Advanced Functional Materials and Coatings in Additive Manufacturing: Challenges, Opportunities and Innovations
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 119
Special Issue Editors
Interests: additive manufacturing; stereolithography; lattice structure; metal plating; IC packaging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are currently witnessing a remarkable era in the field of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and coating technologies. AM, commonly known as 3D printing, has evolved beyond its initial prototyping applications to become a fundamental tool in various industries, including aerospace, automotive, and biomedicine. This evolution has been driven by its ability to create complex geometries and customized designs. Meanwhile, the field of coatings has seen remarkable progress, offering significant advancements in surface protection, performance enhancement, and functional versatility. The integration of AM with advanced coating techniques presents an exciting frontier, opening up possibilities for creating products with unique functionality. The scope of this Special Issue, “Advanced Functional Materials and Coatings in Additive Manufacturing,” covers a wide range of topics related to the design, development, and application of coatings in AM. We invite you to contribute your original papers. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Integration and application of coatings in AM processes;
- Advanced functional materials enabled by coatings in AM;
- Coating techniques for enhancing properties of 3D-printed objects;
- Case studies of AM and coatings in high-performance applications;
- Advances in multi-material AM for diverse coating applications;
- Fundamental and functional properties of surfaces and interfaces;
- Theoretical and computational modelling of surfaces and interfaces.
Dr. Zhenpeng Xu
Guest Editor
Dr. Yingchun Jiang
Guest Editor Assistant
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- 3D printing
- coating
- surface properties
- coating interfaces
- functional materials
