Advanced Polymer Coating Technology
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer nanocomposites; thermoplastics and thermosetting systems composed of nanoclays; carbon nanotubes; nanosilica; poss; graphene; inorganic nanoparticles; effect of process parameters on orientation and properties; advanced polymer nanocomposite coatings
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Interests: adhesives; coatings; nanotechnology; nanoparticles; biomedical polymers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer coating technology is an interdisciplinary theme, combining surface thermodynamics, interfacial energetics, mechanics, barrier characteristics, chemistry, and their derived and related application processes.
Coating technology is a contemporary field that is constantly evolving. Hence, advanced coatings have additional functions with added value designed to enhance and upgrade the surface of the substrate by deposition of advanced low-thickness materials. Polymers offer a unique advantage in thin advanced coatings due to their ease of application, versatility, and the ability to tailor properties.
This Special Issue dedicated to “Advanced Polymer Coating Technology” aims to collect the most advanced studies on polymer-based superior coatings and their related application technologies, including review papers and original studies with applied or potential applied attributes.
Among the advanced coatings sought are self-cleaning, superhydrophobic, superhydrophilic, omniophobic, anti-corrosion, anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-static, anti-reflective, anti-fouling, barrier coatings, and self-healing coatings. Furthermore, we are interested in externally induced stimuli that form enhanced coatings like photo-chromic; thermo-chromic; and piezo-, electro-, magneto-responsive coatings, and more.
The technologies should be related to end-use applications in industries such as transportation, aviation, aerospace, energy, electronics, medical, and packaging.
In addition, this Special Issue will include processes for preparing coatings, such as dipping, spraying, the incorporation of micro- and nanoparticles, multi-layers, chemical and physical vapor deposition, sol–gel, sputtering, extrusion coating, and others.
Finally, potential contributions to this Special Issue should emphasize the relationships between the composition of the coatings, the process technology used for their preparation, and the final resultant properties.
Prof. Dr. Samuel Kenig
Prof. Dr. Hanna Dodiuk
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surface and interface thermodynamics
- surface functionalization and modification
- superhydrophobicity, superhydrophiliciy, oleophobicity, self-cleaning, antifouling, anti-bacterial, anti-corrosion and barrier coatings
- smart coatings
- functional coatings
- stimuli-responsive coatings
- coating processes and technology
- composition, process technology, properties relationship
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