Critical review of claims for ultra-hardness in nanocomposite coatings

Philosophical Magazine

Volumn 92, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1601-1630

  Fischer Cripps, A C ^a   Bull, S J ^b   Schwarzer, N ^c  

^a Fischer Cripps Laboratories Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Saxonian Institute of Surface Mechanics SIO   (Germany)

Author keywords

elastic moduli; indentation hardness; nanocomposite; nanoindentation; super hardness; thin film; ultra hardness

Indexed keywords

BEST ESTIMATES; CRITICAL REVIEW; DIAMOND SAMPLES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FINITE ELEMENT COMPUTATIONS; INDENTATION HARDNESS; NANO-COMPOSITE COATING; SUPERHARDNESS; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; ULTRA-HARDNESS;

ELASTIC MODULI; HARD COATINGS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOINDENTATION; THIN FILMS;

HARDNESS;

EID: 84862080756     PISSN: 14786435     EISSN: 14786443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2011.652688     Document Type: Review

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