Understanding the complex nature of wear behavior of materials at high-temperature is of
fundamental importance for several engineering applications, including metal processing …

Self-lubricating materials are becoming more widespread in fields like metal forming or
power generation due to the inability to use conventional lubricants in high-temperature (HT) …

This paper describes the effect of micro surface texture on the lubrication conditions at the
tool rake face in machining aluminum alloy. For this purpose, four types of micro surface …

The current review aims to provide an overview on the research performed with vanadium
containing nitride hard coatings. Such coatings were synthesised with the objective of …

Transition metal nitrides, such as AlCrN and TiVN, have been used as protective hard
coatings due to their excellent tribological properties. In this study, nanostructured …

The tribological properties of CrAlN, CrAlYN and CrAlZrN coatings deposited by direct
current reactive magnetron sputtering are studied by means of pin-on-disc experiments at …

Achieving high hardness and low friction at elevated temperatures for nitride-based hard
coatings has substantial scientific interest and application significance. In this study …

MoVN is a promising high temperature lubricating material. In this study, the MoVN–Ag films
with different content of Ag are synthesized for lubrication in wide temperature range using …

In the last years, vanadium rich films have been introduced as possible candidates for self-
lubrication at high temperatures, based on the formation of V 2 O 5 oxide. The aim of this …

The structural, mechanical, and electronic properties of cubic Cr0. 5-xAl0. 5TMxN, doped
with TM (transition metal) elements (TM= Ti, V, Y, Zr, Hf, and Ta) at low concentrations (x …