Self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) or combustion synthesis (CS) is a
rapidly develo** research area. SHS materials are being used in various fields, including …

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

The preparation of hard coatings with low friction coefficient over a wide temperature range
is still a challenge for the tribological community. The development of new nanocomposite …

Ductile iron (DI) owes many of its attractive mechanical properties to the graphite nodules in
its structure. However, since galvanic coupling can occur between the graphite nodules and …

The growing interest in development coatings with enhanced properties opened the door to
the research and development of nanoscale multilayer coatings. Some of the most …

A two-step Thermo reactive diffusion processes (including an initial titatinizing step followed
by boronizing) is proposed in order to obtain superhard complex TiBC coating layer on AISI …

We have deposited Cr–B and Cr–B–C thin films by co-sputtering from chromium boride and
carbon targets. The binary Cr–B films consist of nanocrystalline and substoichiometric CrB …

Abstract Four nanostructured TiAlTaN-(TiAlN/TaN) n coatings were deposited, varying the
volume fraction of the top quaternary coating (TiAlTaN) and the base multilayer coating …

Titanium carbide coatings exhibit a variety of tribological properties depending on their
carbon concentration. In the present article, a series of coatings with compositions ranging …

In situ tribometry was used to examine the role of third bodies for the friction and wear
behaviour of five hard Ti–Si–C–H coatings produced by plasma-enhanced chemical vapour …