During the past two decades, diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have attracted an
overwhelming interest from both industry and the research community. These films offer a …

Carbon-based thin films possess unique and adjustable combination of properties such as
high hardness and wear resistance, chemical resistance and good tribological …

A nanocomposite able to function as a hydrogenation catalyst under strongly acidic
conditions without the presence of noble metals is synthesized and thoroughly studied. This …

To combat the high residual stress problem in monolayer diamond-like carbon coatings, this
paper fabricated multilayer diamond-like carbon coatings with alternate soft and hard layers …

The X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
(XPS), valence band photoemission (VB-PES) and Raman spectroscopy results show that …

T6 aluminum alloy is widespread in aerospace and automotive applications thanks to its
favorable strength-to-mass ratio. However, the mechanical properties of the alloy decrease …

The mechanisms of diffusion and segregation of carbon from a solid carbon-based film,
through a nickel film catalyst, was investigated using in situ, time-and depth-resolved X-ray …

The development of low‐cost non‐precious‐metal electrocatalysts with high activity and
stability in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) remains a great challenge. Heteroatom …

The fabrication of flexible multilayer graphene oxide (GO) membrane and carbon nanotubes
(CNTs) using a rare form of high-purity natural graphite, vein graphite, is reported for the first …

Abstract The emergence of Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) in
nanocomposite films consisting of a hydrogen-free amorphous Carbon (aC) matrix and Ag is …