Design and Electrochemical Synthesis of Multifunctional Surfaces

Dear Colleagues,

The importance of electrochemical techniques in the design and production of materials with advanced properties has been widely acknowledged and exploited by the industry in recent decades. Electrodeposition can provide a simple, flexible, convenient, affordable and not highly energy demanding production route, and it offers the ability of process optimization via the control of the several electrolytic deposition parameters. Electrochemical machining (ECM) is another electrochemical process that may be employed to remove parts of a metal surface.

This Special Issue will provide readers with up-to-date research results on the recent progress in the electrochemical techniques for the production of different advanced materials, such as metal and alloy coatings as well as metal matrix and alloy matrix composite coatings, metal oxide thin films, semiconductive thin films, etc., and their nanocrystalline counterparts. According to the type of the electrodeposited material, the final product can exhibit high hardness, wear and corrosion resistance, electrocatalytic, photocatalytic, antimicrobial, magnetic, hydrophobic or hydrophilic, electrical, semiconductive and photoelectrochemical properties, among many others.

We are seeking contributing papers on the following topics:

• Investigation of the microstructural and morphological characteristics of electrodeposited materials as a function of the electrolytic deposition process parameters.
• Correlation of the investigated properties to the microstructural and morphological characteristics of the electrodeposited materials.
• Optimization of the electrodeposition/electromachining process in relation to the investigated properties of the produced materials.
• Theoretical approaches of electrolytic processes.

Prof. Dr. Constantina Kollia
Guest Editor

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• electrodeposited materials
• electrochemical machining
• advanced properties
• electrodeposition parameters
• microstructural characteristics
• process optimization
• photoelectrochemistry