High-entropy ceramics with five or more cations have recently attracted significant attention
due to their superior properties for various structural and functional applications. Although …

For mechanically dominated load profiles, nitrides are preferred as the base material for
structural and functional hard coatings, while oxide-based materials offer better protection …

Abstract Crystalline (Hf, Ta, Ti, V, Zr) N nitride thin films, with a high-entropy metal-sublattice,
were synthesized at 440° C by reactive magnetron sputtering using an equimolar Hf-Ta-Ti-V …

To understand the dominance of lattice distortion and cocktail effect for an appropriate
element selection and optimistic design of multicomponent protective hard coatings, in this …

AlCrN is an essential material system used as the protective coating for tools and
components. In recent years, alloying strategy has attracted widespread attention to …

The paper discusses the properties of the (Me x, Mo y, Al 1-(x+ y)) N coatings, where Me
means titanium, zirconium, or chromium. The studies were focused on the phase and …

The micro-textures fabricated on the substrate surface of coating are a feasible method to
improve the interfacial adhesion of the coating. This research proposes an ultrasonic rolling …

Transition metal nitrides are widely used in the hard materials and protective coatings
industry, but are limited by their low fracture toughness. Encouraged by previous studies on …

The mechanical properties, microstructure, adhesion and wear behavior of a Ti 0.41 Al 0.48
Ta 0.11 N monolithic coating and Ti 0.41 Al 0.48 Ta 0.11 N/Ti 0.45 Al 0.55 and Ti 0.41 Al …

The evolution of the microstructure and mechanical properties of magnetron-sputtered Ti 1-
xyz Al x Ta y Si z N coatings with increasing the Si content from z= 0 to 0.3 is studied. Based …