Nanostructures have attracted increasing interest in modern development of hard coatings
for wear‐resistant applications. In plasma‐assisted vapor deposited thin films …

This review summarizes the present-day achievements in the study of the structure and
properties of protective nanocomposite coatings based on NbN, NbAlN, and NbSiN …

In this study, the effects of Al addition on the phase evolution, morphology and mechanical
properties of (NbTiVZrN) 100-x Al x (x= 0, 0.7, 2.3, 3.6, 4.0) high-entropy alloy nitride films …

NbN x layers were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering on MgO (001) substrates in
0.67 Pa pure N 2 at T s= 600–1000° C. T s≥ 800° C leads to epitaxial layers with a cube-on …

To alleviate the cavitation damage of metallic engineering components in hydrodynamic
systems operating in marine environments, a NbN nanoceramic coating was synthesized on …

Nanocrystalline titanium nitride (TiN) coatings were deposited on Si (100) substrates using
reactive pulsed direct current magnetron sputtering where nitrogen flow rate was pulsed …

Nanostructured materials (NMs) represent an active area of research have provided
significant breakthroughs in several practical applications in many application domains in …

Nanocomposites containing impermeable two-dimensional materials are attracting
considerable attention for their ability to shield metals from corrosion. Incorporating m …

NbN/MoN nano-multilayer coatings with MoN layer thickness ranging from 1.0 to 4.3 nm
were deposited using a closed field unbalanced magnetron sputtering system by varying Mo …

NbN thin films were deposited on non-standard grade high speed steel (HSS)(79.90 wt.%
Fe, 0.71 wt.% C, 6.09 wt.% W, 4.52 wt.% Mo, 3.95 wt.% Cr, 1.82 wt.% Co, 1.75 wt.% V and a …