Production and Characterization of Thin Hard Coatings
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical and Molecular Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2021) | Viewed by 2472
Special Issue Editor
Interests: manufacturing technology; mechanical properties characterization; fatigue analysis; design and process analysis by finite elements method (FEM); stress-corrosion cracking; ultrafine polishing techniques; thin hard coating production methods; cutting performance optimization; application of coatings on cutting tools; nano-indentation technology; life-cycle assessment of materials and processes; design and development of cutting tools
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
“Thin-film technology is simultaneously one of the oldest arts and one of the newest sciences”*
Involvement with thin films dates to the metal ages of antiquity, when the ancient craftsmen were creating gold leaf of extraordinary thinness. Moreover, gold’s resistance to chemical degradation earmarked its use for durable ornamentation and protection purposes, generating the first gold-plated coatings.
However, the wider use of coatings, in applications beyond jewelry craftmanship, came much later. It was only in the twentieth century when the massive increase in our understanding of the fundamental nature of materials led to the development of materials science. This period witnessed the emergence of new roles for metals and ceramics, and the development of reliable methods to process them in thin films. The tooling industry is one of the industries that experienced great advancement due to the beneficial impact of coatings on material properties.
In recent years, the cutting performance of coated tools has been significantly improved by tailoring the coatings’ properties to application-specific requirements. To achieve this, optimized coating deposition processes have been developed alongside inspection techniques which guarantee the effectiveness of these methods.
This Special Issue focuses on but is not limited to:
Recent advances in the manufacture of coatings produced by plasma spraying, vapor deposition, and electrodeposition processes.
Contributions that highlight the recent advances in analytical methods, characterization techniques, and novel nano-mechanical testing methods for coating evaluation.
Analytical methods, including numerical evaluation and quantification procedures, to reveal the structure, chemical composition, residual stress, chemical states, and phases of coatings.
Micro- and nanomechanical methods including compression, bending, or toughness testing to determine coating behavior, particularly at room and elevated temperatures, and the relationship to coating performance and lifetime.
*Milton Ohring: The Materials Science of Thin Films
Dr. Stefanos Gerardis
Guest Editor
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