Hard-brittle materials offer outstanding mechanical, optical, and chemical properties, making
them highly valuable for aerospace and astronomy applications. However, their extreme …

Multiple international organizations and many governments around the world have declared
climate emergency. There is a pressing need to minimize the environmental impacts of …

In comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) studies of materials, there is a mismatch
between the current practice and existing guidelines regarding functional unit definition. The …

In this study, the tribological behavior of PDC-cutter including WC particles/Ta-20Nb binder
composite as substrate and polycrystalline diamond composite as PCD layer produced by …

The demand for modern cutting tool materials poses significant challenges due to their high
energy consumption and reliance on expensive raw materials, which can have adverse …

In this study, W-MeC-Si/PCD (Me= Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb and Ta) composite materials were
prepared via high pressure and high temperature (HPHT, 5.5 GPa and 1600° C) sintering …

This study focused on the synthesis of Niobium/Hexagonal-Diamond/Amorphous-Carbon
(Nb/HD: aC) films on AISI-321 alloy. The substrate heating used as a vital deposition …

Wear resistance of the rock drill bit is one of the important factors affecting drilling efficiency
and exploration cost. Hence, the development of tool materials with high wear resistance …

Microdrill machining is in high demand and is widely applied in various industries where the
structural design and material properties of the microdrill are critical components in …

Diamond possesses extraordinary properties, including extreme hardness, thermal
conductivity, and mechanical strength. Global industrial diamond production is dominated by …