Microstructural design has attracted increasing interest in modern development of hard
coatings for wear-resistant applications. In plasma-assisted vapor deposited thin films, the …

Nanostructured silicon carbide has unique properties that make it useful in microelectronics,
optoelectronics, and biomedical engineering. In this paper, the fabrication methods as well …

The article reports on the enhanced hardness of nanocomposite coatings, their thermal
stability, protection of the substrate against oxidation at temperatures above 1000° C, X-ray …

Progress in the design and exploration of hard coatings with high temperature adaptive
behavior in tribological contacts is reviewed. When coupled with most recent surface …

High-entropy alloy and nitride films of (AlCrSiTiZr) 100− xNx containing large Zr atoms and
small Si atoms were deposited on 6061 aluminum alloy and mild steel substrates by DC …

Nitride films are deposited from a single equiatomic AlCrMoSiTi target by reactive DC
magnetron sputtering. The influence of the substrate bias and deposition temperature on the …

Новые материалы являются основой технологий XXI века, а индустрия
наноматериалов ì одним из приоритетных направлений развития науки и техники …

It is important to evaluate the thermal stability of hard coating because at high working
temperatures the mechanical and tribological properties are deteriorated. The temperature …

The coatings applied onto woodworking tools must possess higher hardness, adhesion, and
fracture toughness. The CrN/CrCN multilayered coatings are deposited on M2 high-speed …

The demand to discover new materials is scientifically as well as industrially a continuously
present topic, covering all different fields of application. The recent scientific work on thin film …