Biomimetic material development takes inspiration from biological materials and organisms
that possess extraordinary properties or appearance, such as excellent mechanical strength …

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 …

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 …

Abstract TiAlN monolithic and Ti/TiAlN multilayer coatings were fabricated on Ti–6Al–4V
substrates by a self-designed multisource cathodic arc ion deposition system. The …

In this study, physical vapor deposition was used to prepare TiN/Ti multilayer coatings as
well as the corresponding monolithic coatings for comparison. Nanoindentation using a …

To obtain the high hardness and excellent toughness of tool coating, here, the (AlCrSiN/TiN)
20/Ti multilayer multiscale bionic (MB) coatings were prepared on WC-6 wt% Co substrates …

An extensive understanding about the microstructural evolution and thermal stability of the
metastable AlCr (Si) N coating system is of considerable importance for applications facing …

This work concerns high Al-containing Ti x Al 1-x N coatings prepared using low pressure-
chemical vapour deposition (LP-CVD). The coatings were examined using electron …

For mechanically dominated load profiles, nitrides are preferred as the base material for
structural and functional hard coatings, while oxide-based materials offer better protection …

Abstract The cubic (Ti 1− x Al x) N y (TiAlN) phase with a nanolamella structure, synthesized
via low pressure chemical vapour deposition (LPCVD), has been widely used in wear …