Engineering ceramics such as alumina, zirconia, silicon nitride and silicon carbide can now
be manufactured reliably with reproducible properties. As such, they are of increasing …

Good wetting and low reactivity of metal/ceramic couples are key factors in many
technological processes, in particular in metal/ceramic joining, to avoid degradation of …

AlSiC composites is an irreplaceable material for high temperature semiconductor devices
due to its unique performance of high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion coefficient …

Aluminium silicon carbide (AlSiC) composites are silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic-reinforced
aluminium matrix composites. When wide band-gap semiconductors, typically silicon …

Yttria-stabilized zirconia strengthened with lamellar flaky-shape Nb metal particles was
obtained by hot-pressing at 1500° C for 1h. The ZrO2–Nb interface has been studied by …

Stringent applications of HfB 2 and ZrB 2 based ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs)
for hypersonic and re-entry space vehicles necessitate their joining with ceramics or metallic …

The renewed interest in transition metals diborides, classified as ultra high temperature
ceramics, for applications at high temperature or in highly aggressive environments has …

We assess density functional theory studies of the effects of interfacial stoichiometry, Al
activity, S segregation and Hf doping on the adhesion of the γ-Ni (Al)/α-Al2O3 interface …

The adhesion and residual strain of Ni thin-film coatings on γ-Fe and α-Fe substrates are
investigated by ab initio calculations using density functional theory (DFT) in the local …

Different approaches to study wetting and adhesion by applying density-functional theory
(DFT) methods are highlighted. The ab initio thermodynamics method is used to …