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Advances and Applications of Nanomaterials Thin Films and Coatings

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 2074

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Nabil Labchir

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CNRS, CEA/LETI-Minatec, Grenoble INP, LTM, Université Grenoble Alpes, 17 Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France
Interests: nanomaterials science; magnetic thin films and coatings; micro–nano optoelectronics; plasma etching
Dr. Elhassan Amaterz

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CEMHTI, CNRS (UPR 3079), Orléans, France
Interests: Materials Science; Water treatment; Catalysis; Adsorption; Photo-electrochemistry
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue, “Advances and Applications of Nanomaterials Thin Films and Coatings”.

Over the last few decades, micro-nanostructured materials, including inorganic and organic materials, semiconductors, nanostructures, nanocarbons and related hybrid materials, can be processed by numerous techniques as high-quality coatings and employed in various technological applications, such as solar cells, energy conversion, microelectronics, photonics, photocatalysts and photoanodes. This growing interest is due to their versatile morphology and intriguing properties. Moreover, nanomaterial-based thin films and coatings are promising as functional "bulk" materials.

Original research articles and reviews are welcome for this Special Issue, which aims to collect state-of-the-art papers on any topics related to nanomaterials for the following applications:

  • Synthesis and characterisation of nanomaterials;
  • Hydrogen production;
  • Microelectronics and optics;
  • Environmental remediation;
  • Solar energy conversion and storage;
  • Capacitors and supercapacitors.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Nabil Labchir
Dr. Elhassan Amaterz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • functional nanomaterials
  • thin films and coatings
  • physico-chemical properties
  • surface and interface
  • nanomaterial structures

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Cu–Ethanolamine Nanozymes Promote Urushiol Oxidation of Lacquer
by Yan Zhang, Ying Zhou, Lishou Ban, Tian Tang, Qian Liu, Xijun Liu and Jia He
Coatings 2024, 14(3), 332; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14030332 - 12 Mar 2024
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In order to control the production cost of lacquer products, Cu–ethanolamine nanozymes were synthesized to simulate laccase to catalyze the oxidation and polymerization of urushiol. First-principles calculation results indicate that the D-band center of Cu center in the nanozymes was closer to the [...] Read more.
In order to control the production cost of lacquer products, Cu–ethanolamine nanozymes were synthesized to simulate laccase to catalyze the oxidation and polymerization of urushiol. First-principles calculation results indicate that the D-band center of Cu center in the nanozymes was closer to the Fermi level than that of laccase, so Cu–ethanolamine was more conducive to the adsorption of substrate. The activation energy of Cu-ethanolamine catalyzed the oxidation of urushiol was significantly lower than that of laccase. Therefore, we inferred that the synthesized Cu–ethanolamine had a better catalytic effect on urushiol and was more conducive to paint film drying. By comprehensive comparison, the drying characteristics of the Cu–ethanolamine and raw lacquer with a 1:20 ratio are found to be closest to those of the raw lacquer, and the drying time is significantly shortened. The reaction results of the drying process performance test on the sample indicate that the composite lacquer can achieve the market-desired effect and performance requirements of the paint process. Full article
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Kinetic Study of the Aging and Overaging of Alloy Pb0.058%Ca0.12%Sr1.09%Sn for Battery Grids
by Youssef Ait Yassine, Marwan Lakhal, Nabil Labchir, Elhassan Zantalla, Elmadani Saad and Mohamed Sannad
Coatings 2023, 13(9), 1534; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13091534 - 1 Sep 2023
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In this paper, we examine the effect of a small amount of Sn, Sr and Ca on the hardening and the kinetic properties of Pb. Experimentally, we analyze the specific process from the structural hardening evolution to equilibrium of PbCaSrSn alloy occurring in [...] Read more.
In this paper, we examine the effect of a small amount of Sn, Sr and Ca on the hardening and the kinetic properties of Pb. Experimentally, we analyze the specific process from the structural hardening evolution to equilibrium of PbCaSrSn alloy occurring in two steps. In the first one, a discontinuous transformation hardening and a continuous precipitation take place. A lamellar discontinuous precipitation that occurs after aging, characterizes the second step. Theoretically, we study the aging and overaging kinetics of the alloy by using the two complimentary methods needed to calculate the apparent activation energies of the Pb0.058%Ca0.12%Sr1.09%Sn associated with the various transformations, characterizing its hardening at 20 and 80 °C. We show that activation energies of aging and overaging of Pb0.058%Ca0.12%Sr1.09%Sn alloy are 25 and 28 kJ/mole, respectively, which are four times lower than the self-diffusion energy of Pb. Moreover, the addition of Ca, Sr and Sn leads to an amplification of the maximum hardness from 5 ± 5% HV to 21 ± 5% HV and an acceleration of the transformation hardening process responsible for aging. Full article
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