Molybdenum and tungsten carbides are perspective catalytic systems. Their activity in many reactions is comparable to the activity of platinum group metals. The development of the synthesis method for of highly dispersed binary molybdenum and tungste...
Binary chromium carbides display excellent wear resistance, extreme stiffness and oxidation resistance under high temperature. The influence of applied pressure on electronic structure, elastic behavior, Debye temperature and hardness of Cr7C3, Cr3C2...
Herein, we demonstrate a promising method for the synthesis of ultrafine carbide particles using dispersions of molybdenum–tungsten nanoparticles. Dispersions of molybdenum–tungsten blue nanoparticles with different initial molar ratios of molybdenum...
A promising method for the synthesis of ultrafine carbide particles is the sol–gel method using dispersions of molybdenum–tungsten nanoparticles. For further use, the main properties of molybdenum-blue nanoparticles, including the size, structure, an...
Transition metal nitrides, carbides and borides have a high potential for industrial applications as they not only have a high melting point but are generally harder and less compressible than the pure metals. Here we summarize recent advances in the...
Exploring the phonon characteristics of novel group-IV binary XC (X = Si, Ge, Sn) carbides and their polymorphs has recently gained considerable scientific/technological interest as promising alternatives to Si for high-temperature, high-power, optoe...
High-κ dielectrics are insulating materials with higher permittivity than silicon dioxide. These materials have already found application in microelectronics, mainly as gate insulators or passivating layers for silicon (Si) technology. However,...
Amorphous hydrogenated germanium–carbon alloys (Ge1−xCx:H) were synthesized by X-ray-activated Chemical Vapor Deposition and investigated to evaluate the effects of annealing on their structure, composition, and properties given the limit...
Using the ab initio calculations, we study the lattice distortion of HfNbTaTiVC5, HfNbTaTiZrC5 and MoNbTaTiVC5 high-entropy carbide (HEC) ceramics. Results indicate that the Bader atomic radius and charge transfer in HECs is very close to those from...
As advances are being made regarding the performance of nuclear fuels, uranium carbides, and composites, such as (U,Zr)C and
The primary carbide in high carbon chromium bearing steels, which arises from solute segregation during non-equilibrium solidification, is one of the key factors affecting the mechanical properties and performance of the related components. In this w...
In this work, the reactive wetting and infiltration behaviors of a newly designed Sn-V binary alloy were comprehensively explored on porous graphite for the first time. It was discovered that 0.5 wt.% addition of V can obviously improve the wettabili...
In order to increase the hardness, wear resistance and corrosion resistance of nickel-based coatings, pure nickel is often co-electrodeposited with silicon carbide (SiC) particles. However, SiC particles tend to agglomerate and precipitate in the bat...
Continuous ceramic fiber comprising silicon carbide–zirconium carbide (SiC–ZrC) binary phases was obtained through melt spinning, electron-beam curing and pyrolysis of a pre-ceramic precursor of polyzirconocenecarbosilanes (PZCS). After p...
This comparative study investigates binder-free binary WC-TiC and ternary WC-TiC-TaC carbide ceramics as alternatives to cobalt-bonded hard materials. Equimolar compositions were processed via high-energy ball milling (HEBM) and consolidated by spark...
A critical overview of the various parameters, such as annealing atmospheres, pore microstructures, and pore sizes, that are critical in controlling the decomposition kinetics of Ti-based MAX phases is given in this paper. Ti-based MAX phases tend to...
Among transition metal carbides and nitrides, zirconium, and hafnium compounds are the most stable and have the highest melting temperatures. Here we review published data on phases and phase equilibria in Hf-Zr-C-N-O system, from experiment and ab i...
In this paper, we developed models for 21 quinary high-entropy transition metal carbide ceramics (HETMCCs), composed of carbon and the transition metals Ti, Zr, Mo, V, Nb, W, and Ta, employing the Special Quasirandom Structures (SQS) method. We inves...
The study investigated the effect of a dense two-fraction ball load on the efficiency of cryogenic dispersion and the structural uniformity of polymer composite materials based on low-density polyethylene (LDPE) filled with bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) and...
WC-Ni hardmetals, especially with the addition of Cr, are the first choice for wear parts in a corrosive environment. Despite Ni being studied as a metallic binder matrix in hardmetals for as long as Co, the mechanical properties achieved have consis...
The objective of the study was to check the feasibility of machining Stellite 6, a cobalt–chromium superalloy, using TiN-coated carbide inserts in an end milling operation. The inserts were coated using the magnetron sputtering process. The spu...
Layered ternary Ti2SnC carbides have attracted significant attention because of their advantage as a M2AX phase to bridge the gap between properties of metals and ceramics. In this study, Ti2SnC materials were synthesized by two different methods&mda...
Two-dimensional (2D) materials attracted widespread interest as unique and novel properties different from their bulk crystals, providing great potential for semiconductor devices and applications. Recently, the family of 2D materials has been expand...
