The interfacial wettability between reinforcing phases and metal matrices plays a crucial role
in determining the arc damage behavior of metallic electrical contact materials. In recent …

Metal/ceramic multilayers combine high hardness of the ceramic layer and the high ductility
of the metallic layer, enabling the design of novel composite coatings with high hardness …

Experimental studies show that metal–ceramic multilayers can have high strength, high
strain hardening and measurable plasticity when the ceramic layer is a few nanometers …

Abstract Ti 3 SiC 2 reinforced Cu-based composites (TRCCs) are regarded as a promising
electrical contact material. The adhesion strength between Ti 3 SiC 2 and Cu matrix is …

We review recent progresses in the theoretical studies on the structural, cohesive, mechanic
and thermodynamic aspects of interfaces in solids. The technological developments for …

Recently, the concept of supersonic N-crowdions was offered. In molecular dynamics
simulations, they can be excited by initial kick of N neighboring atoms located in one close …

Tensile strength and failure of Al 2 O 3 (0001)∕ Ni (111) interfaces have been examined by
the first-principles pseudopotential method, and compared with Al 2 O 3 (0001)∕ Cu (111) …

Abstract Shock responses of Cu/SiC nanolayered composites are investigated via molecular
dynamics simulations. Both the normal and parallel shocks are carried out to uncover the …

Since the middle of the last century, scientific research has been conducted to explain the
nature of the tracks visible to the naked eye in mica muscovite crystals. In the present work …

The first-principles tensile tests have been applied to the Al-terminated stoichiometric α-
Al2O3 (0001)/Cu (111) interface by using the ab initio pseudo-potential method based on …