Advances in Polymer Resins and Functional Coatings
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Functional Polymer Coatings and Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 March 2026 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editors
Interests: anticorrosive coating; epoxy; acrylic; corrosion mechanisms; self-healing; Ti3C2Tx; stainless steel; proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); fiber modification; fabric coating
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer resins and functional coatings are essential for advancing modern technologies in biomedical engineering, renewable energy, aerospace, sustainable manufacturing, etc. To address these needs, advanced coatings with enhanced mechanical strength, thermal stability, self-healing capabilities, biodegradability, conductivity, and stimuli-responsive behaviours have emerged as key enablers of next-generation applications.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for researchers to publish their recent research efforts on polymer resins and functional coatings, including research on the preparation methods, structure characterization, and property as well as performance analysis of polymer resins and functional coatings. Both theoretical insights and experimental studies are encouraged, particularly those bridging laboratory discoveries to real-world solutions. In this Special Issue, original papers or reviews on functional coatings are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- High-performance polymer composites.
- Conductive/electroactive polymers.
- Biodegradable/biocompatible polymers.
- Sustainable polymer synthesis.
- Polymer-based coatings.
- Self-healing or adaptive coatings.
- Thermally insulating/phase-change coatings.
- Antimicrobial/antifouling polymer coatings.
- Anticorrosive coatings.
- Functional coatings for textiles.
- Nanostructured or hybrid polymer coatings.
Prof. Dr. Hongbin Lu
Dr. Li Jiang
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- polymer-based anticorrosion coatings
- functional coatings for textiles
- functional coatings for energy storage applications
- functional coatings for power plants
- technologies and processes for coating preparations
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