In recent years, high-precision probe methods have been increasingly used to control the surface microstructure, mechanical and tribological properties of coatings instead of standard methods. The aim of the work was to study the tribological characteristics of the wear-resistant coatings (using the example of AlCrBN coatings deposited with changes in nitrogen pressure, substrate ...

The influence of temperature in the range from 20 to 100 °C on the specific surface energy and fracture toughness of standard silicon wafers of three orientations (100), (110) and (111) was studied. Silicon wafers were heated on a special thermal platform with an autonomous heating controller, which was installed under the samples. At each temperature, the samples were kept for ...

As a result of anthropogenic activities, the environment is polluted by heavy metals. The most important task is to find methods to control their content in water. Track-etched membranes (TeMs) can be relatively easily modified by nanometer layers of functional materials with using the Langmuir‒Blodgett technique, which makes it possible to specifically change the structural, ...