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Current Special Issues (213)
- 1D, 2D and 3D ZnO: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications
(Editors: Olga Sánchez Garrido, Manuel Hernandez-Velez)
- Achievements and Challenges in Thin Film Solar Cells
(Editor: Isodiana Crupi)
- Advanced Characterization Methods for Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Sol-Gel Coatings
(Editor: Rita B. Figueira)
- Advanced Coating for High Temperature Applications
(Editor: Changheui Jang)
- Advanced Coating Materials for Power Network Equipment
(Editors: Reza Jafari, Gelareh Momen)
- Advanced Coatings for Bio-Applications–Antibacterial Surfaces
(Editors: Agnieszka Kyzioł, Karol Kyzioł)
- Advanced Coatings for Cultural Heritage Preservation
(Editors: Mara Camaiti, Antonella Salvini)
- Advanced Coatings for Resisting Fretting Damage
(Editors: Lifeng Ma, Kilho Eom, Kyungmok Kim, Jean Geringer)
- Advanced Hybrid Coatings and Thin Films for Surface Functionalization
(Editor: Flavio Deflorian)
- Advanced Nondestructive Evaluation and Characterization of Surface
(Editors: Youn ho Cho, Weibin Li)
- Advanced Protective Coatings for Buildings
(Editor: Inês Flores-Colen)
- Advanced Spray Coatings
(Editor: Yasutaka Ando)
- Advanced Strategies in Thin Film Engineering by Magnetron Sputtering
(Editors: Alberto Palmero, Nicolas Martin)
- Advanced Surface Coating of Nanoparticles
(Editor: Frank Alexis)
- Advanced Thin Film Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
(Editor: I. M. Dharmadasa)
- Advanced Thin Films Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering
(Editor: Chuen-Lin Tien)
- Advances in Antimicrobial Coatings
(Editor: Sami Rtimi)
- Advances in Ceramic Coatings
(Editor: Takumi Chikada)
- Advances in Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Thin Films: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
(Editors: Indrani Coondoo, Denis Alikin)
- Advances in Flame Retardant Materials and Surfaces
(Editors: Stéphane Giraud, Fabien Salaün, Jinping Guan)
- Advances in Flexible Films and Coatings
(Editors: Marta Marszalek, Michał Kupiński, Yevhen Zabila)
- Advances in Functional Materials and Devices for Semiconductor and Energy Applications
(Editor: You Seung Rim)
- Advances in Hard Coatings: Production, Properties and Applications
(Editor: Cristina Santos Louro)
- Advances in Metallic Layers by IBAD/EBAD
(Editor: Jean-Yves Rauch)
- Advances in Multi-Target Physical Vapor Deposition Techniques
(Editor: Joe Sakai)
- Advances in Nanoscale Coatings for Composites
(Editor: Kyong Yop Rhee)
- Advances in Polymer/Graphene Composite for Bio-Applications
(Editor: Mariana Ionita)
- Advances in Surface Modification and Treatment of Wood
(Editor: Levente Csoka)
- Advances in Thin Film Transistors: Properties and Applications
(Editor: Sheng-Po Chang)
- Advances in Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications
(Editor: Lucia V Mercaldo)
- Advances in Zinc Oxide Thin Films: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
(Editor: Marco Laurenti)
- Advancing Coatings with Biotechnology II
(Editor: Michael Flickinger)
- Anti-Adhesive Surfaces
(Editors: Giuseppe Carbone, Rosa Di Mundo)
- Anti-Icing Coatings and Surfaces
(Editors: D. K. Sarkar, N. Saleema)
- Antibacterial Coatings and Biofilm
