Publications

1. Creating Ultra-High Strength Steels For Large Vehicles - An Interview With Quanshun Luo, <http://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=10772>
2. Q. Luo, S. Yang, K.E. Cooke, Hybrid HIPIMS and CFUBMS deposition of TiN coatings: deposition rate, structure and tribological properties, Surf. Coat. Technol.236, 2013, 13-21.
3. Q. Luo, M. Kitchen, V. Patel, S. Magowan, Carbon partitioning and structure evolution in the hardening treatments of high strength steel, The 20th Congress of International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering, October 23-25, 2012  Beijing  China.
4. Q. Luo, S.C. Wang, Z. Zhou, L. Chen, Structure characterization and tribological study of magnetron sputtered nanocompositenc-TiAlV(N, C)/a-C coatings,J. Mater. Chem. 21 (26), 2011, 9746 - 9756.
5. Q. Luo, Temperature dependent tribological properties of nano-structured TiAlN/VN coating under un-lubricated sliding conditions,Wear 271 (2011) 2058-2066. Int. Conf. Wear of Mater. April 3-7, 2011, Philadelphia, USA.
6. Q. Luo,Tribofilms in solid lubricants, in Tribology Encyclopedia, edit. Q. Jane Wang and Yip-Wah Chung, Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013, 10.1007/978-0-387-92897-5_1252, p3760-3767..
7. Q. Luo, A.H. Jones, High-precision determination of residual stress of polycrystalline coatings using optimised XRD-sin2ψ technique,Surf. Coat. Technol. 205 (2010) 1403-1408.
8. Z. Zhou, W.M. Rainforth, Q. Luo, P.Eh. Hovsepian, J.J. Ojeda, M.E. Romero-Gonzalez, Wear and friction of TiAlN/VN coatings against Al2O3 in air at room and elevated temperatures,Acta Mater. 58 (2010) 2912-2925.
9. Q. Luo, Origin of friction in running-in sliding wear of nitride coatings,Tribo. Letters, 37, 2010, 529-539.
10. Q. Luo, Z. Zhou, W. M. Rainforth, M. Bolton, Effect of tribofilm formation on the dry sliding friction and wear properties of magnetron sputtered TiAlCrYNcoatings,Tribo. Letters, 34 (2009) 113-124.
11. T. Savisalo, D.B. Lewis, Q. Luo, M. Bolton, P. Hovsepian, Structure of duplex CrN/NbN coatings and their performance against corrosion and wear,Surface and Coatings Technology 202 (2008) 1661-1667.
12. Q. Luo, P. Eh. Hovsepian, Transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy on the worn surface of nano-structured TiAlN/VN multilayer coating, Thin Solid Films, 497 (2006) 203-209.
13. Y.N. Kok, P. Eh. Hovsepian, Q. Luo, D. B. Lewis, I. Petrov, Influence of the bias voltage on the structure and the tribological performance of nanoscale multilayer C/Cr coatings,Thin Solid Films 475 (2005) 219-226.
14. Q. Luo, P.Eh. Hovsepian, D.B. Lewis, W.-D. Münz, Y.N. Kok, J. Cockrem, M. Bolton, A. Farinotti, Tribologicalperperties of TiAlN/VN and TiAlCrYN deposited on plasma nitrided steels, Surface and Coatings Technology, 193 (2005) 39-45.
15. D.B.Lewis, Q.Luo, Z. Zhou, P.Eh. Hovsepian, W.-D. Münz, Interrelationship between atomic species, bias voltage, texture and microstructure of nano-scale multilayers,Surface and Coatings Technology 184 (2004) 225-232.
16. Q. Luo, D.B. Lewis, P.Eh. Hovsepian, W.–D. Münz, TEM and XRD investigation of the microstructure of nano-scale multilayers TiAlN/VN,Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 19, No. 4 2004, 1093-1104.
17. I.A. Inman, S. Datta, H.L. Du, J.S. Burnell-Gray and Q. Luo, Microscopy of glazed layers formed during high temperature sliding wear, Wear 254 (2003) 461–467.
18. C.P. Constable, J. Yarwood, G. Robinson, Q. Luo, D.B. Lewis, W.-D. Münz, Investigation of wear processes on worn tools using Ramammicroscopy,Surface Engineering 18(2002)127-132.
19. C. Leyens, M. Peters P. Eh. Hovsepian, D.B. Lewis, Q. Luo, W.-D. Münz, Novel Coating Systems Produced for Environmental Protection of Titanium Alloys and Titanium Aluminides, Surface and Coatings Technology 155 (2002) 103-111.
20. Q Luo, C Leyens,  P Eh Hovsepian, D B Lewis, C P Constable and W-D Münz, Oxidation mechanism of PVD TiAlCrYN coating observed by analytical TEM,Electron Microscopy and Analysis 2001, Conference Series Number 168, edt. M. Aindow and C.J. Kiely, Institute of Physics, ISBN 0 7503 0812 5, 369-372.
21. Q. Luo, P.Eh.Hovsepian, D.B.Lewis, W.-D. Münz, Transmission electron microscopy on microstructure and oxidation mechanisms of multilayer coating CrN/NbN, in Quantitative Microscopy of High Temperature Materials, Institute of Materials, 2001. Quantity Microscopy of High Temperature Materials, Microstructure of High Temperature Materials No.5, ISSN 1366-5510, edited A.Strang, J. Cawley, 241-256.
22. W.-D. Münz, Q.Luo, G.Robinson, I.J.Smith, G.Veyssiere, Applications of Nanolayers in dry high speed milling of steels, presented in World Conference on High-Tech Surface Treatment and Coating, Saint-Etienne, EspaceFauriel, Feb.2001.
23. W.D. Münz, Q.Luo, D.B.Lewis, M.Lembke, P.Eh. Hovsepian, G.Robinson, Wear of TiAlCrYN coated ball nosed solid carbide end mills during dry high speed milling,Proceedings 3rd International Conference on Metal Cutting and High Speed Machining ed. D. Dudzinski, A. Molinari and H. Schulz,  June 2001, Metz, France, 391.
24. P.Eh.Hovsepian, D.B.Lewis, Q.Luo, W.-D. Münz, M.Meyer, High temperature performance of CrN/NbNsuperlattice coatings deposited on Ti alloy substrates, in Surface Engineering, EUROMAT 99 - Volume 11, ed. H. Dimigen, Wiley-VCH, ISBN 3-527-30196-8, 41-46.
25. Q. Luo, W.M. Rainforth, W.-D. Münz, TEM study of the wear of TiAlN/CrNsuperlattice coatings,ScriptaMaterialia, 45 (2001) 399-404.
26. Q. Luo, W.M.Rainforth, W.-D. Münz, TEM observation of wear mechanisms of TiAlCrN and TiAlN/CrN coatings, Wear 225-229 (1999) 74-82.
27. Q.Luo, J.Xie, Y.Song, Effects of microstructure on the abrasive wear behaviour of spheroidal cast iron,Wear, 184 (1995) 1-10.
28. Q. Luo, J.Xie, W.Lu, Investigation of the wear failure mechanism of a flour milling roller,Wear, 161 (1993) 11-16.
29. Y.Song, Q.Luo, Q.Chen, Y.Chen, Effects of Re-B modification on the strength and toughness of 30CrMn2Si cast steel,Journal of Materials Science, 29 (1994) 1492-1496.