In plasma-based deposition processing, the importance of low-energy ion bombardment
during thin film growth can hardly be exaggerated. Ion bombardment is an important …

Microstructural design has attracted increasing interest in modern development of hard
coatings for wear-resistant applications. In plasma-assisted vapor deposited thin films, the …

Different approaches to the preparation of superhard coatings such as intrinsically
superhard materials, coatings whose hardness is enhanced by energetic ion bombardment …

This paper presents a brief overview of the field of structural nanocrystalline materials.
These are materials in either bulk, coating, or thin film form whose function is for structural …

Recent progress in the development and industrialization of superhard and tough
nanocomposite coatings, which consist of hard transition metal nitride nanocrystals “glued …

Nanocrystalline materials exhibit exceptional mechanical properties, representing an
exciting new class of structural materials for technological applications. The advancement of …

Nanostructured silicon carbide has unique properties that make it useful in microelectronics,
optoelectronics, and biomedical engineering. In this paper, the fabrication methods as well …

Впервые отчетливо концепция наноматериалов была сформулирована Г. Глейтером
[1], который ввел в научный обиход и сам термин (сначала как нанокристаллические …

High elastic moduli do not guarantee high hardness because upon finite shear electronic
instabilities often occur that result in transformation to softer phases. Therefore, the author …

Microstructure and macroscopic properties of droplet free CrN films deposited by the
recently developed high power pulsed magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) technique are …