Coatings in Tribology: Nanomaterials for Macroscale
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion, Wear and Erosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 286
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Interests: materials science; coatings; functional nanomaterials; tribology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Precise control of wear and frictional properties is crucial for applied engineering applications. Being deposited on various engineering materials, functional tribological coatings make it possible to resolve contradictions between the bulk and surface properties of engineering components. In recent decades, significant progress has been achieved in developing new advanced coating materials combining outstanding mechanical, optical, and biomedical properties. We invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on “Coatings in Tribology: Nanomaterials for Macroscale.” This Special Issue aims to highlight the latest achievements in the design, synthesis, and evaluation of tribological coatings through a combination of original research papers and review articles from leading groups worldwide.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Computer simulation and design strategy;
- Nanocomposite and multilayer tribological coatings;
- Two-dimensional coating materials for tribological applications;
- Structural, mechanical, and tribological properties of coatings;
- Tribological coatings for special applications (space, vacuum, bio, etc.).
Dr. Oleksiy V. Penkov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanostructured coatings
- microstructure characterization
- friction behavior
- wear resistance
- wear mechanism
- mechanical properties
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