Superhard Coating Materials and Deposition Technology
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 (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 1261
Special Issue Editor
Interests: thin-film coatings for defence applications; solid lubricant thin films (MoS2-Ti/Nb, WS, h-BN, a:C); high-temperature abrasion-resistant thin films (DLC, TiB2, c-BN, CrYN:Me); shape memory thin film (TiNi)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue, "Superhard Coating Materials and Deposition Technology" in journal Coatings.
Today, technological outputs are strategic products that are light in weight but heavy in value. Superhard thin film coatings with high adhesion values are essential to increasing the wear resistance on the surface of machine elements used in aggressive environments. While the hardness values of many engineering materials used in volume / mass are in the range of 15-25GPa, in many engineering applications serving in aggressive environments, ultra-hardness values (<45 GPa) are needed. Due to the ongoing intense R&D studies on synthesizing single- and/or multi-layer-graded nanostructured composite/ceramic thin-film coatings, today it is possible to see technological information transformed into coated products through the hybrid use of developments in coating technologies.
This Special Issue aims to publish original research articles, reviews, etc., from leading researchers in both academia and industry concerning the latest developments in architectural structural design, synthesis of ultra-hard coatings and the applicability of technological knowledge to industrial products.
The scope of this Special Issue will consist of the following concepts:
- Advanced coating technologies for the production of thin/thick functional coatings;
- Advanced ultra-hard coatings for aggressive environments;
- Novel architecture thin-film coatings for surface functionalization;
- New nano- and microstructural–mechanical–tribological and chemical methods for the characterization of ultra-hard coatings.
- Advanced industrial applications of hybrid coatings for surface functionalization.
Prof. Dr. İhsan Efeoǧlu
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- ultra-hard coatings
- aggressive environments
- advanced hybrid coatings technologies
