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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,666 Views
26 Pages

Study of Tribotechnical Properties of Multilayer Nanostructured Coatings and Contact Processes during Milling of Titanium Alloys

  • Mars Sharifullovich Migranov,
  • Semen Romanovich Shehtman,
  • Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Sukhova,
  • Artem Petrovich Mitrofanov,
  • Andrey Sergeevich Gusev,
  • Arthur Marsovich Migranov and
  • Denis Sergeyevich Repin

12 January 2023

The paper presents the results of theoretical and experimental research on tribotechnical characteristics: tool wear on the back surface, tool durability period, critical length of the cutting path before blunting, adhesion component of the friction...

  • Article
  • Open Access

Deposition and Properties of Nanostructured Multilayer Cr/(Cr/a-C)ml Coating on Stainless Steels

  • Valentin Mishev,
  • Yavor Sofronov,
  • Milko Yordanov,
  • Antonio Nikolov,
  • Krum Petrov,
  • Rayna Dimitrova,
  • Milko Angelov,
  • Boyan Dochev,
  • Krassimir Marchev and
  • Georgi Todorov

16 December 2025

This work presents the results of deposition by magnetron sputtering nanostructured multilayer Cr/(Cr/a-C)ml coatings on AISI 316L and AISI 321 steel substrates. Chemical compositions were confirmed through EDX analysis with scanning electron microsc...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,160 Views
14 Pages

Increase in Efficiency of End Milling of Titanium Alloys Due to Tools with Multilayered Composite Nano-Structured Zr-ZrN-(Zr,Al)N and Zr-ZrN-(Zr,Cr,Al)N Coatings

  • Alexey Vereschaka,
  • Maksim Oganyan,
  • Yuri Bublikov,
  • Nikolay Sitnikov,
  • Konstantin Deev,
  • Vladimir Pupchin and
  • Boris Mokritskii

10 November 2018

The study deals with an increase in the tool life parameter for metal-cutting tools and efficiency of end milling for titanium alloys, due to the use of tools with multilayered composite nano-structured Zr–ZrN–(Zr,Al)N and Zr–ZrN&nd...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,827 Views
9 Pages

23 January 2018

This paper considers the influence of thickness of multilayered nano-structured coatings Ti-TiN-(TiCrAl)N and Zr-ZrN-(ZrCrNbAl)N on tool life of metal cutting tools at various cutting speeds (vc = 250, 300, 350 and 400 m·min−1). The paper investigate...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,187 Views
18 Pages

Analysis of Different Complex Multilayer PACVD Coatings on Nanostructured WC-Co Cemented Carbide

  • Danko Ćorić,
  • Mateja Šnajdar Musa,
  • Matija Sakoman and
  • Željko Alar

The development of cemented carbides nowadays is aimed at the application and sintering of ultrafine and nano-sized powders for the production of a variety of components where excellent mechanical properties and high wear resistance are required for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
5,667 Views
17 Pages

5 February 2019

The present research reports on the development of bi- and multilayer polylactide (PLA) films by the incorporation of electrospun nanostructured PLA coatings and interlayers containing the antioxidant gallic acid (GA) at 40 wt% onto cast-extruded PLA...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,482 Views
10 Pages

Hybrid Nanostructured Antireflection Coating by Self-Assembled Nanosphere Lithography

  • Zizheng Li,
  • Chi Song,
  • Qiang Li,
  • Xiangjun Xiang,
  • Haigui Yang,
  • Xiaoyi Wang and
  • Jinsong Gao

Broadband antireflection (AR) coatings are essential elements for improving the photocurrent generation of photovoltaic modules or the enhancement of visibility in optical devices. In this paper, we report a hybrid nanostructured antireflection coati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,759 Views
21 Pages

1 October 2024

The aerospace industry has made extensive use of titanium alloy material due to its exceptional qualities, which include high strength, low weight, and resistance to corrosion. However, these qualities also pose challenges for the material’s pr...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
435 Views
13 Pages

Deposition of Multilayer Nanostructured Coating Cr/(Cr/a-C)ml on Alloy Steels

  • Boyan Dochev,
  • Yavor Sofronov,
  • Valentin Mishev,
  • Antonio Nikolov,
  • Krum Petrov,
  • Milko Angelov,
  • Milko Yordanov,
  • Georgi Todorov and
  • Krassimir Marchev

