Advances in Nanostructured Thin Films and Coatings, 3rd 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 March 2026 | Viewed by 954
Special Issue Editors
Interests: micro/nano/2D materials-mediated modern physics for the integrative innovation of information technology; biomedicine and new energy (including surface- and interface-controlled fabrication of nano/microstructure materials for biomedicine); new energy and industrial catalysis and information technology via novel programmed microfluidic processes; template-assisted nano-imprinting and varieties of inorganic–organic interface cladding processes at nano/atomic scale
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Interests: smart materials; surface and interface science; composites; self-assembly; sensors; pulsed electric field technique; electromagnetic functional material
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advanced thin films and coatings represent a kind of solid interface with unique electronic, electric, magnetic, optical, thermal, and mechanical properties with frictional, acoustic, catalytic, and permeable properties with advanced applications in specific fields. They have become increasingly important in modern information technology, new energy, biotechnology, and other industrial fields, being crucial in the theory and development of surface and interface science and in fabrication technology, from the microscale to the nanoscale, and even the atomic scale (e.g., ALD).
In particular, with advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology, different varieties of nanostructured thin films and coatings are being developed with unique electronic, electric, magnetic, optical, catalytic, thermal, and mechanical properties. These are instrumental in achieving progress in the areas of information technology, biomedical engineering, and new energy. Therefore, this is a fitting time to present a summary of the progress made in the field of nanostructured thin films and coatings. We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to contribute to this Special Issue, which will be published by the well-established SCI-indexed journal Coatings. We welcome submissions either in the form of reviews on a particular topic (e.g., nanostructured thin films for solar cells) or recent original research results. We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Yujun Song
Prof. Dr. Qingwei Liao
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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.
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Keywords
- micro-nanostructure
- thin films
- coatings
- surface and interface
- inorganic–organic composites
- atom fabrication
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