Enormous progress has been achieved over the past decade in evaluating the toughness of
hard coatings and thin films. This paper reviews methodologies developed based on …

The application of diamond like carbon (DLC) coatings in tribological applications, the range
of deposition methods employed and techniques for characterising the structure and …

The Vickers indentation fracture toughness test, or VIF, is addressed by considering its
origins and the numerous equations that have been applied along with the technique to …

Multicomponent hard coatings comprising Ti, B, Si, C, and N elemental compositions have
significant applications in the fabrication of micro-electro-mechanical devices especially …

Fracture toughness is an important technical material parameter, which, for bulk materials,
can be determined by macroscopic crack extension experiments. For thin coatings, this …

Numerous methods have been proposed to estimate the indentation fracture toughness Kic
for brittle materials. These methods generally uses formulæ established from empirical …

The fracture behaviour and microstructure evolution of sputtered Mo 2 BC films as a function
of their deposition temperature is studied. Bipolar pulsed direct current magnetron sputtering …

In this study, the effects of the microstructural properties on the deformation and damage
mechanism of CrN/TiN multilayer coatings deposited on Custom 450 steel using the …

Thin Films and Coatings: Toughening and Toughness Characterization captures the latest
developments in the toughening of hard coatings and in the measurement of the toughness …

The interfacial fracture strength and toughness of two hydrogenated amorphous carbon
coatings (aC: H) with Cr-adhesion layers on steel substrate have been determined directly …