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Publications of the Laboratory of Nanomechanics

2014


  • Analysis on the mechanical strenght of WC-Co cemented carbides under uniaxial and biaxial bending. "Materials and Design". 2014, vol. 55, p. 851-856. <doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2013.10.051>
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2013


  • Nanoindentation and nanoscratch properties of mullite-based environmental barrier coatings: Influence of chemical composition - Al/Si ratio. "Surface and Coatings Technology". 2013, Article in Press. <doi: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2013.11.016>
  • Enhanced hydrothermal resistance of Y-TZP ceramics through colloidal processing. "Journal of the American Ceramic Society". April 2013, vol. 96 (4), p. 1070-7076. <doi: 10.1111/jace.12225>
  • Anodic oxidation of titanium for implants and prosthesis: Processing, characterization and potential improvement of osteointegration. "IFMBE Proceedings". 2013, vol. 33, p. 176-179. <doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-21198-0_45>
  • Tomography of indentation cracks in feldspathic dental porcelain on zirconia. "Dental Materials". March 2013, vol. 29, Issue 3, p. 348-356. <doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2013.01.001>
  • Fatigue performance improvement of electrical discharge machined hardmetals by means of combined thermal annealing and surface modification routes. "International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials". January 2013, vol. 36, p. 60-65. <doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2011.12.008>
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2012


  • Development of a novel zirconia dental post resistant to hydrothermal degradation. "IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering". 2012, vol. 31, art. 012016. <doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/31/1/012016>
  • Surface mechanical properties of advanced zirconia after hydrothermal exposure. "IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering". 2012, vol. 31, art. 012015. <doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/31/1/012015>
  • Microstructural changes in 3Y-TZP induced by scratching and indentation. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". November 2012, vol. 32, Issue 15, p. 3919-3927. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.02.026>
  • Focused ion beam tomography of zirconia degraded under hydrothermal conditions. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". August 2012, vol. 32, Issue 10, p. 2129-2136. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.02.011>
  • Processing and characterization of high-density zirconia-carbon nanotube composites. "Materials Science and Engineering A". July 2012, vol. 549, p. 50-59. <doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2012.03.115>
  • Revealing crack profiles in polycrystalline tetragonal zirconia by ageing. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". July 2012, vol. 32, Issue 8, p. 1541-1549. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.01.013>
  • Evaluation of fracture toughness of small volumes by means of cube-corner nanoindentation. "Scripta Materialia". May 2012, vol. 66, Issue 9, p. 670-673. <doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2012.01.033>
  • High hardness, low Youngs modulus and low friction of nanocrystalline ZrW 2 Laves phase and Zr 1-xW x thin films. "Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids" April 2012, vol. 73, Issue 4, p. 554-558. <doi: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2011.12.009>
  • Strengthening of Vickers indented 3Y-TZP by hydrothermal ageing. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". February 2012, vol. 32, Issue 2, p. 317-324. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.08.019>
  • Hydrothermal degradation of ground 3Y-TZP. "Journal of the Ceramic Society". February 2012, vol. 32, Issue 2, p. 325-333. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.08.029>
  • Spherical instrumented indentation of porous nanocrystalline zirconia. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". January 2012, vol. 32, Issue 1, p. 123-132. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.07.037>
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2011


  • Thermal stability in air of surface nitrided 3Y-TZP. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". June 2011, vol. 31, Issue 6, p. 1015-1025. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2010.11.029>
  • Surface modification of 3Y-TZP with cerium oxide. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". March 2011, vol. 31, Issue 3, p. 331-338. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2010.10.008>
  • Nanoindentation of multilayered epitaxial YBa2Cu 3O7-δ thin films and coated conductors. "Thin Solid Films". February 2011, vol. 519, Issue 8, p. 2470-2476. <doi: 10.1016/j.tsf.2010.12.101>
  • Subsurface evaluation of hydrothermal degradation of zirconia. "Acta Materialia". January 2011, vol. 59, Issue 2, p. 473-484. <doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2010.09.047>
  • Reduction of Anisotropy in Cold-Rolled Duplex Stainless Steel Sheets by Using Sigma Phase Transformation. "Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science". 2011, p. 1-12. <doi: 10.1007/s11661-011-0744-6>
  • Influence of the elastic mismatch on the Hertzian cone crack path in ceramic bilayers. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". 2011, vol. 31, Issue 11, p. 1951-1955. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.04.032>
  • Contact damage in a Ce-TZP/Al2O3 nanocomposite. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". 2011, vol. 31, Issue 13, p. 2189-2197. <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.05.022>
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2010


