Porous Materials in Coating Technologies: Design, Fabrication, and Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 79
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Porous materials are a class of functional materials characterized by pore structures that span from the nanoscale to the millimeter scale, endowing them with distinctive physical and chemical properties. In combination with various coating preparation techniques, porous materials can be used to obtain various functional, protective, or decorative coatings that have excellent properties. The intrinsic value of a porous material is rooted in its structural function-integrated design, which is achieved through the modulation of its porosity, pore size distribution, and surface chemistry. These materials are able to efficiently address critical demands for energy conservation, environmental protection, and multifunctionality, and they also have industrial applications in other fields. With advancements in nanotechnology, computational materials science, and green manufacturing, porous materials are poised to play an increasingly pivotal role in promoting industrial transformation and achieving sustainable development.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute your academic achievements to this Special Issue. This Special Issue is dedicated to the latest advancements in porous materials across various domains, including, but not limited to, the fabrication and characteristics of porous coatings, theoretical and computational modeling of porous coatings, processes for coating deposition and modification, functional or protective porous coatings, energy storage and conversion, catalysis and fuel processing, adsorption and filtration, carbon dioxide capture, separation technology, lightweight and high-strength materials, drug delivery systems, biological tissue engineering, thermal and sound insulation, smart responsive materials, microelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing, and 3D printing and customized fabrication. We also welcome submissions on the novel achievements and practical applications of porous materials in other relevant fields.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue, whether it be a full paper, review, or short communication.
The research areas of these submissions may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Porous coatings;
- Porous materials;
- Porous media;
- Coating processes;
- Advanced manufacturing;
- Mechanism analysis;
- Finite element simulation;
- Applied surface science;
- Optimal design;
- Parameter optimization;
- Characterization techniques;
- Practical applications.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Xinmin Shen
Dr. Xiaocui Yang
Dr. Fei Yang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- porous coating
- advanced manufacturing
- optimal design
- coating process
- parameter optimization
- characterization techniques
- finite element simulation
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