The use of composite materials, because of their light weight and high performance, has
increased manifold over the years, starting from aerospace to building applications …

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 …

Titanium oxide coatings have been shown to exhibit desirable properties as biocompatible
coatings. We report on the quantitative microstructure characterization and deformation …

The mechanical behavior of nanoscale Al–TiN multilayered composites was studied using
micropillar compression experiments, which were compared with previously performed …

Since the introduction of the term “nanolaminate” in the mid-1990s, considerable research
activities on metallic/ceramic nanolaminates (MCN) have been conducted. Incorporating …

We performed in situ indentation in a transmission electron microscope on Al-TiN multilayers
with individual layer thicknesses of 50 nm, 5 nm and 2.7 nm to explore the effect of length …

The effect of the temperature on the compressive stress–strain behavior of Al/SiC nanoscale
multilayers was studied by means of micropillar compression tests at 23° C and 100° C. The …

This paper investigates the influence of the surface orientation of TiN and Al layers, as well
as TiN layer thickness on the deformation behavior and mechanical characteristic of TiN/Al …

Al/SiC nanolaminates possess an excellent combination of mechanical strength and
flexibility. While nanoindentation provides a reasonable estimate of the mechanical …

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to explore the effect of interface
structure on the inception of plastic deformation in Nb/NbC nanolayered composites. Using …