Modern Methods of Shaping the Structure and Properties of Coatings, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: laser surface engineering; laser material processing; welding processes; coatings; deposition; plasma processing; electron beam processing; additive manufacturing; management; quality assurance
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Interests: production engineering; manufacturing processes; materials engineering; materials characterization; management; quality assurance; welding processes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the first edition of the Special Issue, ‘Modern Methods of Shaping the Structure and Properties of Coatings’ (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/coatings/special_issues/Shaping_Coating) successful, we are pleased to invite you to contribute this second edition.
The properties of the surface layers or coatings of machine components or tools have a key impact on their functionality, operating parameters, strength, durability, and reliability.
Conditions on the surface and surface layers or coatings often have a significant impact not only on the tribological characteristics, but also the strength of the entire cross-section of the component, especially in the case of fatigue or impact loads. This is due to the fact that surface roughness, and even single scratches, as well as changes in the structure, hardness, or stress in the surface layer or coating (the direction of stress is also important), can act as a notch and therefore concentrate stress.
For this reason, knowledge of the parameters and characteristics of the surface, surface layer, or coating is not only important when designing and manufacturing components operating under conditions of surface wear, but also in the case of other manufacturing methods, e.g., additive methods or welded structures.
This Special Issue aims to cover the broad aspects of science, technology, applications of surface treatment methods, coatings, and deposition; it also aims to cover the characterisation of surface layers and materials, as well as methods of additive manufacturing, welding, and related areas.
Original research articles and reviews are welcome. Potential topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Technologies for surface treatment, deposition, and welding.
- Designing and shaping the properties of surface layers.
- Tribological characteristics of surface layers.
- Characterisation of surface layers and new materials (microstructure and properties).
- Wear mechanisms of surface layers (abrasion, erosion, cavitation, etc.).
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Aleksander Lisiecki
Dr. Agnieszka Kurc-Lisiecka
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
- surface treatment
- surface layer
- tribology
- cladding
- surfacing
- hardening
- coating
- alloying
- wear resistance
- corrosion resistance
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