28 October 2025

A chromium/amorphous carbon (Cr/(Cr/a-C)ml) nanostructured multilayer coating with a chromium sublayer was deposited on 42CrMo4 (1.7225,BDS EN ISO 683-2:2018), 100Cr6 (1.3505, BDS EN ISO 683-17:2024), and HS18-0-1 (1.3355, BDS EN ISO 4957:2018) alloy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,003 Views
10 Pages

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Multi-Layer Cr/SnO2/NiO/Cr Coatings Prepared via E-Beam Evaporation Technique for Metal-Insulator-Insulator-Metal Diodes

  • Sana Abrar,
  • Muhammad Bilal Hanif,
  • Abdulaziz Salem Alghamdi,
  • Abdul Khaliq,
  • K. S. Abdel Halim,
  • Tayyab Subhani,
  • Martin Motola and
  • Abdul Faheem Khan

31 May 2022

Enhanced non-linearity and asymmetric behavior of the Cr/metal oxide diode is reported, with the addition of two insulator layers of SnO2 and NiO to form the metal-insulator-insulator-metal (MIIM) configuration. Such an MIIM diode shows potential for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,156 Views
23 Pages

Influence of the Thickness of Multilayer Composite Nano-Structured Coating Ti–TiN–(Ti,Al,Si)N on the Tool Life of Metal-Cutting Tools and the Nature of Wear

  • Alexey Vereschaka,
  • Sergey Grigoriev,
  • Nikolay Sitnikov,
  • Anatoliy Aksenenko,
  • Filipp Milovich,
  • Nikolay Andreev,
  • Gaik Oganyan and
  • Jury Bublikov

5 November 2019

This article discusses the influence of the thickness of a nano-structured wear-resistant layer of the Ti–TiN–(Ti,Al,Si)N multilayer composite coating on its mechanical and performance properties. The study was focused on the coatings wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
600 Views
23 Pages

1 October 2025

Coating plays an important role in advancing sensing technology by significantly enhancing sensitivity, stability, and response time. The unique properties of nanostructures, including high surface-to-volume ratio and tunable porosity, make them suit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,046 Views
16 Pages

Corrosion Resistance of Ti/Cr Gradient Modulation Period Nanomultilayer Coatings Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering on 7050 Aluminum Alloy

  • Kang Chen,
  • Tao He,
  • Xiangyang Du,
  • Alexey Vereschaka,
  • Catherine Sotova,
  • Yang Ding and
  • Jian Li

Nanostructured multilayer anticorrosion coatings offer an effective strategy to mitigate the poor corrosion resistance of aluminum alloys and extend their service life. In this study, four types of Ti/Cr multilayer coatings with varied modulation per...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
7,945 Views
15 Pages

A coating rendering superhydrophobic properties to low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films used in packaging applications was herein generated by means of the electrohydrodynamic processing (EHDP) technique. To this end, electrospun ultrathin poly(&eps...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,240 Views
23 Pages

16 December 2020

The plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition (PACVD) technique has shown many advantages in applications, where thin coatings with superior wear properties are demanded, especially for geometrically complex parts. In this study, multilayered gradien...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
11,747 Views
11 Pages

16 February 2017

It is well known that injection of glass fibre–reinforced plastics (GFRP) causes abrasive wear in moulds’ cavities and runners. Physical vapour deposition (PVD) coatings are intensively used to improve the wear resistance of different tools, also bei...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,509 Views
18 Pages

28 June 2020

The high potential of the protective coatings for metal machining applications using the physical vapor deposition (PVD) processes is one to be valued, and will accelerate development of the multicomponent coating design and increase the cutting effi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,153 Views
19 Pages

Super-Repellent Paper Coated with Electrospun Biopolymers and Electrosprayed Silica of Interest in Food Packaging Applications

  • Alvaro Lafraya,
  • Cristina Prieto,
  • Maria Pardo-Figuerez,
  • Alberto Chiva and
  • Jose M. Lagaron

10 December 2021

In the current work, a super-repellent biopaper suitable for food contact applications was developed. To do this, three different kinds of biopolymers, namely polylactide (PLA), poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,228 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Bilayer Thickness and Bias Potential on the Structure and Properties of (TiZr/Nb)N Multilayer Coatings as a Result of Arc-PVD Deposition

  • Rakhadilov Bauyrzhan,
  • Pogrebnjak Alexander,
  • Sagdoldina Zhuldyz,
  • Buitkenov Dastan,
  • Beresnev Vyacheslav and
  • Amina Mukhamedova