(Editor: Dan Cristian Vodnar)
- Antibacterial Surfaces, Thin Films, and Nanostructured Coatings
(Editor: Daniele Valerini)
- Antimicrobial/Antibiofilm Surfaces
(Editor: Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc)
- Atomic Layer Deposition: Recent Developments and Future Challenges
(Editor: Zinetula Insepov)
- Bio-Based Active Packaging for Shelf Life Extension
(Editors: Elena Torrieri, Prospero Di Pierro)
- Bioactive Surfaces and Coatings for Bone Regeneration
(Editors: Luis M. Delgado, Román Pérez, Mireia Hoyos)
- Biodegradable Films and Composite Coatings: Currrent and Future Trends
(Editor: Isabel Coelhoso)
- Biofilms on Cultural Heritage
(Editors: Beatriz Prieto, Ana Zélia Miller)
- Biointerface Coatings for Biomaterials and Biomedical Applications
(Editors: Hsien-Yeh Chen, Peng-Yuan Wang)
- Biological Coatings for Buildings
(Editors: Anibal C. Maury-Ramirez, Heriberto Maury Ramirez)
- Biomedical Applications of Functional Nanoparticles
(Editor: Daniela Predoi)
- Chitosan and Other Edible Coatings with Antimicrobial Activity: Synthesis, Properties and Horticultural Applications
(Editors: María B. Pérez-Gago, Lluís Palou)
- Coating Materials and Surface Treatments for Applications in Particle Accelerators
(Editor: Mauro Migliorati)
- Coatings against Corrosion, Microbial Adhesion, and Biofouling
(Editor: Judit Telegdi)
- Coatings and Interfaces
(Editor: Hyung-Ho Park)
- Coatings Based on Green Materials and Processes
(Editors: Ghasideh Pourhashem, Mojgan Nejad)
- Coatings for Building Applications
(Editor: Noni-Pagona Maravelaki)
- Coatings for Cutting and Stamping Tools: Recent Advances
(Editors: Luis Norberto López de Lacalle, Jose Luis Endrino, Adriano Fagali de Souza)
- Coatings for Harsh Environments
(Editor: Shiladitya Paul)
- Coatings for Solar Cell Applications
(Editor: Yasuaki Ishikawa)
- Coatings on Built Heritage and New Build
(Editor: Patricia Sanmartín)
- Cold Gas Spray Coatings: Fundamentals and Applications
(Editor: Sergi Dosta)
- Cold Spraying: Recent Trends and Future Views
(Editor: Heli Koivuluoto)
- Corrosion and Electrochemical Behavior of Metals Coating
(Editor: Young Gun Ko)
- Corrosion Science and Surface Engineering
(Editor: Judit Telegdi)
- Current Research in Pulsed Laser Deposition
(Editors: Liviu Duta, Andrei C. Popescu)
- Current Research in Thin Film Deposition: Applications, Theory, Processing, and Characterisation
(Editor: Ross Birney)
- Development of Laser Welding and Treatment of Surfaces
(Editor: Arnold Gillner)
- Development of Nano- and Micro-Coatings
(Editor: Krzysztof Rokosz)
- Developments in Galvanic and Related Coatings
(Editor: Piotr Żabiński)
- Edible Films and Coatings: Fundamentals and Applications
(Editors: Prospero Di Pierro, Giovanna Rossi-Marquez, Cristian Davalos-Saucedo)
- Electrochemical and Electrophoretic Deposition of Bioactive Coatings
(Editors: Hicham Benhayoune, Richard Drevet)
- Electrochromic Thin Films and Devices
(Editor: Tzi-yi Wu)
- Environmental Barrier Coatings
(Editor: Kang N. Lee)
- Epitaxial Strain Engineering in Functional Oxides
(Editor: José A Pardo)
- Erosion of Nanostructured Coatings
(Editor: Alicja Krella)
- Ferroelectric Thin Films and Devices
(Editor: Andrey Tumarkin)
- Flame Retardant Coatings for Plastics and Textiles
(Editor: Giulio Malucelli)
