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Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Alessandro Lavacchi
Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici (ICCOM-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
Tel. +39 55 5225239; Fax: +39 55 5225203
E-Mail: alessandro.lavacchi@iccom.cnr.it
Interests: electrodeposition of materials for renewable energy production; surface engineering; corrosion and corrosion protection; thermal barriers coatings; electron microscopy (SEM, TEM); X-ray techniques for surface structure and composition (XPS, XRF, XRD); electroless deposition of metals and cermet’s; simulation and modelling of complex electrochemical systems

Associate Editor
Prof. Dr. Massimo Innocenti
Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Tel. +39 055 4573102; Fax: +39 055 4573385
Website: http://www.unifi.it/dipchimica/CMpro-v-p-418.html
E-Mail: minnocenti@unifi.it
Interests: electrodeposition; thin films, atomic force microscopy; materials for energy; electrochemical surface modification; semiconductors; electrochemical plating baths; self-assembled monolayers

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Ms. Kathy Lai
MDPI Haidian Office, Yingu Mansion, Suite 815, North 4th Ring Road West, 9, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, China
Tel. +86 10 6280 0830
E-Mail: kathy.lai@mdpi.com

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MDPI AG, Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 79 322 33 79
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E-Mail: lin@mdpi.com

Editorial Board

Prof. Dr. Ugo Bardi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, c/o Dipartimento di Chimica, Polo Scientifico di Sesto Fiorentino, Università di Firenze, Via Della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Fi), Italy
Tel. +39 55 457 3118; Fax: +39 55 457 3120
Website: http://www.unifi.it/unifi/surfchem/solid/bardi/
E-Mail: ugo.bardi@unifi.it
Interests: coatings and surface engineering; electrodeposition from ionic liquids, with a special view on aluminium coatings; thermal barriers manufacturing, testing, and characterization for the aerospace and energy production industry; scanning probe microscopy (SPM); electron microscopy (SEM, TEM); surface composition measurements; photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); scanning auger microscopy (SAM); low energy ion scattering (LEIS)
Founding Editor-in-Chief

Contribution: Special Issue: High Temperature Coatings
Special Issue: High Temperature Coatings

Prof. Dr. Christopher Berndt
IRIS, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Mail H66, 543-545 Burwood Road, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, Victoria 3122, Australia
Tel. +61 3 9214 8706
Website: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/engineering/staff/Christopher-Berndt-286
E-Mail: cberndt@groupwise.swin.edu.au
Interests: thermal spray coatings; failure of coatings; biomedical ceramic materials; mechanical properties of materials; composites; corrosion
Contribution: Special Issue: Advanced Thermal Spray Coatings for Emerging Applications

Prof. Dr. Steve Bull
School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Newcastle University, Merz Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
Tel. +44 1912 22 7913; Fax: +44 1912 22 5292
Website: http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/s.j.bull
E-Mail: s.j.bull@ncl.ac.uk
Interests: mechanical characterisation of thin coatings, nanoindentation, nanoscratch, impact and fracture studies; mechanical damage of submicron coatings for electronic and optical applications, performance and reliability of thin films for energy generation and storage; tribology of functional materials

Dr. James M. Fitz-Gerald
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Virginia, PO Box 400745, 395 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745, USA
Tel. +1 434 243 8830; Fax: +1 434 982 5660
Website: http://www.virginia.edu/ms/faculty/fitz-gerald.html#publications
E-Mail: jmf8h@virginia.edu
Interests: processing, modeling, and behavior of nanofunctional; electronic materials and their novel contributions to the electronic and biomedical communities

Dr. Alessio Fossati
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale, Via S. Marta 3, 50139, Firenze, Italy
Tel. +39 55 479 6399
E-Mail: alessio.fossati@gmail.com
Interests: corrosion and corrosion protection; thermal treatments; surface engineering; thermal barrier coatings; metals; tribology; microscopy (SEM, OM); X-ray techniques (EDX, XRD)

Prof. Dr. Steven M. George
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado, 215 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0215, USA
Tel. +1 303 492 3398; Fax: +1 303 492 5894
Website: http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/GeorgeResearchGroup/
E-Mail: steven.george@colorado.edu
Interests: atomic layer deposition (ALD); molecular layer deposition (MLD); surface chemistry; growth and properties of thin films; nucleation of thin film growth; multilayers and nanolaminates; flexible films; various applications of ALD and MLD; gas diffusion barriers on polymers; nanostructure engineering and coating of nanoparticles

