Coatings | Title Story Articles from the First Half of 2024
We are delighted to present a list of title story articles selected for display at the top of the Coatings (ISSN: 2079-6412) homepage for the first half of 2024. These articles cover a wide range of topics, including coatings for energy, laser processing, food packaging, diamond-like carbon coatings, pulsed laser deposition, surface characterization, tribological properties, corrosion, and hard coatings, to name a few. We hope you will find something of interest among these exceptional publications.
1. “Fabrication of Piezoelectric ZnO Nanowires on Laser Textured Copper Substrate to Enhance Catalytic Properties”
by Hongbin Wang, Rui Zhou, Huangping Yan and Hongjun Liu
Coatings 2023, 13(11), 1963; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13111963
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/13/11/1963
2. “Using an Al-Incorporated Deep Black Pigment Coating to Enhance the Solar Absorptance of Iron Oxide-Rich Particles”
by Gözde Alkan, Peter Mechnich and Johannes Pernpeintner
Coatings 2023, 13(11), 1925; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13111925
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/13/11/1925
3. “Mechanisms of Action and Preservation Effects of Packaging Systems for Mushrooms: Novel Approaches to Preserve Irish Edible Mushrooms”
by Tigist Tadesse Shonte, Mehraj Fatema Mulla, Lorraine Foley and Shivani Pathania
Coatings 2024, 14(2), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14020172
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/2/172
4. “Study of the Industrial Application of Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings Deposited on Advanced Tool Steels”
by Eneko Barba, Adrián Claver, Francesc Montalà, José F. Palacio, Carmelo J. Luis-Pérez, Neus Sala, Carles Colominas and José Antonio García
Coatings 2024, 14(2), 159; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14020159
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/2/159
5. “Bioactivity and Mechanical Properties of Hydroxyapatite on Ti6Al4V and Si(100) Surfaces by Pulsed Laser Deposition”
by Salizhan Kylychbekov, Yaran Allamyradov, Zikrulloh Khuzhakulov, Inomjon Majidov, Simran Banga, Justice ben Yosef, Liviu Duta and Ali Oguz Er
Coatings 2023, 13(10), 1681; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13101681
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/13/10/1681
6. “Tribocatalytic Reaction Enabled by TiO2 Nanoparticle for MoDTC-Derived Tribofilm Formation at ta-C/Steel Contact”
by Daiki Matsukawa, Jae-Hyeok Park, Woo-Young Lee, Takayuki Tokoroyama, Jae-Il Kim, Ryoichi Ichino and Noritsugu Umehara
Coatings 2024, 14(6), 773; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14060773
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/6/773
7. “Enhancing UV Radiation Resilience of DLC-Coated Stainless Steel with TiO2: A Dual-Layer Approach”
by Paulo Fabrício Macário, Carolina Hahn da Silveira, Angela Aparecida Moraes Vieira, André Ricardo Marcondes, Francisco das Chagas Marques, Guilhermino José Macêdo Fechine and Lúcia Vieira
Coatings 2024, 14(6), 777; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14060777
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/14/6/777