- Fluid Interfaces
(Editor: Eduardo Guzmán)
- From Metallic Coatings to Additive Manufacturing
(Editors: Guanjun Yang, Rocco Lupoi, Shuo Yin)
- Functional Ceramic Coatings
(Editors: Bozena Pietrzyk, Sebastian Miszczak)
- Functional Coatings for Textile Applications
(Editor: Andrea Zille)
- Functional Oxide Thin Films and Nanostructures: Growth, Properties, and Applications
(Editors: Paolo Mele, Satoru Kaneko, Tamio Endo)
- Functional Polymers and Nanostructures: Coating Meets Biological Applications
(Editor: Giuseppe Cirillo)
- Functional Surfaces for Biomedical Applications
(Editors: Shigeng Song, Waqar Ahmed, Desmond Gibson)
- Functional Thin Films: Design, Fabrication and Applications
(Editors: Mitsunobu Sato, Hiroki Nagai)
- Functionally Graded Nanocomposite Surfaces
(Editor: Emerson Coy)
- Gas Sensing Film Coating
(Editor: María Dolores Fernández Ramos)
- Hollow Cathode Deposition
(Editor: Stephen Gabriel)
- Hybrid Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Films: Fabrication, Properties and Applications
(Editor: Cédric C. Buron)
- Hydrophobic, Superhydrophobic, and Oleophobic Surfaces: Durability and Applications
(Editors: Frank L. Palmieri, Christopher J Wohl)
- Hydroxyapatite Based Coatings for Biomedical Applications
(Editor: Simona Liliana Iconaru)
- Inkjet-Printed Thin Film Devices
(Editor: Seungjun Chung)
- Innovative Coating Processes to Protect Metals and Alloys from Deterioration
(Editors: Han-Seung Lee, Jitendra Kumar Singh)
- Innovative Surface Treatments and Coatings Involving Electrochemical Deposition
(Editor: Liana Anicǎi)
- Ion-Substituted Calcium Phosphates Coatings
(Editors: Gabriela Graziani, Enrico Sassoni)
- Laser Surface Engineering
(Editor: Chi Wai Chan)
- Laser Surface Modification of Metallic Materials
(Editors: Juan Manuel Vazquez Martinez, Jorge Salguero)
- Layer-by-Layer Nanofilms: Invention, Innovation, and Evolution
(Editor: Jinkee Hong)
- Light-Curable Coatings
(Editor: Igor V. Khudyakov)
- Low-Adhesion Coatings: Fundamentals and Applications
(Editors: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Valverde, Agustín R. González-Elipe)
- Magnetron Sputtering and Cathodic Arc-Deposited Thin Films and Its Applications
(Editors: Frederic Sanchette, Alain Billard)
- Magnetron Sputtering Deposition: Challenges, Developments, Perspectives
(Editors: Rainer Hippler, Zdeněk Hubička)
- Manufacturing and Surface Engineering II
(Editor: Alicia Esther Ares)
- Mechanical Properties and Structural Analysis of Coatings and Engineered Surfaces
(Editors: Mattia Merlin, Annalisa Fortini)
- Membrane Processes for Water Purification
(Editor: Stefan Ioan Voicu)
- Mesoporous Metal Oxide Films
(Editor: Emmanuel Topoglidis)
- Metal Oxide Thin Films for Gas-Sensing and Optical Application
(Editor: Artur M. Rydosz)
- Metal Surfaces
(Editors: Roberto Montanari, Saulius Kaciulis)
- Metal-Semiconductor and Insulator-Semiconductor Interfaces
(Editor: Chiu-Ping Cheng)
- Micro- and Nano-Coatings for Technological and Biomedical Applications
(Editors: Ioana Demetrescu, Andreea Didilescu)
- Micro- and Nanoscale Surface Engineering for Thermal Transport and Harvesting
(Editors: Sebastian Volz, Shiyun Xiong)
- Micro-nano Surface Functionalization of Materials and Thin Films for Optical Applications