  • Effect of heat treatment on wear damage mechanisms in 3Y-TZP ceramics. "Wear". May 2010, vol. 269, Issue 1-2, p. 26-30.  <doi: 10.1016/j.wear.2010.03.004>
  • Nanoindentation with spherical tips of single crystals of YBCO textured by the Bridgman technique: Determination of indentation stress¿strain curves. "Journal of the European Ceramic Society". April 2010, vol. 30, Issue 6, p. 1477-1482.  <doi: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.10.021>
  • Microstructural effects on the fatigue crack nucleation in cold work tool steels. "Procedia Engineering". April 2010, vol. 2, Issue 1, p. 1777-1785.  <doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.03.191>
  • Fatigue susceptibility under contact loading of hardmetals coated with ceramic films. "Procedia Engineering". April 2010, vol. 2, Issue 1, p. 299-308.  <doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.03.033>
  • Quantitative Analysis of Monoclinic Phase in 3Y-TZP by Raman Spectroscopy. "Journal of the American Ceramic Society". March 2010, vol. 93, Issue 6, p. 1790-1795.  <doi: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03635.x>
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2009


  • Strength and grinding residual stresses of Y-TZP with duplex microstructures. "Engineering Failure Analysis". December 2009, vol. 16, Issue 8, p. 2586-2597.
  • Thermoelastic phase transformation in TiNi alloys under cyclic instrumented indentation. "Intermetallics". October 2009, vol. 17, Issue 10, p. 784-791.
  • Welding repair by linear friction in titanium alloys. "Materials Science and Technology". July 2009, vol. 25, Issue 7, p. 905-913.
  • Nanoindentation of TiO2 thin films with different microstructures. "Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics". July 2009, vol. 42, Issue 14, p. 5305.
  • Mechanical characterization of nano-reinforced silica based sol¿gel hybrid coatings on AISI 316L stainless steel using nanoindentation techniques. "Surface and Coatings Technology". July 2009, vol. 203, Issue 20-21, p. 3325-3331.
  • Nanoindentation of BaTiO3: dislocation nucleation and mechanical twinning. "Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics". April 2009, vol. 42, Issue 085502, p. 1.
  • Effect of Low Temperature Degradation on Scratch Behaviour of 3Y-TZP. "Key Engineering Materials". March 2009, vol. 409, p. 322-325.  <doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.409.322>
  • Nanoindentation of yttria-doped zirconia: Effect of crystallographic structure on deformation mechanisms. "Journal of Materials Research". March 2009, vol. 24, Issue 3, p. 719-727.
  • Fracture of layered ceramics. "Key Engineering Materials". March 2009, vol. 409, p. 94-106.  <doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.409.94>
  • Effect of ageing on scratch resistance of 3Y-TZP. "Kovove Materialy-Metallic Materials". March 2009, vol. 47, Issue 5, p. 333-339.
  • Contact fatigue behavior of PVD-coated hardmetals. "International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials". March 2009, vol. 27, Issue 2, p. 323-331.
  • Contact Fatigue Behavior of PVD-Coated Steel. "Plasma Processes and Polymers". March 2009, vol. 6, p. S588-S591.  <doi: 10.1002/ppap.200931501>
  • Effect of the annealing temperature on the mechanical properties, formability and corrosion resistance of hot-rolled duplex stainless steel. "Journal of Materials Processing Technology". February 2009, vol. 209, Issue 4, p. 1770-1782.
  • Nanoindentation of yttria-doped zirconia: Effect of crystallographic structure on deformation mechanisms. "Materials Research Society". January 2009, vol. 24, Issue 3, p. 219-729.
  • Contact fatigue behavior of PVD-coated hardmetals. "International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials". 27 (2) : 323-331. ISSN: 0263-4368.
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2008


  • Quantification of hydrothermal degradation in zirconia by nanoindentation . "Acta Materialia". 56 (16) : 4206-4216. ISSN: 1359-6454.
  • Adhesion and abrasive wear resistance of TiN deposited on electrical discharge machined WC-Co cemented carbides. "Wear". 265 (3-4) : 490-496. ISSN: 0043-1648.
  • Fatigue behavior of alumina-zirconia multilayered ceramics. "Journal of the American Ceramic Society". 91 (5) : 1618-1625. ISSN: 0002-7820.
  • Adhesion and Abrasive Wear Resistance of TiN Deposited on Electrical Discharge Machined WC-Co Cemented Carbides. "Wear". 1 (265) : 490-496. ISSN: 0043-1648.
  • Contact strength of ceramic laminates. "Composites Science and Technology". 68 (1) : 209-214. ISSN: 0266-3538.
  • Hertzian cone crack propagation on polycrystalline materials: Role of R-curve and residual stresses. "Acta Materialia". 56 (2) : 265-273. ISSN: 1359-6454.
  • Loading configuration effects on the strength reliability of alumina–zirconia multilayered ceramics. "Composites Science and Technology". 68 (1) : 244-250. ISSN: 0266-3538.