Review Papers Collection for Smart Coatings
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 (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 9110
Special Issue Editors
Interests: anti-icing; icephobicity; hydrophobicity; antifouling; enhanced oil recovery; nanomechanics; nano energy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to kindly contribute your work to the current Special Issue focusing on “Smart Coatings”.
Coatings with the capacities of responses to the environmental stimuli are highly desired for various applications. Such coatings are generally called “smart coatings”, with varied properties including self-healing, antifouling, passive icephobicity, super hydrophobicity, antimicrobial, photothermal effects, and many others. Under the strong driving force of materials nanotechnology in the last decade, the development of smart coatings is gaining an unprecedented speed. New smart coatings with strategically designed structures, or that incorporate ingredients responsive to light, pH, pressure, temperature, etc., are becoming popular in the literature, targeting various application fields.
This Special Issue is devoted to high quality research articles and review papers on the state-of-the-art of different smart coatings. Both theoretical and experimental studies on smart coatings, especially on their design, fabrication, characterization and applications, are the emphasis. Review work on current and future advances, highlighting new perspectives, of smart coatings also are highly welcome. The interested topics concerning smart coatings include, but are not limited to:
- Design and preparation of self-healing coatings;
- Passive anti-icing, anti-snow, and anti-adhesive coatings;
- Temperature responsive coatings for various application purposes;
- Photothermal effects in coatings;
- Structure–property–function relationship in smart coatings.
Dr. Senbo Xiao
Dr. Yizhi Zhuo
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- smart coatings
- surface functionality
- surface mechanics
- surface chemistry
- surface fabrication and characterization
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