A brief review of high-entropy films

XH Yan, JS Li, WR Zhang, Y Zhang - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
High-entropy films are a new type of films which have been developed based on high-
entropy alloys. It features many excellent properties, such as high strength and hardness …

Nitriding high entropy alloy films: Opportunities and challenges

X Wu, X Xu, Y Jiang, C Chen, H Han, L Zhao… - Surface and Coatings …, 2024 - Elsevier
High entropy nitride (HEN) films have attracted much attention due to their versatile
properties, such as satisfactory mechanical properties, excellent anti-oxidation performance …

Functional properties and promising applications of high entropy alloys

X Yan, Y Zhang - Scripta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys are a novel class of complex materials discovered near the center of
phase diagram, and show exceptional performances over the traditional alloys. The ability of …

Super-hard refractory high entropy alloy film with spinodal decomposition

Z Jiao, D Hua, Q Zhou, S Li, D Luo, H Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - Elsevier
Unsatisfactory hardness and wear resistance severely limit the application of the single-
phase high entropy alloy films. Here, the NbMoWTa films with the alternating nano …

High‐Entropy Photothermal Materials

CY He, Y Li, ZH Zhou, BH Liu, XH Gao - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract High‐entropy (HE) materials, celebrated for their extraordinary chemical and
physical properties, have garnered increasing attention for their broad applications across …

Nano-Crystallization of High-Entropy Amorphous NbTiAlSiWxNy Films Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering

W Sheng, X Yang, C Wang, Y Zhang - Entropy, 2016 - mdpi.com
High-entropy amorphous NbTiAlSiWxNy films (x= 0 or 1, ie, NbTiAlSiNy and NbTiAlSiWNy)
were prepared by magnetron sputtering method in the atmosphere of a mixture of N2+ Ar …

Properties and processing technologies of high-entropy alloys

X Yan, Y Zou, Y Zhang - Materials Futures, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are emerging materials that are developed based on entropy,
and draw significant attention for the potential to design their chemical disorder to bring out …

A comprehensive review on the synthesis and energy applications of nano-structured metal nitrides

I Ashraf, S Rizwan, M Iqbal - Frontiers in Materials, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nanosized metal nitrides, due to their chemical characteristics which make them sustainable
alternatives to noble metals in catalysis, have drawn the attention of researchers worldwide …

Mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of AlCrNbSiTiN high entropy alloy nitride coatings

BS Lou, YC Lin, JW Lee - Coatings, 2023 - mdpi.com
High-entropy alloy (HEA) nitride coatings have been extensively studied due to their
desirable properties of high hardness, thermal stability, and corrosion resistance. Among …

Effects of aluminum addition on microstructures and mechanical properties of NbTiVZr high-entropy alloy nitride films

LC Chang, YC Lu, CH Hsueh - Intermetallics, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of Al addition on the phase evolution, morphology and mechanical
properties of (NbTiVZrN) 100-x Al x (x= 0, 0.7, 2.3, 3.6, 4.0) high-entropy alloy nitride films …