Please consider attending this seminar: MATERIALS ENGINEERING SEMINAR "Mechanisms and Approaches to Improve Oxidation Resistance of Transition Metal Nitrides" By Yizhi Zhang Purdue MSE Preliminary Exam Advisor: Professor Haiyan Wang ABSTRACT Transition metal nitrides (TMN) have attracted interest from scientists for many years due to their unique optical, electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties. TiN and ZrN have already been used as commercial hardness coating for cutting tools. However, most transition metal nitrides coating will be oxidized and lose their coating function at high temperatures. (e.g. TiN coating is oxidized at as low as 600ºC) This phenomenon not only increased the difficulty to produce high-quality TMN coating but also limited the further applications of transition metal nitrides. To explore further applications, it is necessary to find a suitable way to improve the oxidation resistance of transition metal nitrides. In this review, the oxidation mechanism and previous approaches to improve the oxidation resistance will be discussed, as well as the existence challenge and promising future work. Date: December 2, 2021 Time: 9:00 AM WebEx: https://purdue.webex.com/purdue/j.php?MTID=m9be27b91e7e1fdc0f58f371a75fc9ffb Yuan-Yu Karen Morgan,Ph.D. Academic Advisor-Graduate Program School of Materials Engineering Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, Room 2217 765-494-4103 ymorgan@purdue.edu<mailto:ymorgan@purdue.edu>