A. Riedl

TL;DR: A comparison of real and Laplace space techniques demonstrates the advantages of the nanodiffraction method, with a possibility to analyse local gradients of stress, texture, crystallite size and phase in thin films and coatings.

TL;DR: In this paper, a method is introduced enabling characterization of the mechanical properties of hard coatings on the microscale, based on bending experiments of chemically etched and focused ion beam shaped free-standing coating microcantilevers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the tribological behavior of post-treated CVD α- and κ-Al 2 O 3 hard coatings is investigated between room temperature and 900°C. Friction and wear are correlated to the different coating surface topographies in the as-deposited state and generated by metalblasting with AlSi granulate or polishing.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors applied the recently introduced cross-sectional scanning X-ray diffraction method as a combinatorial tool to investigate the depth evolution of the local microstructure and residual stresses and their effect on phase stability of a TiAlN coating synthesized by cathodic arc evaporation at stepwise increased bias voltages.

TL;DR: In this article, as-deposited and annealed hard nanocrystalline (CrN) coatings were evaluated using synchrotron X-ray diffraction coupled with four-point bending.