High-entropy ceramics with five or more cations have recently attracted significant attention
due to their superior properties for various structural and functional applications. Although …

For a long time, the corrosion problem of materials has been an essential factor in restricting
high-tech and national economic development. As an effective means of corrosion …

Multi-component and high-entropy nitrides are a growing field with a promise of new
functional materials. The interest in the field was sparked by the adjacent field of high …

This paper presents the results of the investigations of multicomponent nanolayer coatings
of Cr, Mo-(Cr, Mo, Zr, Nb) N-(Cr, Mo, Zr, Nb, Al) N, Cr, Mo-(Cr, Mo) N-(Cr, Mo, Al) N, and Zr …

Super-hard and corrosion-resistant (AlCrMoSiTi) N x high-entropy nitride coatings were
prepared using a novel multi-arc cathodic vacuum magnetic filtration deposition at different …

Abstract The VAlTiCrMo and (VAlTiCrMo) N x coatings were prepared by sputtering V–Al–Ti–
Cr–Mo splicing targets. The microstructure and chemical composition were analyzed by …

Abstract Crystalline (Hf, Ta, Ti, V, Zr) N nitride thin films, with a high-entropy metal-sublattice,
were synthesized at 440° C by reactive magnetron sputtering using an equimolar Hf-Ta-Ti-V …

High entropy nitride (HEN) films have attracted much attention due to their versatile
properties, such as satisfactory mechanical properties, excellent anti-oxidation performance …

The adhesion strength and mechanical properties of hard coatings on substrates can be
improved by adding an interlayer, which is also known as an adhesion, buffer, or seed layer …

High-entropy nitride (HEN) ceramics have exhibited excellent mechanical properties in
comparison to transition metal nitrides. However, the huge unexplored compositional space …