1 November 2022

This work is devoted to the study of the formation of nanostructured multilayer coatings (TiZr/Nb)N on the surface of an AISI 321 steel substrate depending on the deposition parameters of the Arc-PVD method. The results of the X-ray diffraction analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,481 Views
13 Pages

Investigation of the Strain–Stress Field in Nanoscale Multilayer Systems by the Phase Plane Method

  • Dmitrii Belous,
  • Anna Badalyan,
  • Alexei Khomenko and
  • Alexander Goncharov

20 May 2024

This paper presents the results of the study of stress relaxation fields, deformation, and temperature of the system of nanostructured multilayer coatings. In the work, a nonlinear relationship between strain and stress was used to take into account...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,802 Views
9 Pages

This paper generalizes the results of our research, which was aimed at the development of adaptive cutting tool coatings for high speed dry cutting, from the inception of the idea to complex multilayer coatings for processing tough metals. Typically,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
56 Citations
8,919 Views
30 Pages

9 July 2021

Natural polymers are of great interest in the biomedical field due to their intrinsic properties such as biodegradability, biocompatibility, and non-toxicity. Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of natural polymers is a versatile, simple, efficient, reprod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,455 Views
13 Pages

16 October 2018

Interest in coated films with micro/nanofeatures has grown rapidly in recent years due to their enhanced functional performance and better durability under demanding contact conditions or aggressive environments. In the current work, it is reported a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,210 Views
12 Pages

Nitrogen-Enriched Cr1−xAlxN Multilayer-Like Coatings Manufactured by Dynamic Glancing Angle Direct Current Magnetron Sputtering

  • Pedro Renato Tavares Avila,
  • Alisson Mendes Rodrigues,
  • Monica Costa Rodrigues Guimarães,
  • Magdalena Walczak,
  • Romualdo Rodrigues Menezes,
  • Gelmires de Araújo Neves and
  • Haroldo Cavalcanti Pinto

18 August 2020

Multilayer-like CrN and Cr1−xAlxN coatings with different Al contents were deposited onto a stainless steel substrate using dynamic glancing angle deposition direct current magnetron sputtering (DGLAD dcMS) in a N rich atmosphere to understand...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,986 Views
12 Pages

Polysaccharide Coating of Gelatin Gels for Controlled BSA Release

  • Jimena S. Gonzalez,
  • Carmen Mijangos and
  • Rebeca Hernandez

17 April 2019

Self-assembly of natural polymers constitute a powerful route for the development of functional materials. In particular, layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly constitutes a versatile technique for the nanostructuration of biobased polymers into multilayer f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,367 Views
16 Pages

This paper examines the impact of a multilayered gradient coating, applied via plasma-activated chemical vapor deposition (PACVD), on the structural and mechanical attributes of nanostructured WC-Co cemented carbides. WC-Co samples containing 5 and 1...

  • Review
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,073 Views
33 Pages

30 November 2021

Beneficial properties achieved by nanostructuring effects in materials have generated tremendous interests in applications in surface engineering, especially in thermal barrier coatings (TBC). Limitations in conventional TBC processing for gas turbin...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,713 Views
31 Pages

Wear- and Corrosion-Resistant Coatings for Extreme Environments: Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

  • Subin Antony Jose,
  • Zachary Lapierre,
  • Tyler Williams,
  • Colton Hope,
  • Tryon Jardin,
  • Roberto Rodriguez and
  • Pradeep L. Menezes

26 July 2025

Tribological processes in extreme environments pose serious material challenges, requiring coatings that resist both wear and corrosion. This review summarizes recent advances in protective coatings engineered for extreme environments such as high te...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,701 Views
12 Pages

Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Nonuniformly Nitrogen-Doped Nb2O5 by Prolonging the Lifetime of Photogenerated Holes

  • Wei Guo,
  • Chang Bo,
  • Wenjing Li,
  • Zhiying Feng,
  • Erli Cong,
  • Lijuan Yang and
  • Libin Yang

16 May 2022

The narrow band gap and significant separation of photogenerated carriers are essential aspects in practical photocatalytic applications. Nitrogen doping usually narrows the band gap of semiconductor oxides, and it enhances photocatalytic activity. N...