(Editors: Ramón Escobar-Galindo, Elena Guillén Rodríguez)
- Mitigating Organic Adsorption and Biofilm Formation: Advances in Polymers at Interfaces
(Editor: Moshe Herzberg)
- Modelling and Simulation of Coating 2019
(Editor: Timon Rabczuk)
- Modern Trends in Corrosion Protection of Steels
(Editor: Hassane Lgaz)
- Multiscale Modeling of Emerging Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials and Devices
(Editors: Bohayra Mortazavi, Gianaurelio Cuniberti)
- Nanocoatings for Functionalization of Metals and Polymer Surfaces
(Editor: Athanasios Speliotis)
- Nanocoatings with Air-Purifying Properties
(Editors: Anibal C. Maury-Ramirez, Placidus B. Amama)
- Nanocomposite and Hybrid Coatings and Sealers for Corrosion Protection of Steel in Infrastructure Applications
(Editors: D. A. (Dessi) Koleva, Nikolai Boshkov)
- Nanofabricated Surfaces for Biomedical Applications
(Editor: Jiunn-Der Liao)
- Nanolaminate Multilayer Coatings
(Editor: Dmitry Wainstein)
- Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Coatings: Synthesis, Processing and Applications
(Editor: Stefano Caporali)
- Nanoscale Multilayer Thin Films/Foils
(Editor: Ana Ramos)
- Nanostructured Materials and Coatings for Electrochemical Sensor Applications
(Editor: Katarzyna Siuzdak)
- New Strategies Against Microbial Biofilms
(Editor: Giovanna Simonetti)
- New Trends in Surface Protection Coatings, Films and Corrosion Inhibition
(Editor: David M. Bastidas)
- Non-Releasing Surfaces and Thin-Films with Antibacterial Properties
(Editor: Pietro Mandracci)
- Novel Advances in Food Contact Materials
(Editors: Raquel Sendón, Ana Rodríguez Bernaldo de Quirós)
- Novel Marine Antifouling Coatings
(Editor: Elisabete Ribeiro Silva)
- Novel Materials and Processes for Metal Additive Manufacturing
(Editor: Atieh Moridi)
- Optical Coatings and Coatings for Optics and Photonics—Selected Papers from the 4th International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics
(Editors: Manuel F. M. Costa, Joaquim Carneiro, Vasco Teixeira)
- Optical Thin Films and Structures: Design and Advanced Applications
(Editor: Tsvetanka Babeva)
- Organic Synthesis and Characteristics of Thin Films
(Editor: Tzi-yi Wu)
- Paints and Paint Additives
(Editor: Jan Honzíček)
- Pavement Surface Coatings
(Editors: Giuseppe Cantisani, Giuseppe Loprencipe)
- Perspective Coatings for Optical Materials Modifications
(Editor: Natalia V. Kamanina)
- Photocatalytic Surfaces for Environmental Applications
(Editors: Didier Robert, Silvia Suárez)
- Photonic and Electronic Multilayer Thin Films: Growth, Properties, and Applications
(Editor: Chih-Hao Lee)
- Physical Vapor Deposited Biomedical Coatings
(Editors: George E. Stan, Bryan W. Stuart)
- Physical Vapor Deposition
(Editor: Klaus Almtoft)
- Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO) Coatings
(Editors: Marta Mohedano, Beatriz Mingo)
- Plasma Polymerized Films for Biological Applications
(Editors: Anton M. Manakhov, Anastasiya Solovieva)
- Plasma Surface Engineering
(Editors: Jong-Shinn Wu, Cheng-Che (Jerry) Hsu, Kenji Ishikawa)
- Polymer Coatings for Biomaterials
(Editor: Renáta Oriňáková)
- Polymer-Based Multifunctional Coatings for Cultural Heritage Protection
(Editors: Cristian Petcu, Otilia Ludmila Cinteza)
