Surface Coatings and Technology Against Soil Abrasion and Adhesion
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2024) | Viewed by 7697
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Soil abrasion and adhesion are two main limiting factors for the development of mechanized production in the agricultural field. The design of high-performance materials and structures against soil abrasion and adhesion is an urgent task. In recent years, surface engineering (e.g., hard coatings, hydrophobic surfaces, and bionic surfaces) has attracted a great deal of attention.
These engineered surfaces show excellent properties against soil abrasion and adhesion because the surface always possesses high hardness or hydrophobic properties against wear and the formation of adhesive interfaces. Other technologies or materials suitable for application to soil-touching components are also a topic of this Special Issue.
This Special Issue on “Surface coatings and Technology Against Soil Abrasion and Adhesion” invites review articles and full-length papers presenting research on new experimental and/or modeling studies on novel coatings and surface technologies, where coatings and technology systems include but are not limited to advanced structural materials for soil-touching component applications, hard coatings against soil abrasion, hydrophobic coatings against adhesion, surface technology related to in-situ surface hardening or hydrophobic treatment for structural materials and bionic treatments. We also encourage the submission of works presenting newly developed and composite technologies.
Dr. Qiang Wan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coatings
- surface technology
- soil abrasion
- soil adhesion
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