Nikola Koutna

Publications

2023

Zhuo Chen, Yong Huang, Nikola Koutná, Zecui Gao, Davide Giuseppe Sangiovanni, Simon Fellner, Georg Haberfehlner, Shengli Jin, Paul H. Mayrhofer, Gerald Kothleitner, Zaoli Zhang (2023) Large mechanical properties enhancement in ceramics through vacancy-mediated unit cell disturbance Nature Communications, Vol. 14, Article 8387 Continue to DOI
Tomas Fiantok, Nikola Koutna, Davide Sangiovanni, Marian Mikula (2023) Ceramic transition metal diboride superlattices with improved ductility and fracture toughness screened by ab initio calculations Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, Article 12835 Continue to DOI
Thomas Leiner, Nikola Koutna, Jozef Janovec, Martin Zeleny, Paul H. Mayrhofer, David Holec (2023) On energetics of allotrope transformations in transition-metal diborides via plane-by-plane shearing Vacuum, Vol. 215, Article 112329 Continue to DOI

2022

Tomas Fiantok, Viktor Sroba, Nikola Koutna, Vitalii Izai, Tomas Roch, Martin Truchly, Marek Vidis, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Stefan Nagy, Branislav Grancic, Peter Kus, Marian Mikula (2022) Structure evolution and mechanical properties of co-sputtered Zr-Al-B-2 thin films Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A. Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, Vol. 40, Article 033414 Continue to DOI
Zecui Gao, Julian Buchinger, Nikola Koutna, Tomasz Wojcik, Rainer Hahn, Paul Heinz Mayrhofer (2022) Ab initio supported development of TiN/MoN superlattice thin films with improved hardness and toughness Acta Materialia, Vol. 231, Article 117871 Continue to DOI