- Recent Achievements in Corrosion Protection of Metals by Polymeric Coatings, Surface Pretreatments and Inhibitors
(Editor: Andrej P. Nazarov)
- Recent Advanced in Implant Film Coating
(Editor: Lucie Bacakova)
- Recent Advances in Bioactive Coatings
(Editor: Camelia Ungureanu)
- Recent Advances in Coatings of Implant and Bone Surfaces
(Editor: Jun-Beom Park)
- Recent Advances in Food Bio-Preservation Films
(Editors: Ana Luisa Fernando, Victor Gomes Lauriano Souza)
- Recent Advances in Friction Stir Processed Coatings
(Editor: Chi Tat Kwok)
- Recent Advances in Green Tribology
(Editors: Rubén González, José L. Viesca)
- Recent Advances in Metal, Ceramic, and Metal-Ceramic Composite Films/Coatings
(Editor: Małgorzata Norek)
- Recent Developments and Trends in Wood Coatings
(Editor: Véronic Landry)
- Recent Developments in Antibacterial and/or Antifouling Surfaces
(Editors: Coro Echeverría, Marta Fernández-García, Alexandra Muñoz-Bonilla)
- Recent Developments of Cold Spray Coating
(Editor: Victor K. Champagne)
- Recent Developments of Electrodeposition Coating
(Editor: Andrzej Zieliński)
- Recent Developments on Functional Coatings for Industrial Applications
(Editors: Luigi Calabrese, Edoardo Proverbio)
- Recent Progress in Bioactive Surfaces and Thin Films
(Editors: Roman A. Surmenev, Maria A. Surmeneva)
- Research Advances in Microstructure and Surface Roughness of Cutting Metal Surface with LASER, Wire EDM, and Water JET Cutters
(Editor: Emin Bayraktar)
- Root Causes of and Preventative Measures against the Biodeterioration and Biocorrosion of Materials
(Editor: Recep Avci)
- Science and Technology of Thermal Barrier Coatings
(Editor: Yeon-Gil Jung)
- Selected Papers from 7th International Conference & Exhibition on Advanced & Nano Materials (ICANM 2019)
(Editor: Gobinda Saha)
- Selected Papers from IIKII 2019 Conferences
(Editors: Teen-Hang Meen, Wenbing Zhao, Cheng-Fu Yang)
- Selected Papers from the 1st Coatings and Interfaces Web Conference (CIWC-1)
(Editors: Alessandro Lavacchi, Massimo Innocenti, Ludmila B. Boinovich, Vasileios Koutsos, James E. Krzanowski, Andriy Voronov, James Kit-hon Tsoi, Maria Cristina Tanzi)
- Selected Papers from the ICEIM 2019
(Editor: Muhammad Yahaya)
- Selected Papers from the K-TRIB2020
(Editors: Dae Eun Kim, In-Ha Sung)
- Self-Healing Coatings and Films
(Editor: Chan-Moon Chung)
- Semiconducting and Conducting Metal Oxide Films
(Editor: Jang-Yeon Kwon)
- Semiconductor Thin Films
(Editor: Nam-Hoon Kim)
- Smart Coatings for Energy Saving Applications
(Editor: Afshin Hadipour)
- Specialized Coatings on Biomedical Materials
(Editor: William A. Brantley)
- Stress in Thin Films and Coatings
(Editor: Alexey Vereshchaka)
- Superconducting Films and Nanostructures
(Editor: Anna Palau)
- Surface Alloying and Cladding
(Editor: Alexey Markov)
- Surface and Thin Film Magnetism
(Editor: Jai-Lin Tsai)
- Surface Chemical Modification
(Editor: Yilei Zhang)
- Surface Coating for Biomedical Applications
(Editors: Shiao Wen Tsai, Hsi-Chin Wu)
- Surface Coating/Surface-Responsive Agents for Energy, Environmental, and Biomedical Application
(Editor: Jongseong Kim)
- Surface Engineering of Light Alloys
(Editor: Sara Ferraris)
- Surface Functionalization by ALD Technology
(Editor: Adriana Szeghalmi)
- Surface Functionalization of Biomaterials: Combining Cell Instructive and Antibacterial Properties on Medical Implants
