Volume 1:

  • · Solid State Structures
  • · Phase Transitions and Materials Synthesis
  • · Mechanical Properties and their Relation to Microstructure
  • · Corrosion of Hard Materials
  • · Effective Doping in Novel Carbon Allotropes
  • · Influences on the Hardness of Ceramics
  • · The Hardness of Wolfram Carbide-Cobalt Hardmetals

Volume 2:

  • · Directed Metal Oxidation
  • · Synthesis of Boron Based Hard Materials
  • · Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of Hard Materials
  • · Hydrothermal Synthesis of Diamond
  • · Vapor Phase Deposition of Cubic Boron Nitride Films
  • · Polymer to Ceramic Transformation Process
  • · Nanostructured Superhard Materials
  • · Boron Based Hard Materials
  • · Silicon Carbide Based Hard Materials
  • · Silicon Nitride Based Hard Materials
  • · Ceramics on the Basis of Aluminium Oxide: Increasing the Hardness for Tool Applications
  • · Diamond and Diamond-like Carbon Materials
  • · Diamond and Diamond-like Carbon Films
  • · Data Collection of Properties of Hard Materials

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