1 School of Mechanical Engineering, Henan University of Engineering, Zhengzhou 451191;
2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052;
3 Materials Physics Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052
Abstract: Nitride films of high entropy alloys fabricated based on the idea of multi-principal-element high entropy alloy have been found to possess high entropy effect, lattice distortion effect, and sluggish diffusion effect due to multielemental mixtures. This makes the new film system usually have a simple nanocrystalline or amorphous structures. Depending upon the composition and/or processing route, the nitride films of multi-principal-element high entropy alloy exhibit simple solid solution structure and excellent properties, and they have potential application in many areas. In this article, the development, microstructure, properties, proces-sing route and promising application of nitride films of high entropy alloys are summarized, and its directions of future research are also discussed.
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