Hongbo Ju

1. JU, Hongbo, ATHMANI, Moussa, LUAN, Jing, AL-RJOUB, Abbas, CAVALEIRO, Albano, YAQUB, Talha Bin, CHALA, Abdelouahad, FERREIRA, Fabio, FERNANDES, Filipe Daniel. Insights into the oxidation resistance mechanism and tribological behaviors of multilayered TiSiN/CrV▫$_{x}$▫N hard coatings. International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials. 2023, vol. 30, no. 12, str. 2459-2468, ilustr. ISSN 1674-4799. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12613-023-2655-0, DOI: 10.1007/s12613-023-2655-0. [COBISS.SI-ID 284083715]
project: This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51801081 and 52171071) and national funds through FCT of Portugal–Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnología, under a scientific contract of 2021.04115, CEMMPRE–ref. “UIDB/00285/2020” and LA/P/0112/2020 projects, FEDER funds through the COMPETE program–Operational Program on Competitiveness Factors and by national funds through FCT–Foundation for Science and Technology, Outstanding University Young Teachers of “Qing Lan Project” of Jiangsu Province of China, Excellent Talents of “Shenlan Project” of Jiangsu University of Science and Technology of China. A part of this study was supported by the Directorate-General of Scientific Research and Technological Development (Algeria)

2. LUAN, Jing, KONG, Fanlin, XU, Junhua, FERNANDES, Filipe Daniel, EVARISTO, Manuel, DONG, Songtao, CAVALEIRO, Albano, JU, Hongbo. Deciphering the mechanical strengthening mechanism: soft metal doping in ceramic matrices - a case study of TiN-Ag films. Materials & design. 2024, vol. 248, [article no.] 113489, str. 1-6, ilustr. ISSN 0264-1275. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127524008645, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2024.113489. [COBISS.SI-ID 271107843]
project: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China with the number of 52171071 and 51801081, national funds through FCT of Portugal – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under a scientific contract of 2021.04115.CEECIND, 2023.06224.CEECIND, and the projects of UIDB/00285/2020, and LA/0112/2020. The Slovenian Research Agency ARIS under the Research Core Funding Programme No. P2-0231 and the project MSCA-COFUND-5100-237/2023-9.

3. LUAN, Jing, JU, Hongbo, et al. Design and magnetron sputtering of nanomultilayered W▫$_2$▫N/Ag-SiN▫$_x$▫ : microstructural insights and optimized self-lubricant properties from room temperature to 500 °C. Ceramics international. October 2024, vol. 50, issue 20, part b, str. 39226-39234, ilustr. ISSN 1873-3956. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884224031973?via%3Dihub, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.07.292. [COBISS.SI-ID 233456387]

4. JU, Hongbo, et al. Nano-multilayered ZrN-Ag/Mo-S-N film design for stable anti-frictional performance at a wide range of temperatures. Friction. 2024, vol. 12, no. 12, str. 2826–2837, ilustr. ISSN 2223-7704. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40544-024-0943-y, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.1007/s40544-024-0943-y. [COBISS.SI-ID 231968515]
project: 52171071; funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China

5. JU, Hongbo, KALIN, Mitjan, LUAN, Jing, CAVALEIRO, Albano. The design and deposition of the self-lubricant multilayered coatings for green wide-range temperature tribology applications. In: RAMALHO, Amílcar (ed.). Proceedings of IBERTRIVA 2025 : (XIII Iberian Conference on Tribology and XIII Iberian Vacuum Conference) : 17–18 June 2025, Coimbra, Portugal. Coimbra: [Departamento de engenharia mecânica da Universidade de Coimbra], 2025. Str. 99. https://www.uc.pt/site/assets/files/2283757/proceedings_ver_07.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 242111235]

6. LUAN, Jing, WANG, Yiping, DONG, Songtao, EVARISTO, Manuel, FERNANDES, Filipe Daniel, CAVALEIRO, Albano, JU, Hongbo. Design of DC semi-industrial magnetron-sputtered W-Ti-N/Ag composite films: insights into the microstructure and mechanical properties. Surface & coatings technology. [Print ed.]. 2025, vol. 502, [article no.] 131942, str. 1-10, ilustr. ISSN 0257-8972. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0257897225002166, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2025.131942. [COBISS.SI-ID 271118595]
project: Supported by the projects granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China with the number of 52171071 and 51801081, national funds through FCT of Portugal – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under a scientific contract of 2021.04115.CEECIND, 2023.06224.CEECIND, and under projects UID/00285 - Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes and LA/P/0112/2020, the Slovenian Research Agency ARIS under the Research Core Funding Programme of P2-0231 and the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions COFUND SCHEME of 5100-237/2023-9.