  • Review
  • Open Access
166 Citations
17,377 Views
19 Pages

Porosity and Its Significance in Plasma-Sprayed Coatings

  • John Gerald Odhiambo,
  • WenGe Li,
  • YuanTao Zhao and
  • ChengLong Li

Porosity in plasma-sprayed coatings is vital for most engineering applications. Porosity has its merits and demerits depending on the functionality of the coating and the immediate working environment. Consequently, the formation mechanisms and devel...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,434 Views
22 Pages

Tribological and Micromechanical Properties of the Nanostructured Carbonitride/Nitride Coatings of Transition Metals Alloyed by Hf and Nb

  • Armands Leitans,
  • Ernests Jansons,
  • Janis Lungevics,
  • Karlis Kundzins,
  • Irina Boiko,
  • Uldis Kanders,
  • Vladimirs Kovalenko and
  • Oskars Linins

4 March 2023

In this article, the fabrication, characterization, tribological performance, and micromechanical properties of nanostructured smart coatings (NSC) based on the multilayered alternating carbonitride/nitride bilayer {TiMe-CN/TiAlSi-N}n system are disc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,855 Views
19 Pages

15 February 2021

In recent years, coated cemented carbides have often been the first choice for a wide variety of tool inserts and applications. Its success as a cutting tool material arises from the unique combination of wear resistance and toughness, and its abilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
873 Views
21 Pages

Features of the Structure of Layered Epoxy Composite Coatings Formed on a Metal-Ceramic-Coated Aluminum Base

  • Volodymyr Korzhyk,
  • Volodymyr Kopei,
  • Petro Stukhliak,
  • Olena Berdnikova,
  • Olga Kushnarova,
  • Oleg Kolisnichenko,
  • Oleg Totosko,
  • Danylo Stukhliak and
  • Liubomyr Ropyak

1 August 2025

Difficult, extreme operating conditions of parabolic antennas under precipitation and sub-zero temperatures require the creation of effective heating systems. The purpose of the research is to develop a multilayer coating containing two metal-ceramic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,014 Views
12 Pages

1 July 2023

We studied the nanostructures and ultrathin films resulting from the deposition and adsorption of polystyrene nanocolloidal particles and methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate surfactants on mica surfaces from mixed suspensions in water. The sam...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
65 Citations
9,199 Views
35 Pages

Layer-by-Layer Nano-assembly: A Powerful Tool for Optical Fiber Sensing Applications

  • Pedro J. Rivero,
  • Javier Goicoechea and
  • Francisco J. Arregui

7 February 2019

The ability to tune the composition of nanostructured thin films is a hot topic for the design of functional coatings with advanced properties for sensing applications. The control of the structure at the nanoscale level enables an improvement of int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,511 Views
14 Pages

On Improving Wear Resistance of Cr-Al-N Coatings Using Dynamic Glancing Angle DC Magnetron Sputtering

  • Pedro Renato Tavares Avila,
  • Raíra Chefer Apolinário,
  • Alisson Mendes Rodrigues,
  • Jucielle Veras Fernandes,
  • Romualdo Rodrigues Menezes,
  • Gelmires de Araújo Neves and
  • Haroldo Cavalcanti Pinto

26 August 2021

The development of alternatives for wear protection in surface engineering can be responsible for a significant decrease in energy waste as a large amount of the energy produced in the world is lost due to tribological contact. Dynamic Glancing Angle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,714 Views
18 Pages

10 August 2022

In this study, a durable superhydrophobic antibacterial coating was developed by a facile spraying method. A mixture of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and hydrophobic SiO2 nanoparticles was sprayed on carbon steel to provide a superhydrophobic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,312 Views
16 Pages

Antibacterial Multi-Layered Nanocellulose-Based Patches Loaded with Dexpanthenol for Wound Healing Applications

  • Daniela F. S. Fonseca,
  • João P. F. Carvalho,
  • Verónica Bastos,
  • Helena Oliveira,
  • Catarina Moreirinha,
  • Adelaide Almeida,
  • Armando J. D. Silvestre,
  • Carla Vilela and
  • Carmen S. R. Freire

9 December 2020

Antibacterial multi-layered patches composed of an oxidized bacterial cellulose (OBC) membrane loaded with dexpanthenol (DEX) and coated with several chitosan (CH) and alginate (ALG) layers were fabricated by spin-assisted layer-by-layer (LbL) assemb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,547 Views
12 Pages

9 November 2016

This paper focuses on the synthesis and mechanism of carbon nanospheres (CNS) coated with few- and multi-layered graphene (FLG, MLG). The graphitic carbon encapsulates the core/shell structure of the Ni/NiO nanoparticles via the chemical vapor deposi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,807 Views
14 Pages

30 September 2021

Nanomaterials and nanostructures provide new opportunities to achieve high-performance optical and optoelectronic devices. Three-dimensional (3D) surfaces commonly exist in those devices (such as light-trapping structures or intrinsic grains), and he...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
813 Views
8 Pages

