope (AFM) has been applied to characterize coating in terms of chemical compound, structure, morphology of surface and cross section, respectively. Nanoidentation, micro hardness and pin on disk test have also been used to analyze mechanical characteristics of coating.3 Copyright@ International Science Community Association