Water electrolysis has aroused extensive research efforts due to its potential applications of
sewage disposal, microorganism treatment and direct electrolysis for large-scale hydrogen …

The nitrides of most of the group IVb-Vb-VIb transition metals (TiN, ZrN, HfN, VN, NbN, TaN,
MoN, WN) constitute the unique category of conductive ceramics. Having substantial …

Although high-entropy carbides (HECs) have hardness often superior to that of parent
compounds, their brittleness—a problem shared with most ceramics—has severely limited …

First-principles calculations are employed to determine the mechanical properties of rock-
salt structure binary and ternary transition metal nitrides, carbides, and carbonitrides from …

Abstract Nanoscale multilayered TiN/SiC films are of great importance in many electronic
and industrial fields. The careful control over the structure of the laminates, nanocrystalline …

Hard coatings used to protect engineering components from external loads and harsh
environments should ideally be strong and tough. Here we study the fracture toughness, K …

Over the past decades, enormous effort has been dedicated to enhancing the hardness of
refractory ceramic materials. Typically, however, an increase in hardness is accompanied by …

Bottom-up design of high-entropy ceramics is a promising approach for realizing materials
with unique combination of high hardness and fracture-resistance at elevated temperature …

Transition metal nitride thin films traditionally possess a low intrinsic fracture toughness.
Motivated by the recently discovered fracture toughness enhancing superlattice (SL) effect …

Available information concerning the elastic moduli of refractory carbides at temperatures (T)
of relevance for practical applications is sparse and/or inconsistent. Ab initio molecular …