Formation of ultra-stable Au nanoparticles in Au–ZrO2 nanocomposites

P Liu, S Ma, J Zhang, Y Huang, Y Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - Elsevier
To improve the thermal stability of nanocrystalline (NC) metals, their interface structure can
be modified by applying amorphous intergranular layers. However, traditional amorphous …

Insights into the microstructure characteristics, mechanical properties and tribological behaviour of gas-phase chromized coating on GCr15 bearing steel

C Tan, X Zong, W Zhou, H Cao, J Wang, C Wang… - Surface and Coatings …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a high quality chromized coating was produced on GCr15 steel substrate by
vapor phase chromizing technique for sprag clutch application. The microstructure …

[HTML][HTML] Deposition pressure-controlled phase tailoring and stability of β-W for spintronic applications

K Sriram, YS Pappu, VC Peddiraju, R Mondal… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding the nucleation and growth of tungsten (W) is technologically important in spin-
to-charge interconversion for realizing energy-efficient spintronic devices. Here, we have …

Metastable phases in sputtered stoichiometric Co3Al

K Xu, Z Shang, X Sheng, N Richter, A Shang, C Shen… - Scripta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Co-Al based superalloys have been considered as the promising alternatives to Ni-Al based
superalloys. Appropriate alloy design can stabilize a dual phase structure of face-centered …

Phase composition of sputter deposited tungsten thin films

FA Farahani, D Depla - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Sputter deposited tungsten thin films are studied by X-ray diffraction. Two phases can be
identified: α-W and β-W based on the observed (110), and (200) and (210) Bragg reflections …

Annealing hardening/softening of nanocrystalline Ta films mediated by grain boundary evolution and phase transformation

JD Zuo, YQ Wang, K Wu, JY Zhang, G Liu… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to its service background, the thermal behavior of Ta films is substantially concerning to
researchers, especially the heat-induced β-Ta to α-Ta phase transformation. In this work, the …

Hot Deformation Behavior and Simulation of Hot-Rolled Damage Process for Fine-Grained Pure Tungsten at Elevated Temperatures

Y Lv, S Zhao, T Liu, H Cheng, J Fan, Y Huang - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fine-grained pure tungsten fabricated by a sol drying reduction low-temperature sintering
method and hot isothermal compression tests were performed by using the Gleeble 3800 …

Oxidation behavior of the CVD-Al2O3 coatings on tungsten substrate at 1000° C

S Zhang, C Tan, C Lai, H Li, Y Lu, H Li, J Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In this paper, TiN/TiCN/Al 2 O 3 coating, as a classic coating system for cemented
carbide tools, was prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on pure tungsten substrate …

Effects of interstitial impurities (H, O, and He) on the structure and electronic properties of β–W: A density functional theory-based study

AAB Padama, EDA Aguilar, WA Diño, HT Lee - Chemical Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
The A15 structure of W, the β–W, exhibits better properties for spintronics applications than
bcc α–W. Previous works found that impurities could stabilize β–W. It is therefore important …