Since decades, protective hard coatings with thicknesses of a few micrometers are grown by
physical or chemical vapor deposition (PVD, CVD) on cutting tools to improve their …

Zirconium-based coatings have found important uses ranging from functional deposits on
carbon fibers, field emitters, nuclear fuel particles, and dental and body implants to …

The inception of high‐entropy alloy promises to push the boundaries for new alloy design
with unprecedented properties. This work reports entropy stabilisation of an octonary …

An enduring quest in materials research is to reconcile two of the most prominent yet often
conflicting mechanical properties, hardness and toughness. Strong covalent solids like …

Deviation from equimolar composition in high-entropy multielement ceramics offers a
possibility of fine-tuning the materials' properties for targeted application. Here, we present a …

The work is devoted to the experimental study of the efficiency of Arc-PVD and PACVD
industrial technologies for the application of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings on ceramic …

An interstitial carbon induced-FCC-Ti was observed in a carbon-doped Ti 37 Nb 28 Mo 28-C
7 (atomic percentage) complex concentrated alloys (TNMC alloys). Not only the true crystal …

Fatigue failure through sustained loading of ductile materials manifests in irreversible motion
of dislocations, followed by crack initiation and growth. This contrasts with the mechanisms …

Incorporation of additional elements into TiN grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
provides an opportunity to enhance the performance of hard coatings used for the protection …

Zirconium compounds has been widely attention over the last decades due to its excellent
physical and chemical properties. Zirconium nitride nanopowders were synthesized via a …