Ultrafine MgH2 nanocrystalline powders were prepared by reactive ball milling of elemental Mg powders after 200 h of high-energy ball milling under a hydrogen gas pressure of 50 bar. The as-prepared metal hydride powders were contaminated with 2.2 wt...
Two high Nb-containing TiAl alloys, Ti46.6Al7.5Nb0.5Si0.2B (Alloy A) and Ti46.1Al7.4Nb5C0.5Si0.2B (Alloy B), were prepared by graphite mold casting. As-cast microstructures of the two alloys were characterized to clarify the effect of carbon addition...
Ta, Hf, TaCx, HfCx, and TaxHf1-xCy coatings were deposited by reactive pulsed Direct Current (DC) magnetron sputtering of Ta or Hf pure metallic targets in Ar plus CH4 gas mixtures. The properties have been investigated as a function of the carbon co...
Depending on operating conditions, metals and alloys are exposed to various factors: wear, friction, corrosion, and others. Plasma surface alloying of machine and tool parts is now an effective surface treatment process of commercial and strategic im...
Cobalt-Rhenium (Co-Re)-based alloys are currently investigated as potential high-temperature materials with melting temperatures beyond those of nickel-based superalloys. Their attraction stems from the binary Co-Re phase diagram, exhibiting complete...
Elemental Cr/C/Al multilayers (stoichiometric ratio: 2:1:1) with and without a Cr overlayer have been synthesized on Zircaloy-4 substrates by magnetron sputtering. The effects of annealing temperatures (400 and 550 °C) on phase/microstructure for...
Sp2-hybridized monolayer semiconductors (e.g., planar group III-V and IV-IV binary compounds) with inversion symmetry breaking (ISB) display piezoelectricity governed by their σ- and π-bond electrons. Here, we studied their bond-orbital-reso...
The effect of boron addition into Fe–28Al–5Si–X (X = -, 2Mo, or 2Ti) on the structure and high-temperature yield stress was investigated. Generally, the alloying of binary Fe3Al-type iron aluminides by silicon significantly improves...
To enhance the high-temperature oxidation resistance of chromium carbide metal ceramic coatings, micro/nanoparticle modification was applied to the alloy binder phase of the typical Cr3C2-NiCr coating. This led to the development of Cr3C2-NiCrCoMo an...
The present study examined the interactions between the structure, microstructure and mechanical properties of CrMnFeCoNi, CrMnFeCoNiV0.5 and CrMnFeCoNiMo0.5 High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs). Starting from elemental powders, the HEAs were obtained by high-...
The subject of the present review consists of summing up our previous results on the study of the relaxation of structure along the way (i) of atomic redistribution—in the form of short-range clustering in binary iron alloys—induced by me...
NiCr composite coatings on stainless steel were obtained by the simultaneous deposition of Cr and Ni, using thermionic vacuum arc (TVA) technology. The main aim of this paper is to study the influence of graphite and oxygen incorporation on the struc...
High-entropy MAX (HE-MAX) phases represent a new class of layered ceramics that combine the multi-principal-element chemistry of high-entropy materials with intrinsic damage tolerance, electrical conductivity, and multifunctionality of conventional M...
The main goal of the presented paper is to study the influence of a range of support materials, i.e., multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), Al2O3-Cr2O3 (2:1), zeolite β-H and zeolite β-Na on the physicochemical and catalytic properties in...
Nitride and carbide ternary coatings improve the wear and corrosion resistance of carbon steel substrates. In this work, Ti-W-N and Ti-W-C coatings were deposited on AISI 1060 steel substrates using reactive radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtering....
This paper examines different blends of starting materials for alloy development in the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process. By using blends of individual elemental, ferroalloy and carbide powders instead of a pre-alloyed gas-atomized starting pow...
Aluminum metal matrix composites (AMMCs) have become increasingly ubiquitous in the fields of aerospace and automobile businesses due to their lightweight properties. Their machining is a challenging task because of the presence of supplemented parti...
Titanium carbonitride (TiCN) has emerged as a significant material, bridging the gap between traditional binary carbides and nitrides to offer a comprehensive combination of superior mechanical strength, exceptional wear resistance, and excellent che...
We provide a systematic overview of the mechanochemical reactions of inorganic solids, notably simple binary compounds, such as oxides, nitrides, carbides, sulphides, phosphides, hydrides, borides, borane derivatives, and related systems. Whereas the...
TiN coatings have been widely employed in cutting tools due to their high hardness and excellent wear resistance. While most research on nitride coatings has focused on binary (e.g., TiN) and ternary (e.g., TiAlN, TiSiN) systems, the quaternary TiMoS...
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a promising structural and cladding material for accident tolerant fuel cladding of nuclear reactor due to its excellent properties. However, when exposed to severe environments (e.g., during neutron irradiation), lattice def...
Freshwater scarcity is increasing day by day and has already reached a threatening level, especially in remotely populated areas. One of the technological solutions to this rising concern could be the use of the solar-based humidification–dehum...