7. JIANG, Jialing, JU, Hongbo, et al. Enhancing the thermoelectric performance of BiCuSeO ceramics by entropy engineering. Ceramics international. 2025, vol. 51, issue 13, str. 17259-17267, ilustr. ISSN 1873-3956. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884225005565, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.01.499. [COBISS.SI-ID 233265667]

8. LUAN, Jing, WANG, Lujing, XU, Junhua, MA, Binyang, DONG, Songtao, JU, Hongbo. Insights into tribological performances of magnetron-sputtered Si-B-C-N films in air and seawater conditions. Ceramics international. 2025, vol. 51, issue 11, str. 14553-14564, ilustr. ISSN 1873-3956. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884225003207?via%3Dihub, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.01.292. [COBISS.SI-ID 234251011]

9. JU, Hongbo, et al. Mutual promotion on the mechanical and tribological properties of the nacre-like self-lubricant film designed for demanding green tribological applications. Friction. March 2025, vol. 13, no. 3, [article no.] 9440963, 15 str., ilustr. ISSN 2223-7690. https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440963, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.26599/FRICT.2025.9440963. [COBISS.SI-ID 232779779]

10. LUAN, Jing, WANG, Lei, DONG, Songtao, FERNANDES, Filipe Daniel, CHOUKOUROV, Andrei, YANG, Junfeng, KALIN, Mitjan, CAVALEIRO, Albano, JU, Hongbo. Mutually enhanced mechanical and tribological properties in magnetron sputtered ▫$Mo_{2}N/Ag-SiN_{x}$▫ self-lubricating multilayered films via epitaxial growth design. Ceramics international. [Print ed.]. Oct. 2025, vol. 51, issue 25, pt. a, str. 43924-43932, ilustr. ISSN 0272-8842. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884225033449, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.07.123. [COBISS.SI-ID 252286467]

11. XU, Zhenjiu, JU, Hongbo, et al. Realizing synergistic optimization of electrical and thermal transport properties in BiCuSeO ceramics via multi-element doping. Journal of alloys and compounds. January 2025, vol. 1010, [article no.] 177471, 8 str., ilustr. ISSN 1873-4669. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925838824040593, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.177471. [COBISS.SI-ID 232109827]

12. CAVALEIRO, Diogo, COSTA, J., ROSSINO, L.S., YAQUB, Talha Bin, JU, Hongbo, CAVALEIRO, Albano, FERREIRA, Fabio, FERNANDES, Filipe Daniel. Self-lubricant TiAl(V)N films for high temperature applications: a comparative study of monolithic and multilayer films architectures. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 2026, vol. 41, str. 2143-2152, ilustr. ISSN 2238-7854. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S223878542600116X, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2026.01.116. [COBISS.SI-ID 271167747]
project: This research is sponsored by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under the projects: UNIVLUB (2023.17357.ICDT), UID/00285/2025 and LA/P/0112/2020. This research was also supported by project DRIVOLUTION - Transition to the Factory of the Future (7141- 02/C05-i01.02/2022.PC644913740–00000022 - 23), which was financed by the PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan - and by the Next Generation EU European Funds, following NOTICE N.o 02/C05-i01/2022. The research is also supported by the Slovenian Research Agency ARIS under the Research Core Funding Programme No. P2-0231 and MSCA-COFUND 5100-237/2023-9.

13. YAQUB, Talha Bin, FERNANDES, Filipe Daniel, JU, Hongbo, GELAW, Amessalu Atenafu, FERREIRA, Fabio, KALIN, Mitjan, CAVALEIRO, Albano, EVARISTO, Manuel. Synthesis, structural and tribological properties of tailored MoSe▫$_{x}$▫ / WS▫$_{x}$▫ based coatings for multi-environment industrial applications. Tribology international. 2026, vol. 217, [article no.] 111691, str. 1-16, ilustr. ISSN 0301-679X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301679X26000332, Repository of the University of Ljubljana – RUL , DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2026.111691. [COBISS.SI-ID 271137283]
project: This research is sponsored by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under the projects: NOFRICTION (2024.14121.PEX), UID/00285/2025 and LA/P/0112/2020. This research is also supported by the Slovenian Research Agency ARIS under the Research Core Funding Programme No. P2-0231 and MSCA-COFUND-5100-237/2023-9.