Corrosion and Protection with Hard Coatings

Dear Colleagues,

The ever-increasing demand for durable and reliable materials in diverse industries highlights the critical importance of effective corrosion protection strategies. This Special Issue focuses on the innovative application of hard coatings to combat corrosion across various environments and applications. Hard coatings are coatings deposited on metallic substrates to improve their desired properties, such as hardness, friction, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance, without modifying the properties of the substrate. The most important properties of the coating are hot hardness, good adhesion to the substrate, and chemical stability. In this sense, many coating systems comply with these characteristics, such as type III hard anodizing; APS, HVAF, and HVOF systems; CVD and PVD, etc.

This Special Issue, titled “Corrosion and Protection with Hard Coatings”, will collect papers on the fabrication, characterization, and simulation of and technological advances in coatings regarding corrosion resistance, hardness, friction, and wear resistance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Novel hard coating materials;
• Deposition techniques and process optimization for enhanced corrosion resistance;
• Characterization of coating microstructure, mechanical properties, and corrosion behavior;
• Surface modification and pre-treatment strategies to improve coating adhesion and performance;
• Performance evaluation of hard coatings in specific corrosive environments (e.g., marine, high-temperature, acidic);
• Modeling and simulation of corrosion processes in coated systems;
• Applications of hard coatings in industries such as aerospace, automotive, biomedical, and energy.

Prof. Dr. José A. Cabral-Miramontes
Prof. Dr. Facundo Almeraya-Calderón
Guest Editors

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