Talivaldis Spalvins

• Advances and directions of ion nitriding/carburizing
• Frictional and structural characterization of ion-nitrided low and high chromium steels
• Frictional behavior and adhesion of Ag and Au films applied to aluminum oxide by oxygen-ion assisted screen case ion plating (SCIP)
• Lubrication with sputtered MoS films
• Morphology of gold and copper ion-plated coatings
• Plasma assisted surface coating/modification processes
• Plasma-assisted physical vapor deposition surface treatments for tribological control
• Screen cage ion plating (SCIP) and scratch testing of polycrystaline aluminum oxide
• Status and directions of modified tribological surfaces by ion processes