Microstructural design has attracted increasing interest in modern development of hard
coatings for wear-resistant applications. In plasma-assisted vapor deposited thin films, the …

In recent years, much effort has been put into the investigation of deformation of intermetallic
compounds, in particular, those with potential as new classes of high-temperature structural …

Unique in its approach, this introduction to the physics of creep concentrates on the physical
principles underlying observed phenomena. As such it provides a resource for graduate …

Nanostructured silicon carbide has unique properties that make it useful in microelectronics,
optoelectronics, and biomedical engineering. In this paper, the fabrication methods as well …

The physical and mechanical metallurgy of Ni3Al and its alloys is reviewed. Emphasis is on
developments within the past five years, a period of extremely rapid growth in research on …

Materials of high strength have long been sought, but various needs-particularly those for
aerospace applications-have added new dimensions: First, for use in aircraft and spacecraft …

Cast specimens of Mg and of several Mg-Zn binary alloys with a wide range of grain sizes
were deformed in tension and compression. The k values calculated from the Hall–Petch …

Experiments at room temperature have established that the addition of 750 ppm by weight
(0.35 at.%) of boron to stoichiometric Ni 3 Al reduces the effectiveness with which grain …

Three Cu–TiB2 alloys (0.45, 1.6, 2.5 wt.% TiB2) have been prepared by a combination of in
situ reaction and rapid solidification under optimized conditions. The relationship between …

The Ni3Al/Al2O3 composite was fabricated by self-propagation high-temperature synthesis
with and without hot extrusion methods. Its microstructure and mechanical properties were …