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Nikola Koutná

Researcher at Vienna University of Technology

Publications -  34
Citations -  543

Nikola Koutná is an academic researcher from Vienna University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Tin & Microstructure. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 27 publications receiving 314 citations. Previous affiliations of Nikola Koutná include University of Leoben & Masaryk University.

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Toughness enhancement in TiN/WN superlattice thin films

TL;DR: In this article, the authors synthesize a series of transition metal nitride thin films by DC reactive magnetron sputtering and demonstrate a vacancy-stabilised cubic configuration throughout, as well as a marginal lattice mismatch between the TiN and WN layers.
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Point defects stabilise cubic Mo-N and Ta-N

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed ab initio calculations to investigate the energetics of point defects in metastable rocksalt cubic Ta-N and Mo-N, and showed that defect-ordered structures are more stable than perfect ones with metal-to-nitrogen stoichiometry.
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The impact of nitrogen content and vacancies on structure and mechanical properties of Mo–N thin films

TL;DR: In this article, the formation of the NaCl-based γ-MoNx phase is favored for nitrogen concentrations between 23 and 34 at.% (i.e., x = 0.30 − 0.53).
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Influence of carbon deficiency on phase formation and thermal stability of super-hard TaCy thin films

TL;DR: Using nonreactive sputter deposition allows the preparation of single-phase fcc structured TaCy thin films over a wide compositional range with y between 0.63 and 1.04 as discussed by the authors.