In order to acquire TiAl composites with a multi-scale reinforcing phase, and to improve the
microstructure and tensile properties at elevated temperatures, TiAl alloys have been …

MAX phase materials, exhibiting excellent antioxidation, corrosion resistance and high
electrical and optical conductivity, attract much attention. The nonlinear optical properties of …

Photodetectors, as essential devices for photoelectric conversion, are critical to advancing
military, industrial, and civil technologies. In the post‐Moore era, the demand for extreme …

MAX phase thin films have been synthesized by thermal treatment of a Ti-Al-C multilayer
system. The preparation of the multilayer system was carried out via magnetron sputtering …

Mn+ 1AXn (MAX) phases are novel structural and functional materials with a layered crystal
structure. Their unique properties such as good machinability, high electrical conductivity …

We utilize elevated temperature physical vapor deposition (PVD) techniques to design
metal/MAX multilayered nanocomposite thin films with alternating nanoscale metallic (Nb …

MAX phases are appropriate protective coatings due to their unique properties such as
excellent corrosion resistance. In this study, Ti–Al–C coatings with different percentages of …

Abstract M n+ 1 AX n (MAX) phase materials have unique nano-laminated structures and
exhibit interesting hybrid properties with ceramics and metals. However, high synthesis …

Interest in the Mn+ 1AXn phases (M= early transition metal; A= group 13–16 elements, and
X= C or N) is driven by their ceramic and metallic properties, which make them attractive …

Layered nanolaminate ternary carbides, nitrides and carbonitrides with general formula M
n+ 1AX n or MAX (n= 1, 2, or 3, M is an early transition metal, A is mostly group 13 or 14 …