Advanced Modification Methods to Improve the Performance of Thin Films and Coatings
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 6142
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surface functionalization; light-weight alloys; shape memory materials; hybrid coatings; anti-wear coatings; chemical vapour deposition; physical vapour deposition; immersion method; bioengineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Designing technologies, particularly those based on physicochemical processes, are an important part of current studies in the field of surface engineering of materials. In the case of constructional materials there is the growing need for novel surface strategies that assure increased wear resistance, a low friction coefficient, and biocompatibility. For instance, thin-layer deposition technologies allow for obtaining coatings on structural elements with complex shapes and simultaneously ensure that a coating will exhibit good adhesion to the substrate, as well as a homogeneous chemical composition and a precisely defined thickness on the entire surface. In this regard, technologies carried out in reduced pressure conditions involving physical phenomena and chemical reactions in plasma have excellent prospects. The latter processes can, on the one hand, improve the adhesion of obtained coverings and, on the other hand, enable achieving homogeneous layers with the required chemical composition. These methods enable as well obtaining not only simple, but also complex coatings with regards to their structure, phase composition, and diffusion layers. Such a functionalization can meet requirements for operating in the working conditions of a given structural element.
In view of the foregoing, we invite you to present your valuable research focused on perspective possibility to prepare the material surface as well as obtain an inter-layers of modified metallic, polymeric or ceramic substrates in the Special Issue of Materials entitled: “Advanced Modification Methods to Improve the Performance of Thin Films and Coatings”.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to: (i) diffusion layers, (ii) plasma modified surfaces, (iii) heat-treatment methods, and (iv) pre-functionalization processes.
Dr. Karol Kyzioł
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- surface modification
- chemical treatments
- mechanical treatments
- diffusion layers
- functional coatings
