Advanced Plasma Surface Treatments and Their Applications in Coating Technologies
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Plasma Coatings, Surfaces & Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 773
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Physics, Mathematics and Biophysics, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 4 Eivenių St., 50166 Kaunas, Lithuania
Interests: sufaces and interfaces; thin films; computer simulation; kinetic modeling; heterogeneous catalysis; diffusion in solids; plasma processing; interaction of particles with matter
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Interests: sufaces and interfaces; thin films; computer simulation; kinetic modeling; heterogeneous catalysis; diffusion in solids; plasma processing; interaction of particles with matter
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on “Advanced Plasma Surface Treatments and Their Applications in Coating Technologies”. Plasma surface treatments (PSTs) such as nitriding, carburizing, and advanced coatings functionalize surfaces, improving the mechanical, thermal, and corrosion performance of metallic substrates, along with other tailored properties (e.g., biocompatibility, catalysis, antibacterial response, self-lubrication, etc.). These techniques’ extensive applications range from structural components, particularly in the transport sector, to more advanced fields, such as bioengineering. This Special Issue aims to present the state of the art of PSTs for stainless steel and other alloys through a combination of original research papers, short communications, and review articles from leading research groups around the world.
We welcome experimental investigations, theoretical modeling, and computer simulations of kinetic processes and mechanisms involved in PSTs, particularly as they relate to coatings.
In particular, the topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Fundamental understanding of PST processes;
- Properties and performance of PST processes;
- Coating technologies combined with PSTs;
- Nitriding, carburizing, and other surface treatments during PSTs;
- Functionalization of PST surfaces;
- Bio-applications of PST surfaces;
- Mass-transport processes during PSTs;
- Modeling and computer simulations of PSTs;
- Advanced PST processes and their applications.
We look forward to your contributions, as they will help advance the field of plasma surface treatments and coatings.
Prof. Dr. Arvaidas Galdikas
Dr. Teresa Moskalioviene
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coatings
- surfaces
- alloys
- stainless steel
- biocompatibility
- diffusion
- nitriding
- carburizing
- mass transport
- solid-state reactions
- nitrides
- lattice stresses
- trapping–detrapping
- mathematical modeling
- computer simulations
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