This article reviews the development of hard coatings from a titanium nitride film through
superlattice coatings to nanocomposite coatings. Significant attention is devoted to hard and …

In recent years, near-nano (submicron) and nanostructured materials have attracted
increasingly more attention from the materials community. Nanocrystalline materials are …

A facile agar-gel method was successfully applied to prepare a series of homogenous Mn-
Co mixed oxides with different Mn/Co molar ratios for highly efficient catalysis of total toluene …

In this paper, a review of the present status of the research and technological development
in the field of superhard nanocomposite coatings is attempted. Various deposition …

Nanocrystalline materials, with a grain size of typically< 100 nm, are a new class of materials
with properties vastly different from and often superior to those of the conventional coarse …

This paper presents a brief overview of the field of structural nanocrystalline materials.
These are materials in either bulk, coating, or thin film form whose function is for structural …

The chameleon's ability to change skin color depending on environment to increase its
chances of surviving served as an inspiration in the development of self-adaptive …

Satellites and space-born systems have a number of moveable mechanical parts, whose
reliability is severely limited by degradation of lubricants and excessive wear. Many systems …

Progress in the design and exploration of hard coatings with high temperature adaptive
behavior in tribological contacts is reviewed. When coupled with most recent surface …

The use of composite materials, because of their light weight and high performance, has
increased manifold over the years, starting from aerospace to building applications …