(Editor: Carlos Mas-Moruno)
- Surface Modification and Functionalization of High-Temperature Alloys
(Editor: Joon Sik Park)
- Surface Modification of Cellulose Fibres
(Editor: Barbara Simončič)
- Surface Modification of Medical Implants
(Editor: Alina Vladescu)
- Surface Modification of Metallic Powders
(Editors: Maria Teresa Vieira, Rita Joana Santos)
- Surface Modification: Review and Prospect
(Editors: Jochen Meier-Haack, Jürgen Nagel)
- Surface Plasma Treatments
(Editor: Claudia Riccardi)
- Surface Topography Effects on Functional Properties of PVD Coatings
(Editors: Peter Panjan, Aljaž Drnovšek)
- Surface Treatment by Laser-Assisted Techniques
(Editor: Rafael Comesaña)
- Surface Treatment of Metals
(Editor: Petricǎ Vizureanu)
- Surface Treatment of Wood
(Editors: Zoltán D. Hórvölgyi, Ildikó Ziegler)
- Surfaces and Interfaces for Renewable Energy
(Editors: Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro, Aránzazu Fernández-García)
- Surfaces Modification and Analysis for Innovative Biomaterials
(Editor: Elvira De Giglio)
- Sustainable Coatings by Electrodeposition: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
(Editor: Uta Klement)
- Syntheses, Properties, and Applications of Organic Dyes and Pigments
(Editor: Rodica Mariana Ion)
- Synthesis, Properties and Applications of Graphene Oxide Films
(Editor: Mercedes Velazquez)
- Synthesis, Properties and Applications of High Entropy Alloy Thin Films and Coatings
(Editor: Robert Franz)
- Synthetic and Biological-Derived Hydroxyapatite Implant Coatings
(Editors: Liviu Duta, Faik Nuzhet Oktar)
- Thermoelectric Thin Films and Devices for Energy Applications
(Editor: Min-Wook Oh)
- Thin Coatings and Patterns by Inkjet Printing Technology
(Editors: Michael Zinigrad, Albina Musin)
- Thin Film Coatings For Multifunctional Applications
(Editor: Rodica Vlǎdoiu)
- Thin Film Gas Sensors
(Editors: János Mizsei, Hao Gong)
- Thin Film Laser Damage, Ablation, Deposition and Structuring
(Editor: Gedvilas Mindaugas)
- Thin Films and Coatings by Sol-Gel Chemistry: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications
(Editor: Michelina Catauro)
- Thin Films and Coatings for Energy Application
(Editor: Darius Milčius)
- Thin Films and Interfaces for Bioelectronics
(Editor: Pasquale D'Angelo)
- Thin Films for Electronic Applications
(Editors: Ying-Chieh Lee, Ting-Fu Hong)
- Thin Films for Thermoelectric Applications
(Editors: Clara M Gómez, Rafael Muñoz-Espí)
- Thin Liquid Films and Dispersed Systems–from Fundamentals to Applications
(Editor: Stoyan Karakashev)
- Thin Polymer Films Properties
(Editors: Nicolas DELORME, Guillaume Vignaud)
- Thin-Film Synthesis, Characterization and Properties
(Editor: Waseem Haider)
- Tribological Behavior of Functional Surface: Models and Methods
(Editors: Pawel Pawlus, Andrzej Dzierwa)
- Tribological Coatings: Nanomaterials for Macroscale
(Editor: Oleksiy V. Penkov)
- Tribology and Mechanical Behavior of Engineered Surfaces
(Editor: Nathalie Renevier)
- UV-Curable Coatings for Flexible/Wearable Electronics
(Editor: Byungil Hwang)
- Water and Oil Repellent Surfaces
(Editor: Ioannis Karapanagiotis)
- Wetting of Polymer Surfaces
(Editor: Rafael J. Taboryski)
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