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 …

For the first time, a numerical isogeometric numerical solution based on the nonlocal strain
gradient elasticity theory for static bending, free vibration, and buckling of sigmoid …

Nanometer-sized structures, surfaces and sub-surface phenomena have played an
enormous role in science and technological applications and represent a driving-force of …

In this paper, a general nonlocal strain-gradient (NSG) elasticity model is developed for
vibration analysis of porous nano-scale plates on an elastic substrate. The present model …

Dynamic modeling of nanoplates constructed from porous functionally graded (FG) and
metal foam materials is presented based on nonlocal strain gradient theory (NSGT). In this …

The search for simultaneously strong and tough materials requires the development of novel
design strategies and synthesis routes. In this work, it is demonstrated that a nanoscale …

An extensive understanding about the microstructural evolution and thermal stability of the
metastable AlCr (Si) N coating system is of considerable importance for applications facing …

Resolving depth gradients of microstructure and residual stresses within individual
sublayers of multilayered thin films and understanding their origin as well as their influence …

In the present investigation, the buckling behaviours of porous double-layered functionally
graded nanoplates in hygrothermal environment are presented for the first time. The …

In recent years, nanolamellar aluminum-rich face-centered cubic (fcc) Ti 1-x Al x N coatings
with x as high as 0.8–0.9 grown by thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) have been …