The chemical nature of adventitious carbon (AdC), a thin layer of carbonaceous material that
deposits on the surface of most air-exposed samples and is widely used for charge …

Although microarc oxidation is frequently used in producing wear‐and corrosion‐resistant
coatings on Ti and Ti alloys for biomedical applications, the formation of nonuniform …

A comparative study of the microstructure, surface chemical and phase composition,
microtopography, surface roughness, microhardness, and corrosion properties of …

Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis, transmission
electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were employed …

Surface severe plastic deformation (SSPD) can significantly improve the mechanical
properties of metallic components by inducing surface nanocrystallization and beneficial …

Ultrasonic impact treatment of stainless steel AISI 321 was carried out at room temperature
(in the argon environment–argon-UIT) and at cryogenic temperature (in liquid nitrogen–cryo …

Plasma nitriding of the Ti-6Al-4V alloy (TA) sample was carried out in a plasma reactor with
a hot wall vacuum chamber. For ease of comparison these plasma nitrided samples were …

Because of its disadvantages of low surface hardness values, a high coefficient of friction
and poor wear resistance, Ti6Al4V alloy is seldom used in tribological-related engineering …

In this work, biomedical Co-28Cr-6Mo alloy is subjected to ultrasonic impact treatment (UIT).
XRD, TEM and SAED analyses show that the plastic deformation induced by the UIT …

The production of low-dimensional materials is the key topic of nanoscience. The
development of new routes to downsize organic and inorganic materials has focused the …