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40
Citations
6050
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7369
National Ranking
2016

Overview

Thomas W. Scharf is affiliated with the University of North Texas in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant number of publications in these fields. Their work spans several subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, and Ceramics and Composites.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Thomas W. Scharf has published several papers in a variety of scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Spark plasma sintering of B4C and B4C-TiB2 composites: Deformation and failure mechanisms under quasistatic and dynamic loading," 2021, Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • "Influence of fine-scale B2 precipitation on dynamic compression and wear properties in hypo-eutectic Al0.5CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy," 2020, Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • "High temperature sliding wear behavior and mechanisms of cold-sprayed Ti and Ti-TiC composite coatings," 2021, Wear
  • "Additive manufacturing of compositionally graded laser deposited titanium-chromium alloys," 2020, Additive Manufacturing
  • "AnalyZr: A Python application for zircon grain image segmentation and shape analysis," 2022, Computers & Geosciences

Their research has been frequently published in journals such as Additive Manufacturing, Wear, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, and Computers & Geosciences.

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Tyler B. Torgerson
  • Rajarshi Banerjee
  • Mohan Sai Kiran Kumar Yadav Nartu
  • Manindra V. Koricherla
  • Jesse Smith

Best Publications

  • Solid lubricants: a review

    T. W. Scharf;S. V. Prasad

  • Structural and tribological characterization of protective amorphous diamond-like carbon and amorphous CNx overcoats for next generation hard disks

    T. W. Scharf;R. D. Ott;D. Yang;J. A. Barnard

  • Friction and wear mechanisms in MoS2/Sb2O3/Au nanocomposite coatings

    T.W. Scharf;P.G. Kotula;S.V. Prasad

  • Growth, structure, and tribological behavior of atomic layer-deposited tungsten disulphide solid lubricant coatings with applications to MEMS

    T.W. Scharf;S.V. Prasad;M.T. Dugger;P.G. Kotula

  • Role of third bodies in friction and wear of protective coatings

    I. L. Singer;S. D. Dvorak;K. J. Wahl;T. W. Scharf

  • Lubricious oxide coatings for extreme temperature applications: A review

    Samir M. Aouadi;Hongyu Gao;Ashlie Martini;Thomas W. Scharf

  • Growth, structure and friction behavior of titanium doped tungsten disulphide (Ti-WS2) nanocomposite thin films

    T.W. Scharf;A. Rajendran;R. Banerjee;F. Sequeda;F. Sequeda

  • Monitoring Transfer Films and Friction Instabilities with In Situ Raman Tribometry

    T.W. Scharf;I.L. Singer

  • Role of the Transfer Film on the Friction and Wear of Metal Carbide Reinforced Amorphous Carbon Coatings During Run-in

    T. W. Scharf;I. L. Singer

  • Reciprocating sliding wear behavior of high entropy alloys in dry and marine environments

    Aditya Ayyagari;Chloe Barthelemy;Bharat Gwalani;Rajarshi Banerjee

  • Role of Third Bodies in Friction Behavior of Diamond-like Nanocomposite Coatings Studied by In Situ Tribometry

    T. W. Scharf;I. L. Singer

  • Synthesis of Au-MoS(2) nanocomposites: thermal and friction-induced changes to the structure.

    T W Scharf;R S Goeke;P G Kotula;S V Prasad

  • Self-lubricating carbon nanotube reinforced nickel matrix composites

    T. W. Scharf;A. Neira;J. Y. Hwang;J. Tiley

  • Mechanisms of friction in diamondlike nanocomposite coatings

    T. W. Scharf;J. A. Ohlhausen;D. R. Tallant;S. V. Prasad

  • Structural, mechanical and tribological behavior of fullerene-like and amorphous carbon nitride coatings

    Jörg Neidhardt;Lars Hultman;Esteban Broitman;T. W. Scharf

  • In situ nitrided titanium alloys: Microstructural evolution during solidification and wear

    H. Mohseni;P. Nandwana;A. Tsoi;R. Banerjee

  • Wear resistance of laser-deposited boride reinforced Ti-Nb–Zr–Ta alloy composites for orthopedic implants

    Sonia Samuel;Soumya Nag;Thomas W. Scharf;Rajarshi Banerjee

  • Quantification of the thickness of carbon transfer films using Raman tribometry

    T.W. Scharf;I.L. Singer

  • Laser-deposited carbon nanotube reinforced nickel matrix composites

    J.Y. Hwang;A. Neira;T.W. Scharf;J. Tiley

  • Lubricious silver tantalate films for extreme temperature applications

    D. S. Stone;S. Harbin;Hamidreza Mohseni;Jon E. Mogonye

  • Nanostructured magnetic networks

    J.A. Barnard;H. Fujiwara;V.R. Inturi;J.D. Jarratt

Frequent Co-Authors

Somuri V. Prasad
Somuri V. Prasad Sandia National Laboratories
Rajarshi Banerjee
Rajarshi Banerjee University of North Texas
Irwin L. Singer
Irwin L. Singer Triboscience & Engineering, Inc.
Richard R. Chromik
Richard R. Chromik McGill University
Ashlie Martini
Ashlie Martini University of California, Merced
Soon Hyung Hong
Soon Hyung Hong Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jun Yeon Hwang
Jun Yeon Hwang Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Bharat Gwalani
Bharat Gwalani North Carolina State University
Orlando Auciello
Orlando Auciello The University of Texas at Dallas
Robert W. Carpick
Robert W. Carpick University of Pennsylvania

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