[HTML][HTML] Conductive nitrides: Growth principles, optical and electronic properties, and their perspectives in photonics and plasmonics

P Patsalas, N Kalfagiannis, S Kassavetis… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

Ultrahigh specific strength in a magnesium alloy strengthened by spinodal decomposition

T Xin, Y Zhao, R Mahjoub, J Jiang, A Yadav… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Strengthening of magnesium (Mg) is known to occur through dislocation accumulation, grain
refinement, deformation twinning, and texture control or dislocation pinning by solute atoms …

Recent progress and new directions in density functional theory based design of hard coatings

D Music, RW Geyer, JM Schneider - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Hardness, one key property of hard coatings, is proportional to shear modulus, which can be
predicted using density functional theory (DFT). Besides considering hardness, a design …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal stability and oxidation resistance of Ti–Al–N coatings

L Chen, J Paulitsch, Y Du, PH Mayrhofer - Surface and Coatings …, 2012 - Elsevier
Ti1− xAlxN coatings are widely used for wear resistant applications due to their excellent
mechanical and thermal properties, which depend to a great extent on the Al content. Here …

Fracture toughness and structural evolution in the TiAlN system upon annealing

M Bartosik, C Rumeau, R Hahn, ZL Zhang… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical properties and thermal stability of reactively sputtered multi-principal-metal Hf-Ta-Ti-V-Zr nitrides

A Kirnbauer, A Kretschmer, CM Koller, T Wojcik… - Surface and coatings …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Ion kinetic energy-and ion flux-dependent mechanical properties and thermal stability of (Ti, Al) N thin films

SK Aghda, DM Holzapfel, D Music, Y Unutulmazsoy… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Ion-irradiation-induced changes in structure, elastic properties, and thermal stability of
metastable c-(Ti, Al) N thin films synthesized by high-power pulsed magnetron sputtering …

Influence of substrate bias, deposition temperature and post-deposition annealing on the structure and properties of multi-principal-component (AlCrMoSiTi) N …

HW Chang, PK Huang, JW Yeh, A Davison… - Surface and Coatings …, 2008 - Elsevier
Nitride films are deposited from a single equiatomic AlCrMoSiTi target by reactive DC
magnetron sputtering. The influence of the substrate bias and deposition temperature on the …

[HTML][HTML] Decomposition pathways in age hardening of Ti-Al-N films

R Rachbauer, S Massl, E Stergar, D Holec… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
The ability to increase the thermal stability of protective coatings under work load gives rise
to scientific and industrial interest in age hardening of complex nitride coating systems such …

Ab initio elastic tensor of cubic TiAlN alloys: Dependence of elastic constants on size and shape of the supercell model and their convergence

F Tasnádi, M Odén, IA Abrikosov - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2012 - APS
In this study we discuss the performance of the special quasirandom structure (SQS) method
in predicting the elastic properties of B1 (rocksalt) Ti 0.5 Al 0.5 N alloy. We use a symmetry …