Ceramic Materials and Coatings: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Dear Colleague,

Modern ceramics are widely utilized in industries such as energy, electronics, machining, and biomedicine because of their unique microstructures and exceptional properties. Ceramic coatings have the potential to considerably improve metal surface characteristics such as corrosion resistance, thermal barrier properties, wear resistance, self-cleaning, and biocompatibility. To develop new applications for ceramics, it is essential to examine the structure of ceramics and comprehend how it relates to the properties of ceramic coatings. Recent developments in the synthesis and characterization of ceramic materials as coatings and thin films will be addressed in this Special Issue.

We invite you to collaborate with us in bringing readers up to date on the ceramic coating research by contributing to this Special Issue on "Ceramic Materials and Coatings: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications".

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The implementation of ceramic materials and coatings for wear, corrosion, high-temperature, optical, energy, antibacterial, and biomedical applications;
• The fabrication of ceramic coatings and thin films via PVD, CVD, thermal spray, and the sol–gel technique, as well as hybrid methods;
• The characterization of ceramic coatings and their applications.

Dr. Omid Sharifahmadian
Dr. Kamalan Kirubaharan Amirtharaj Mosas
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• ceramic coatings
• thermal barrier coatings
• wear resistance
• ceramic thin films
• fabrication of coatings
• bioceramics
• surface modification