Hard Materials
Basic terms of elasticity and hardness
Methods of measurement of mechanical properties of materials and films
Technology for preparation of hard films
Microstructure of the hard films
Adhesion of the films
Friction and abrasion of the films
Applications of hard and superhard thin films
Lecture introduces hard and superhard thin films, their preparation and mikrostructure, measurement of mechanical and tribological properties, models of the hardness of various materials and preparation of nanostructured thin films.