Spin-spray-assisted layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is an innovative method for producing nanostructured thin films due to its rapid assembly and extensive coverage of substrates. In this study, a nanofiltration (NF) membrane consisting of multilayers...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,139 Views
19 Pages

Cell Type Influences Local Delivery of Biomolecules from a Bioinspired Apatite Drug Delivery System

  • Jumana Alhamdi,
  • Emily Jacobs,
  • Gloria Gronowicz,
  • Nadia Benkirane-Jessel,
  • Marja Hurley and
  • Liisa Kuhn

13 September 2018

Recently, the benefit of step-wise sequential delivery of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) and bone morphogenetic protein-2 from a bioinspired apatite drug delivery system on mouse calvarial bone repair was demonstrated. The thicknesses of the nano...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
6,931 Views
13 Pages

29 December 2016

Electro-hydrodynamic processing, comprising electrospraying and electrospinning techniques, has emerged as a versatile technology to produce nanostructured fiber-based and particle-based materials. In this work, an antimicrobial active multilayer sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,607 Views
13 Pages

29 August 2016

This paper presents the design and analysis of nano-structured gratings to improve the conversion efficiency in GaAs solar cells by reducing the light reflection losses. A finite-difference time domain (FDTD) simulation tool is used to design and sim...

  • Review
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,588 Views
27 Pages

Antimicrobial Polymer−Based Assemblies: A Review

  • Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro and
  • Péricles Marques Araújo

An antimicrobial supramolecular assembly (ASA) is conspicuous in biomedical applications. Among the alternatives to overcome microbial resistance to antibiotics and drugs, ASAs, including antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and polymers (APs), provide form...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,615 Views
23 Pages

Effect of Surface Modification via Laser Irradiation on the Operability of Carbide End Mills When Cutting Aircraft Alloys

  • Andrey V. Gusarov,
  • Mars S. Migranov,
  • Artem P. Mitrofanov,
  • Andrey S. Gusev,
  • Artur M. Migranov and
  • Roman S. Khmyrov

24 October 2023

In modern aviation production, innovative hard-to-machine materials with unique physical and mechanical properties are being used increasingly. When processing such materials, the weakest link in the technological chain of production is the metal-cut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
902 Views
18 Pages

Strain-Hardening and Strain-Softening Phenomena Observed in Thin Nitride/Carbonitride Ceramic Coatings During the Nanoindentation Experiments

  • Uldis Kanders,
  • Karlis Kanders,
  • Ernests Jansons,
  • Irina Boiko,
  • Artis Kromanis,
  • Janis Lungevics and
  • Armands Leitans

This study investigates the nanomechanical and tribological behavior of multilayered nitride/carbonitride nanostructured superlattice type coatings (NTCs) composed of alternating TiAlSiNb-N and TiCr-CN sublayers, deposited via high-power ion-plasma m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,343 Views
13 Pages

Investigation of the Properties of Multilayer Nanostructured Coating Based on the (Ti,Y,Al)N System with High Content of Yttrium

  • Sergey Grigoriev,
  • Alexey Vereschaka,
  • Filipp Milovich,
  • Nikolay Sitnikov,
  • Jury Bublikov,
  • Anton Seleznev,
  • Catherine Sotova and
  • Alexander Rykunov

1 February 2023

The studies are focused on the properties of the multilayer composite coating based on the (Ti,Y,Al)N system with high content of yttrium (about 40 at.%) of yttrium (Y). The hardness and elastic modulus were defined, and the resistance to fracture wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,279 Views
20 Pages

Research on the Tribological Properties of a New Generation of Multi-Layer Nanostructured PVD Coatings for Increasing the Technological Lifetime of Moulds

  • Janette Brezinová,
  • Miroslav Džupon,
  • Viktor Puchý,
  • Jakub Brezina,
  • Pavlo Maruschak,
  • Anna Guzanová,
  • Lýdia Sobotová and
  • Miroslav Badida

22 January 2024

This paper presents the results of research focused on increasing the lifespan of HPDC moulds for casting aluminium alloys by applying duplex PVD coatings in combination with laser texturing the base material before the coatings’ deposition. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,400 Views
13 Pages

To address the problem that the black coating for spacecraft optical stealth easily falls off, this study constructs a light-absorbing spacecraft surface based on a micro/nanostructure through imitating a natural light-trapping structure. In this pap...

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