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John R. Nicholls

Cranfield University

Cranfield

Bedfordshire MK43 OAL, MK43 0AL

United Kingdom

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Scholarly Papers (4)

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Novel Microstructures of Partially Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings Produced via Electron Beam Physical Vapour Deposition

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Oct 2025
Koldo Almandoz Forcen, Luis Isern, Alan Johnstone, Gyn Brewster, John R. Nicholls and Christine Chalk
Cranfield University, Cranfield University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, The University of Manchester, Cranfield University and Cranfield University
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thermal barrier coatings, Electron-Beam Physical Vapour Deposition, EBSD, Image analysis, Microstructure

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Simulating Single Particle Impact with Randomised Impact Testing: Experiments on Fused Silica and Bk7 Glass

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 11 Sep 2023
Ben D. Beake, Stephen R. Goodes, Hannah Zhang, Luis Isern, Christine Chalk, John R. Nicholls and Mark Gee
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Physical Laboratory, Cranfield University, Cranfield University, Cranfield University and National Physical Laboratory
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Erosion, glass, fused silica, impact, wear

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Improving the manufacturability and assessing the performance of Rare Earth Zirconates for Thermal Barrier Coatings

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Sep 2025
Luis Isern, Koldo Almandoz Forcen, Christine Chalk, Gyn Brewster, Alan Johnstone and John R. Nicholls
Cranfield University, Cranfield University, Cranfield University, The University of Manchester, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Cranfield University
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rare-earth zirconates, Thermal Barrier Coatings, TBC, EB-PVD, CMAS, erosion

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A FIB-SIMS methodology for accurate depth profiling of thin film coated and diffusion annealed polycrystalline tungsten with elucidation of crystal orientation-dependent sputtering

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 12 May 2026
Francesco Fanicchia, Sravan Kumar Sambaraj, Nicolas Correa Villanueva and John R. Nicholls
Cranfield University, Cranfield University, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy - UK Atomic Energy Authority and Cranfield University
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Magnetron Sputtering, Xenon plasma FIB, FIB-SIMS, Depth profiling, Impurity diffusion coefficients, Tungsten