- Design and preparation of thin films;
- Hard multicomponent and multilayer coatings;
- Multiprincipal element alloys and high entropy thin films;
- Optimization of coating for several applications (e.g., tools, tribological, high speed machining);
- Coating technology and equipment for cutting tools;
- Evaluation of coated tools;
- 2-D materials and sensors;
- High speed machining of coated tools;
- Data mining applied to developed advanced materials.