Advanced Coatings for Metals
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 (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 1641
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Interests: metalic biomaterials; corrosion science; surface charaterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coatings on materials are typically developed to improve their surface or interface properties under the service environment, such as anti-corrosion, anti-fouling, anti-wear, biocompatibility, etc. Coatings could prolong the lifetime of metals in various applications, such as coastal structures, chemical industries, military equipment, aerospace, and biomedical materials, by serving as physical protection layers or smart layers providing unprecedented functionality and opportunities for metallic substrates.
In recent decades, many exciting achievements in coatings for materials have been conducted. However, in some specific environments, challenges, for example, localized corrosion of materials and adaptive degradation of biomaterials, still remain to improve the corrosion resistance of materials and the controllability of biomaterials. Therefore, it is highly desirable to design and develop novel coatings with high environmental compatibility, low cost, and long-term durability towards excellent performance according to their application background. Towards this goal, we are assembling the Special Issue to encourage researchers to publish original articles, reviews, and short communication in this field. The topics of interest for this Special Issue include (but are not restricted to):
- Novel coating design;
- Corrosion/degradation mechanisms of metallic materials;
- Novel eco-friendly coatings;
- Surface treatment and functionality;
- Bioactive coatings for metallic biomaterials.
Dr. Ruiqing Hou
Dr. Ping Li
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- coatings and films
- degradation
- corrosion
- surface and interface
- multi-functionality
- biocompatibility
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