Trends in Coatings and Surface Technology, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2025 | Viewed by 12781
Special Issue Editor
Interests: coatings; tribology; ionic liquids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surface modification provides solutions to practical issues pertinent to tackling significant social difficulties. To name several of the trendiest uses, coatings are crucial for implementing biocompatible technologies, creating systems for sustainable energy generation, and cleaning up pollutants. They also help materials to resist damage and endure in harsh environments. There is an ongoing global research effort in both academia and industry to find novel coatings or coating structures for an ever-growing range of problems.
This new Special Issue of Coatings will include full papers, review articles, and communications from some of the most renowned researchers in the field with the aim of spotlighting some of the most fascinating challenges in coatings science and technology.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Antimicrobial coatings;
- CO2 capture technologies;
- Batteries development;
- Sensors development;
- Protective coatings;
- Functional coatings;
- Hard coatings;
- Coating methods and technologies;
- Super-hydrophobic and self-cleaning coatings;
- Any other aspects of deposition/characterization of coatings and thin films.
Dr. Fábio Ferreira
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- coatings
- thin films
- surface engeneering
- sputtering
- HiPIMS
- material characterization
- tribology
- antimicrobial coatings
- CO2 capture
- batteries
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