Solar selective absorbing coatings directly harvest solar energy in the form of heat. The
higher temperatures are required to drive higher power-cycle efficiencies in favor of lower …

Thin films have emerged as an ideal surface treatment to the permanent implant materials to
enhance properties such as biodegradation resistance, better mechanical strengths and …

Multi-component and high-entropy nitrides are a growing field with a promise of new
functional materials. The interest in the field was sparked by the adjacent field of high …

Accelerated design of hard-coating materials requires state-of-the-art computational tools,
which include data-driven techniques, building databases, and training machine learning …

In this study we discuss the performance of the special quasirandom structure (SQS) method
in predicting the elastic properties of B1 (rocksalt) Ti 0.5 Al 0.5 N alloy. We use a symmetry …

Phase stability and oxidation resistance are main objectives when synthesising hard and
protective coatings for applications requiring also high thermal stability. Even though TiAlN …

The wear behavior of TiAlN coatings during turning of stainless steel 316L at low cutting
speeds (60–120 m/min) was investigated using scanning electron microscopy. In this speed …

The half-Heusler TiNiSn alloys have recently gained an attention as promising candidates
for thermoelectric applications. Improvement of these alloys for such applications can be …

This study mainly focused on the effects of different substrate bias on the microstructure,
elemental composition, mechanical and tribological properties of (AlTiCrZrNb) N …

In order to successfully prepare a new advanced TiAlSiN gradient coating with Ti content
gradually decreased but Al content gradually increased from the cemented carbide …