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Coatings, Volume 10, Issue 2

February 2020 - 106 articles

Cover Story: Biomedical devices have become essential in health care. However, the bacterial contamination that can develop in implanted devices can have severe consequences. Commonly, these infections are treated with antibiotics, but biofilm formation on implant surfaces can reduce the effectiveness of these antibiotics. In this context, antibacterial coatings are considered an excellent strategy for avoiding biofilm formation and, therefore, mitigating the resulting complications. Several main strategies are available for the development and successful fabrication of antibacterial coatings, such as steric, electrostatic, contact killing, and biocide release effects. View this paper.
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Articles (106)

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,765 Views
34 Pages

Percolation Model for Renewable-Carbon Doped Functional Composites in Packaging Application: A Brief Review

  • Bo Sun,
  • Fangong Kong,
  • Min Zhang,
  • Weijun Wang,
  • Birat Singh KC,
  • Jimi Tjong and
  • Mohini Sain

24 February 2020

This review summarizes the application of percolation theory for the behavior simulation of renewable-carbon in its doped packaging composites. Such dopant-reinforced materials have sparked considerable interest due to the significant improvement on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,395 Views
11 Pages

24 February 2020

Atomic layer deposited AlGaN on GaN substrate with different thicknesses was prepared and the electron transport mechanism of AlGaN/GaN Schottky diodes was investigated. Above 348 K, both 5 and 10 nm thick AlGaN showed that the thermionic emission mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,381 Views
13 Pages

24 February 2020

In this study, nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles were added to a titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticle paste to fabricate a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) working electrode by using a screen-printing method. The effects of the NiO proportion in the T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,941 Views
11 Pages

24 February 2020

We aimed to impart apatite-forming ability to carbon nanotube (CNT)-polyether ether ketone (PEEK) composite (CNT-PEEK). Since CNT possesses electrical conductivity, CNT-PEEK can be expected to useful not only for implant materials but also biosensing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,110 Views
14 Pages

24 February 2020

Maintaining good friction performance of highway pavement is important for road safety. The friction is affected by many factors, and the present study investigates the effect of the compactness on the texture and friction of asphalt concrete during...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,782 Views
15 Pages

Graphene Oxide Reinforcing Genipin Crosslinked Chitosan-Gelatin Blend Films

  • George Mihail Vlasceanu,
  • Livia Elena Crica,
  • Andreea Madalina Pandele and
  • Mariana Ionita

23 February 2020

This study was targeted towards the synthesis and characterization of new chitosan–gelatin biocomposite films reinforced with graphene oxide and crosslinked with genipin. The composites’ mode of structuration was characterized by Fourier...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,055 Views
28 Pages

Production of High Silicon-Doped Hydroxyapatite Thin Film Coatings via Magnetron Sputtering: Deposition, Characterisation, and In Vitro Biocompatibility

  • Samuel C. Coe,
  • Matthew D. Wadge,
  • Reda M. Felfel,
  • Ifty Ahmed,
  • Gavin S. Walker,
  • Colin A. Scotchford and
  • David M. Grant

23 February 2020

In recent years, it has been found that small weight percent additions of silicon to HA can be used to enhance the initial response between bone tissue and HA. A large amount of research has been concerned with bulk materials, however, only recently...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,939 Views
11 Pages

22 February 2020

Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are very crucial for better heat-transfer in electronics working as an interfacial connection between heat generators and heat sinks. This study is focused on the pressure-sensitive acrylic adhesive tape reinforced...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,639 Views
14 Pages

Synchronous Shot Peening Applied on HVOF for Improvement on Wear Resistance of Fe-based Amorphous Coating

  • Zhidan Zhou,
  • Junchao Shang,
  • Yongxiong Chen,
  • Xiubing Liang,
  • Baolong Shen and
  • Zhibin Zhang

20 February 2020

Shot peening was used synchronously to improve Fe-based amorphous coating performance by delivering ZrO2 ceramic particles into a low-temperature region of a flame during the high velocity oxygen flame (HVOF) spray process. The coating became denser,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,448 Views
17 Pages

19 February 2020

In this work, polyester/TiO2 coatings on wood surfaces were prepared in one step via two deposition methods by using an atmospheric pressure plasma jet technique with the aim to further enhance the stabilization of the wood surfaces against UV-radiat...

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