2026 Albano Cavaleiro: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	54	8847	8546	43	43	426	11495

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Overview

Albano Cavaleiro is affiliated with the University of Coimbra in Portugal. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions in specialized subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics related to materials and mechanical properties, including Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Tribology and Wear Analysis, Lubricants and Their Additives, Advanced materials and composites, Semiconductor materials and devices, and Copper Interconnects and Reliability.

Albano Cavaleiro has published extensively in prominent outlets, with frequent contributions to:

Surface and Coatings Technology
SSRN Electronic Journal
Coatings
Tribology International
Applied Surface Science

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Cavaleiro include:

"Room and High Temperature Tribological Behaviour of W-DLC Coatings Produced by DCMS and Hybrid DCMS-HiPIMS Configuration" (2020) published in Coatings
"Machining performance of TiSiN(Ag) coated tools during dry turning of TiAl6V4 aerospace alloy" (2021) published in Ceramics International
"Mechanical Properties and Vacuum Tribological Performance of Mo-S-N Sputtered Coatings" (2020) published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Synthesis and structural properties of Mo-S-N sputtered coatings" (2020) published in Applied Surface Science
"An insight on the MoS2 tribo-film formation to determine the friction performance of Mo-S-N sputtered coatings" (2021) published in Surface and Coatings Technology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers including Filipe Fernandes, Fábio Ferreira, Manuel Evaristo, Talha Bin Yaqub, and S. Carvalho.

Best Publications

Characterisation of Ti1−xSixNy nanocomposite films

F Vaz;L Rebouta;P Goudeau;J Pacaud

243
Citations
Review on self-lubricant transition metal dichalcogenide nanocomposite coatings alloyed with carbon

T. Polcar;T. Polcar;A. Cavaleiro

218
Citations
Ultra-microhardness testing procedure with Vickers indenter

J.M Antunes;A Cavaleiro;L.F Menezes;M.I Simões

218
Citations
Nanostructured TiC/a-C coatings for low friction and wear resistant applications

Y.T. Pei;D. Galvan;J.Th.M. De Hosson;A. Cavaleiro

179
Citations
An XPS study of Au alloyed Al–O sputtered coatings

N.M. Figueiredo;N.J.M. Carvalho;A. Cavaleiro

172
Citations
Microstructure and mechanical properties of nanocomposite (Ti,Si,Al)N coatings

S Carvalho;L Rebouta;A Cavaleiro;L.A Rocha

171
Citations
Functional properties of ceramic-Ag nanocomposite coatings produced by magnetron sputtering

S. Calderon Velasco;S. Calderon Velasco;A. Cavaleiro;S. Carvalho;S. Carvalho

166
Citations
High-temperature tribological properties of CrAlN, CrAlSiN and AlCrSiN coatings

Tomas Polcar;Albano Cavaleiro

157
Citations
High temperature properties of CrAlN, CrAlSiN and AlCrSiN coatings – Structure and oxidation

Tomas Polcar;Tomas Polcar;Albano Cavaleiro

144
Citations
Sliding properties of MoS2 layers: load and interlayer orientation effects

G. Levita;A. Cavaleiro;Elisa Molinari;T. Polcar;T. Polcar

143
Citations
Structural, electrical, optical, and mechanical characterizations of decorative ZrOxNy thin films

P. Carvalho;F. Vaz;L. Rebouta;L. Cunha

130
Citations
Structural, mechanical and tribological properties of Mo–S–C solid lubricant coating

J.V. Pimentel;T. Polcar;T. Polcar;A. Cavaleiro

127
Citations
Influence of Ag content on mechanical and tribological behavior of DLC coatings

N.K. Manninen;F. Ribeiro;A. Escudeiro;T. Polcar;T. Polcar

126
Citations
Effects of laser processing on the transformation characteristics of NiTi: A contribute to additive manufacturing

J.P. Oliveira;J.P. Oliveira;A.J. Cavaleiro;A.J. Cavaleiro;N. Schell;Andreas Stark

123
Citations
High temperature tribology of CrN and multilayered Cr/CrN coatings

T. Polcar;T. Polcar;R. Martinez;T. Vítů;L. Kopecký

100
Citations
The influence of the addition of C and N on the wear behaviour of W–S–C/N coatings

A. Nossa;A. Cavaleiro

99
Citations
Tuning of the surface plasmon resonance in TiO2/Au thin films grown by magnetron sputtering: The effect of thermal annealing

M. Torrell;R. Kabir;L. Cunha;Mikhail Vasilevskiy

95
Citations
Complex frictional analysis of self-lubricant W-S-C/Cr coating

Tomas Polcar;Fredrik Gustavsson;Thomas Thersleff;Staffan Jacobson

95
Citations
Property change in ZrNxOy thin films: effect of the oxygen fraction and bias voltage

F. Vaz;P. Carvalho;L. Cunha;L. Rebouta

95
Citations
Structural changes in Zr–Si–N films vs. their silicon content

D. Pilloud;J.F. Pierson;A.P. Marques;A. Cavaleiro

93
Citations
Influence of Cr additions on the structure and oxidation resistance of multilayered TiAlCrN films

M. Danek;F. Fernandes;A. Cavaleiro;T. Polcar;T. Polcar

93
Citations