Environmental Aspects in Colloid and Interface Science
A section of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Section Information
Colloids and interfaces are nowadays a huge part of everybody daily life. Food, energy, minerals processing, pharmaceuticals or the environment, naming but a few, involve multiphasic phenomena requiring a multidisciplinary approach for science and technology to deal with different kinds of materials from synthetic to biopolymers, nanoparticles in dispersions like in foams and emulsions, biologically induced material degradation processes like fouling or corrosion.
These topics are intended to be part of this platform and can be related, but not restricted, to colloids and interfaces and ecological aspects in coatings field, environmental effects related to outdoor technologies, like solar panel, marine and water environments, oil recovery, pollution, conservation and restoration in cultural heritage, CO2 capture, deicing, biomedical aspects like viruses and bacteria protection.
This section is then dedicated to works like research papers and reviews for publication in regular and special issues dedicated to phenomena where environment affects colloidal and interfacial properties with the aim of describing how different conditions can influence the performance of a coating material or technology when exposed to a specific environment.
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Mitigating Environmental and Health Risks of Coatings: Advances in Safer Formulation, Use, and Disposal (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Surface Engineering and Mechanical Properties of Building Materials (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advanced Technology in Environmental Remediation and Resource Utilization, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Nano-Engineered Coatings for Pollution Control and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Liquid–Solid Interfaces in Environmental Research (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Novel Cleaner Materials for Pavements (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Recent Advances in Surface and Interface Engineering for Environmental Pollutant Remediation and Resource Recovery (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Surface and Interface Characteristics of Pavements: New Perspectives and Applications (Deadline: 10 September 2025)
- Surface Protection of Pavements: New Perspectives and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: