Our paper on the corrosion resistance of constant and functionally graded TiN coatings is now online! In this paper we have discovery an interesting relationship between electron energy loss spectroscopy and corrosion resistance: functionally graded materials can be engineered so that they have a gradient of valence electrons along the coating profile.
The less electrons closer to the surface of the film, the higher is the corrosion resistance.
What makes me happy is that this is our second paper on Corrosion Science: an area of materials degradation that I am just digging my head into it!
 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319920334261 |
Great work led by Dr. Felipe C. da Silva (@cgschoen’s research group post-doc) in collaboration with Montanuniversität Leoben, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Santa Catarina State University!
Materials at Extremes 