Frans D. Tichelaar

TL;DR: The growth kinetics and mechanisms of thin aluminum oxide films formed by the dry, thermal oxidation of a bare Al(431) substrate at a partial oxygen pressure of 1.33×10−4 Pa in the temperature range of 373-773 K were studied using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that up to a certain critical thickness of the amorphous oxide film, the higher bulk Gibbs free energy of the oxide film can be compensated for by the lower sum of the surface and interfacial energies.

TL;DR: The structure and morphology of thin aluminium-oxide films grown by the dry, thermal oxidation of a bare Al (431) substrate at a partial oxygen pressure of 1.33 =10 Pa in the temperature range of 373-773 K were studied using X-ray photoelectron y4 spectroscopy and high resolution electron microscopy.

TL;DR: In this paper, in-situ neutron diffraction experiments on Fe-C alloys were performed to determine the lattice parameter of the austenitic and ferritic phases in a temperature region from just below to just above the bi-phasic austenite/ferrite region.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic study on the relationship between the structure and abrasive wear resistance of autocatalytic nickel-phosphorus coatings (particle-free and SiC composite) with different phosphorus contents and under different thermal treatments (i.e. 300, 400 and 500°C) has been performed.