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 …

The rise of the materials genome and materials informatics has enabled the accelerated
development of robust surfaces for harsh service environments in the nuclear, aerospace …

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 …

Limited by the inefficiency of the conventional trial-and-error method and the boundless
compositional design space of high-entropy alloys (HEAs), accelerating the discovery of …

The high-hardness nature of transition metal nitrides (TMN) has been widely exploited for
industrial applications ranging from wear-resistance and cutting tools to scratch-resistant …

Cr/CrSiN multi-layer coatings with various multi-layer structures were fabricated on titanium
alloy (TC4) by ion-plating technology. Microstructures, adhesion, wear and friction, and …

High-entropy ceramic coatings have some unique physical and mechanical properties, such
as high hardness, good corrosion resistance and excellent thermal stability. However, since …

The paper presents the results of the comparative tests of carbide samples with multilayered
nano-structured coatings based on titanium nitrides (Ti-TiN-(Ti, Cr, Al, Si) N) and zirconium …

The mechanical properties of superlattice (SL) TMN (transition-metal nitrides) coatings with
different as-deposited structures are often quite different. These differences in mechanical …

High entropy nitride (HEN) films are widely studied in surface modification for mechanical
tools and aerospace industry due to their excellent properties. As a decisive element in the …