Thin films and coatings are increasingly being used almost in every engineering field. Many
properties such as tribological, strength and magnetic can be improved by application of thin …

High-power flip-chip light-emitting diodes (FCLEDs) suffer from low efficiencies because of
poor p-type reflective ohmic contact and severe current crowding. Here, we show that it is …

Mechanical properties of materials can be derived from the force-displacement relationship
through instrumented indentation tests. Complications arise when establishing the full …

Gradient microstructure generated by surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) has
beneficial effects for treated mechanical components, such as improved fatigue behaviour …

Nanoindentation of crystalline materials has been thought as a primarily surface-driven
technique that is not able to probe bulk mechanical properties directly, such as material yield …

Residual stress is generally evaluated using indentation by comparing the indentation
curves of stressed and stress-free states. Here, we suggest a new method that can evaluate …

Concurrently assessing localized residual stresses and mechanical properties in cases
where there are gradients in stresses and properties (such as those resulting in metallic …

Scandium oxide (Sc2O3) films are deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering. The effects
of annealing on the structure, as well as the optical, mechanical, and electrical properties …

Systematic investigation was carried out to understand the effect of plate-to-pipe forming (U-
bending) strain on the microstructure and mechanical properties of X80 linepipe steel and to …

The paper deals with heat-reflecting ZrB 2–20% SiC ceramic composite and heat-reflecting
ZrB 2–20% SiC composite laminate with ZrO 2 addition, the amount of which varies from 0 to …