Dr. Gary Halada
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, 308 Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2275, USA
Website: http://www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/faculty/halada.html
E-Mail: ghalada@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Interests: functionalized nanoscale and nanostructured materials and surfaces; environment-surface interactions; environmental remediation; nuclear waste and decontamination methods; corrosion and degradation of materials; synchrotron-based X-ray and infrared spectroscopies; Raman and infrared molecular microspectroscopies; biomolecular and biomimetic materials and coatings; coatings for biomedical and environmental applications; engineering education and outreach

Dr. Christopher J. Kloxin
University of Delaware, Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 150 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, USA
Tel. +1 302 831 8670; Fax: +1 302 831 1048
Website: http://www.che.udel.edu/research_groups/cjk/
E-Mail: cjk@udel.edu
Interests: photopolymerization; rheology; monomer and polymer synthesis; covalent adaptable networks; self-healing materials; and stimuli responsive polymers

Prof. Dr. Tayhas R. Palmore
Brown School of Engineering, Box D, 182 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Tel. +1 401 863 2856
Website: http://www.engin.brown.edu/people/Faculty/facultypage.php?id=1138722377
E-Mail: tayhas_palmore@brown.edu

Prof. Dr. Lech Pawlowski
University of Limoges, SPCTS, 12, rue Atlantis 87068 Limoges, France
Tel. +33 587 50 24 12
E-Mail: lech.pawlowski@unilim.fr
Interests: thermal spray technology of powders and suspension; nanometric coatings tecnology, in particular suspension plasma spray metal oxide coatings (hydroxyapatite, titania, zirconia); laser treatment of materials (laser heating, glazing and engraving); films technologies by laser ablation; characterization techniques by TEM, SEM, XRD, Raman microscopy
Contribution: Special Issue: Advanced Thermal Spray Coatings for Emerging Applications

Prof. Dr. Miriam Rafailovich
Materials Science & Engineering Department, Stony Brook University, Room 314 Old Engineering, Stony Brook, New York, 11794-2275, USA
Website: http://www.matscieng.sunysb.edu/faculty/rafailovich.html
E-Mail: mrafailovich@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Interests: polymer coatings; nanocomposite coatings; biomaterials; cell surface interactions; X-ray/neutron reflectivity

Dr. Andrea Scrivani
Equipments and Technology, Turbocoating S.p.A., Via MistraliI 7, 43040 Rubbiano (Parma) - Italy
Tel. +39 0525 305817; Fax: +39 0525 305813
E-Mail: andreascrivani@turbocoating.it
Interests: coatings and surface engineering; thermal spray coatings, HVOF, APS, LPPS, VPS, CAPS, wire arc spraying, flame spray, electrodeposition from ionic liquids, thermal barriers manufacturing, testing, and characterization for the aerospace and energy production industry; surface treatments for gas turbine, SOFC, biomedical, oil and gas, automotive

Prof. Dr. Brian W. Sheldon
School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Tel. +1 401 863 2866
Website: http://www.engin.brown.edu/people/Faculty/facultypage.php?id=1106969978
E-Mail: brian_sheldon@brown.edu
Interests: formation and mechanical behavior of advanced ceramic materials, particularly thin films and coatings; electrode materials for Li ion batteries; nanocomposites; protective coatings; materials for MEMS; oxides for sensors and fuel cells

Dr. Alexander Tolstoguzov
Centre for Physics and Technological Research Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
E-Mail: a.tolstoguzov@fct.unl.pt
Interests: surface and microanalysis in material science and nanotechnology; coatings and surface engineering; secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) including ToF-SIMS technique; field ion microscopy (FIM) and atom probe (AP); low-energy ion scattering (LEIS); in-depth profiling with ion-beam sputtering

Prof. Dr. Haydn N. Wadley
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Virginia, PO Box 400745, 395 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4745, USA
Tel. +1 434 982 5671; Fax: +1 434 982 5677
Website: http://www.virginia.edu/ms/faculty/wadley.html
E-Mail: haydn@virginia.edu
Interests: vapor deposition; thermal spray deposition; thermal barrier coatings; environmental barrier coatings

Prof. Dr. Giovanni Zangari
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia, 395 McCormick Rd, P.O. Box 400745, Charlottesvile, VA 22904-4745, USA
Tel. +1 343 243 5474; Fax: +1 434 982 5799
Website: http://www.virginia.edu/ms/faculty/zangari.html
E-Mail: gz3e@virginia.edu
Interests: electrodeposition of alloys; magnetic films, micro- and nanostructures; materials for energy; electrochemical surface modification; electrochemical anodization and etching; nanoporous metals, oxides and semiconductors; self-assembled monolayers

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