Jindrich Musil
Department of Physics and NTIS Center of Excellence, Faculty of Applied
Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Univerzitní 22, CZ-30614 Plzeň, Czech
Republic; Sumy State University, 2 Rimsky-Korsakov Str., Sumy, 40007, Ukraine
F. Regent
Department of Physics, University of West Bohemia, P.O.Box 314, 30614 Plzen, Czech Republic
Z. Soukup
Department of Physics, University of West Bohemia, P.O.Box 314, 30614 Plzen, Czech Republic
J. Vlcek
Department of Physics, University of West Bohemia, P.O.Box 314, 30614 Plzen, Czech Republic
J.G. Han
Plasma Applied Materials Laboratory, Sung Kyun Kwan University, 300 Chunchun-dong, Suwon, Korea, 440-746
The article reports on the present status of knowledge in the field of two-phase nanocomposite coatings. Special attention is devoted to two-phase nanocomposites composed of one hard and one soft phase. Trends of the next development are outlined.