“…They originate from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, and the era of modern industrial revolution (Wei and Xu, 2019). Until now, wear-resistant materials have been widely applied in many fields, including in machinery, metallurgy, electric power, building materials, national defense, railway, coal, chemical industry, and others (Padture et al, 2002;Xu et al, 2017). The development of high-performance wear-and corrosion-resistant materials promotes huge economic and social benefits (Zhang and Chen, 2015;Xu et al, 2017).…”