Ion irradiation is a key tool for controlling the nanostructure, phase content, and physical
properties of refractory ceramic thin films grown at low temperatures by magnetron …

Over the past decades, enormous effort has been dedicated to enhancing the hardness of
refractory ceramic materials. Typically, however, an increase in hardness is accompanied by …

Thin films, ubiquitous in today's world, have a documented history of more than 5000 years.
However, thin-film growth by sputter deposition, which required the development of vacuum …

First-principles calculations are employed to determine the mechanical properties of rock-
salt structure binary and ternary transition metal nitrides, carbides, and carbonitrides from …

Interfaces between components of a material govern its mechanical strength and fracture
resistance. While a great number of interfaces is present in nanolayered materials, such as …

We use density functional theory calculations to explore the effects of alloying cubic TiN and
VN with transition metals M= Nb, Ta, Mo or W at 50% concentrations. The ternary systems …

With the miniaturization of a solid, effects of surface strain and quantum trap** become
increasingly important in determining its properties. As a result, low-dimensional materials …

First principle calculations of point defect formation energies in group 3–6 transition metal
(Me) nitrides MeN x are employed to explain the thermodynamic reasons for the large …

Abstract (NbTaMoW) N x films with different x value were prepared by reactive magnetron
sputtering in a mixed Ar/N 2 atmosphere at 575 K. The films deposited at f N (f N= N 2/Ar+ N …

The pressing demands for next-generation concentrating solar power drive the pursuit of
high-efficiency, thermally stable, and scalable spectrally selective absorbers. Multilayer …