The review is dedicated to characteristics of the mechanical behavior of various materials at
submicro-and nanoscale levels. To a large extent, progress in this area is determined by the …

This article reviews recent developments in small-scale mechanical property testing with
some emphasis on intermediate (meso) length scales in complex microstructures and …

Most functional microelectronic devices as well as hard coatings use brittle ceramics like
Titanium Nitride (TiN) in nanostructured, thin film form. Damage tolerance is critical to their …

Available information concerning the elastic moduli of refractory carbides at temperatures (T)
of relevance for practical applications is sparse and/or inconsistent. Ab initio molecular …

Although titanium nitride (TiN) is among the most extensively studied and thoroughly
characterized thin-film ceramic materials, detailed knowledge of relevant dislocation core …

Despite their high hardness and indentation modulus, nanostructured crystalline ceramic
thin films produced by physical vapour deposition usually lack sufficient fracture strength …

The mechanical properties of superlattice (SL) TMN (transition-metal nitrides) coatings with
different as-deposited structures are often quite different. These differences in mechanical …

The low intrinsic fracture toughness of transition metal nitride thin films critically restrains
their applicability as protective coatings. We therefore investigate the Ti 1-x W x N y system …

Abstract A new Ru-Ni-Nb combined cathode modification for Ti-6Al-4V alloy was
investigated. There was a multiple blocking mechanism existed in the passivation film of Ru …

Superlattices—alternating coherently grown materials of nm thicknesses—proved their
potential for enhancing typically antagonistic properties of ceramics: ductility, hardness, and …