The recent development in the field of superhard materials with Vickers hardness of⩾ 40
GPa is reviewed. Two basic approaches are outlined including the intrinsic superhard …

Soft or hard film coating, multi-phase alloying and composite structuring have been
developed to control wear and friction by improving materials and surfaces with some …

Titanium carbide (TiC) coatings are widely used in several industrial applications, including
tooling and tribological applications. These materials are used due to their mechanical …

Recent progress is presented regarding the development of plasma induced CVD technique
for coatings of non-planar and thick tools and of the understanding or the origin of the high …

TiBCN nanocomposite coatings were deposited in a closed field unbalanced magnetron
sputtering system using pulsed magnetron sputtering of a TiBC compound target with …

Information on the hardness of some nanostructured nitride and boride films and bulks is
generalized and discussed in detail. Special attention is focused on the possibility to obtain …

Recent investigations into the multicomponent (TiAlSi) N and TiBN superhard coatings
revealed that the nanostructure, properties and deposition conditions needed for their …

Crystal structure studies on Ti-BN coatings of various composition show a good agreement
with the phase diagram predictions of Novotny and coworkers (1961). Simple considerations …

We have deposited weakly textured substoichiometric NbB 2− x thin films by magnetron
sputtering from an NbB 2 target. The films exhibit superhardness (42±4 GPa), previously …

Using high frequency plasma chemical vapor deposition (P CVD) at a total pressure of
several mbar with TiCl4, BCl3, N2 and H2 as reactants, superhard nanocomposite nc-TiN/a …