Since decades, protective hard coatings with thicknesses of a few micrometers are grown by
physical or chemical vapor deposition (PVD, CVD) on cutting tools to improve their …

Hardness, one key property of hard coatings, is proportional to shear modulus, which can be
predicted using density functional theory (DFT). Besides considering hardness, a design …

Density functional theory was employed to design enhanced amorphous NbO 2
thermoelectrics. The covalent-ionic nature of Nb–O bonding is identical in amorphous NbO 2 …

Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) of Al 2 O 3 was studied by using
trimethylaluminum and O 2 precursors over a variety of temperature, flow, and pressure …

Abstract In recent years (Al, Cr) 2 O 3 coatings manufactured by physical vapor deposition
(PVD) gained great interest as alternative to α-Al 2 O 3 coatings deposited by chemical …

This paper reports a method for producing α-Al 2 O 3 at low temperature using a seeding
technique. A white product obtained by hydrolyzing aluminum isopropoxide in water at 80° …

A newly designed Al x Cr 95-x (α-Al 2 O 3) 5 (x= 60, 70, and 80 at.%) composite target was
proposed for depositing a corundum-structured Al-rich α-(Al, Cr) 2 O 3 film at low …

Over the last decade the amount of application of difficult-to-machine materials has
increased considerably due to the demand on new innovative products.(Ti, Al) N coatings …

Y (1− x)/2Ta (1− x)/2ZrxO2 coatings with 0 to 44 mol% ZrO2 were synthesized by sputtering.
Phase-pure M'-YTaO4 coatings were obtained at a substrate temperature of 900° C. Alloying …

We have applied Umklapp phonon-phonon and phonon-defect scattering to calculate the
thermal conductivity of unalloyed as well as Fe-and La-alloyed RuO 2 (P4 2/mnm). These …