Coatings, Volume 8, Issue 4

The icing of wind blades poses a serious threat to the operation of wind turbines. The application of superhydrophobic coatings on wind blades can serve as a potential anti-icing method. This study presents the findings of simulations of the icing en...

Optical coatings deposited by the dual ion beam sputtering (DIBS) method usually show high compressive stress, which results in severe wavefront deformation of optical elements. Annealing post-treatment has been widely used to control the residual st...

Graphene oxide (GO) modified with ferrites (GO@Fe3O4) were studied to determine their effect on the interfacial properties of continuous carbon-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites. The GO@Fe3O4 were introduced by mixing them directly in an acry...

Aluminum oxide thin films were prepared by medium frequency reactive magnetron sputtering. The target voltage hysteresis behavior under different argon partial pressure and target power conditions were studied. The results indicate that the target vo...

French fries are popular products worldwide. However, this product is a sufferable source of high acrylamide due to high temperature and low moisture. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of grass pea flour (GPF), transglutamin...

A continuous intermetallic compound coating was fabricated on AZ91D magnesium alloy via heat treatment at 400 °C in AlCl3-NaCl molten salts for 10 h. The microstructure and composition of the coating were characterized by scanning electron micros...

Surface modification procedures by laser techniques allow the generation of specific topographies and microstructures that enable the adaptation of the external layers of materials for specific applications. In laser texturing processes, it is possib...

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films are extensively used in various industries due to their superior protective and lubrication properties. However, DLC films including sp2 and sp3 carbon bonding are metastable materials, which can be thermally degraded...

Self-healing superhydrophobic surfaces have been fabricated by casting and drying water-soluble amphiphilic polymer suspensions at room temperature through thermal reconstruction. When compared with previous methods, this approach exploits modified n...

This study investigates the resistance of an uncoated magnesium phosphate cement (MPC) protective layer to sulfate attacks through changes in its compressive strength and appearance. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) micr...