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 …

The discipline of fracture mechanics was born almost a century ago through the pioneering
work of AA Griffith, and saw particularly rapid growth in the second half of 20th century when …

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 …

Transition metal nitride thin films traditionally possess a low intrinsic fracture toughness.
Motivated by the recently discovered fracture toughness enhancing superlattice (SL) effect …

In this review article we consider the crack growth resistance of micrometer and sub-
micrometer sized samples from the fracture mechanics point of view. Standard fracture …

The hardness and fracture toughness of high-temperature wear-resistant transition metal
aluminum nitride multilayer films depend largely on the constituting layer's structure …

Motivated by density functional theory (DFT)-derived ductility indicators for face centered
cubic (fcc, rocksalt) structured TiN/MoN 0.5 superlattices and Ti 0.5 Mo 0.5 N 0.75 solid …

Abstract Transition-metal disilicides (TMSi 2) based thin films are suggested as promising,
novel protective coating materials used in various high-temperature applications. In this …

We provide an experimental and theoretical description of the high temperature fracture
behaviour of TiN thin films. For this, we employ molecular dynamics and density functional …

To measure the interfacial fracture toughness of ceramic/metal interfaces such as thermal
spray coatings, a novel modified cantilever beam bending method is proposed. Finite …