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Coatings, Volume 12, Issue 10

October 2022 - 236 articles

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Cover Story: The Tauc–Lorentz–Urbach (TLU) model allows us to express the refractive index and extinction coefficient of amorphous materials from a few parameters. However, this model is non-analytic and becomes inaccurate for energies below the bandgap. Our research has adopted a method to transform the TLU model into an analytical one (ATLU). We have used both models to characterize amorphous silicon thin films from their transmission spectra and have compared the models and highlighted the advantages of the new approach. For instance, the ATLU extends the optical characterization to the limit when the photon energy approaches zero. View this paper

Articles (236)

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,234 Views
10 Pages

21 October 2022

In ocean and coastal waters, the formation of biofilms on artificial matters often causes intractable phenomena such as the deterioration of surface functions and corrosion, resulting in significant economic damage. Thus, methods for inhibiting biofi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,344 Views
11 Pages

Femtosecond Laser Texturization on Coated Steel

  • Tomás Baldi-Boleda,
  • Carles Colominas and
  • Andrés García-Granada

21 October 2022

Surface textures such as laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) are of great interest to obtain industrial nanopatterns. In this work, plain uncoated 1.2344 steel with and without Chromium Nitride (CrN) and CrN plus diamond-like carbon (DL...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,265 Views
14 Pages

21 October 2022

Environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) are used to protect ceramic-matrix composites from undesirable reactions with steam and calcia–magnesia–alumina–silicate (CMAS) particulates found in gas-turbine engine environments. Effective E...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,074 Views
12 Pages

Simulation of a Painting Arc Connecting Surface by Moving the Nozzle Based on a Sliding Mesh Model

  • Wenzhuo Chen,
  • Yan Chen,
  • Shanqiang Wang,
  • Zhenyu Han,
  • Meng Lu and
  • Shiming Chen

21 October 2022

The paper proposes a sliding mesh model-based method to conduct a dynamic painting simulation for an arc connecting surface. In order to meet the requirements for using a sliding mesh model, the computational domain was designed with three parts&mdas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,636 Views
11 Pages

Bond Strength between Different Zirconia-Based Ceramics and Resin Cement before and after Aging

  • Marcos Paulo Motta Silveira,
  • Nathália de Carvalho Ramos,
  • Guilherme da Rocha Scalzer Lopes,
  • João Paulo Mendes Tribst and
  • Marco Antonio Bottino

21 October 2022

The objective of this study was to evaluate the bond strength of different stabilized zirconias with resin cement and evaluate the susceptibility to thermal aging of the adhesive interface. Zirconia discs (Vita Zahnfabrik, Bad Säckingen, Germany...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,401 Views
10 Pages

Carbon Nanocoils and Polyvinyl Alcohol Composite Films for Fiber-Optic Fabry–Perot Acoustic Sensors

  • Yanming Sun,
  • Zhe Dong,
  • Zhezhe Ding,
  • Neng Wang,
  • Lei Sun,
  • Heming Wei and
  • Guo Ping Wang

21 October 2022

Carbon nanocoils (CNCs) are widely used in functional devices due to their helical morphology, which can be utilized in the fabrication of functional materials with unique properties. In this study, CNCs/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) composite films were p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,266 Views
14 Pages

21 October 2022

The compositions of extractants containing xylene (G) and n-heptane (P) recovered and reused in the asphaltene extraction process were determined by densimetry and the extracted asphaltenes were analyzed to study the influence of extractant compositi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,653 Views
13 Pages

21 October 2022

Nanocellulose membranes could efficiently separate oily wastewater because of their super-hydrophilic and underwater super-oleophobic property and nano-porous structure. However, the practical application and storage of nanocellulose membranes is lim...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
10,339 Views
15 Pages

Recent Advances of Sustainable Textile Fabric Coatings for UV Protection Properties

  • Nour F. Attia,
  • Rokaya Osama,
  • Sally E. A. Elashery,
  • Abul Kalam,
  • Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi and
  • Hamed Algarni

21 October 2022

The rapid progress in the use of textile fabric materials in various industrial and domestic applications requires the inclusion of smart functions to achieve comfortable and safety properties to the end users. However, among these functions is the p...

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,585 Views
17 Pages

A Review of Effects of Femtosecond Laser Parameters on Metal Surface Properties

  • Hongfei Sun,
  • Jiuxiao Li,
  • Mingliang Liu,
  • Dongye Yang and
  • Fangjie Li

21 October 2022

As a laser technology, the femtosecond laser is used in biomedical fields due to its excellent performance—its ultrashort pulses, high instantaneous power, and high precision. As a surface treatment process, the femtosecond laser can prepare di...

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