Anodizing Processes for the Production of Advanced Functional Coatings
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 64299
Special Issue Editors
Interests: growth and breakdown of anodic oxide films; characterization of corrosion layers and passive films; PEO coatings; conversion coatings; electronic properties of semiconducting and insulating oxides; photoelectrochemistry; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
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Interests: anodizing; electrodeposition processes; electropolymerization; physico-chemical characterization of passive films and corrosion layers; photoelectrochemistry; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
Interests: anodizing and anodic thin films; dieletrics; ion-exchange membranes; photoelectrochemistry; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; resistive switching; reverse electrodialysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, surface engineering has played an important role in technological applications for automotive, aerospace, biomedical, electronic, and chemical industries with the aim to modify and improve the surface properties of materials for protection in hard contact conditions or in contact with aggressive environments, or for specific functional performance.
Among the techniques currently used for coatings fabrication, one of the most effective is anodizing, i.e., an electrochemical oxidation process that allows the formation on the surface of metals and metal alloys of oxide layers of tuneable composition, properties, microstructure, and morphology. The properties of these oxide layers are affected by process parameters such as applied voltage, applied current, bath composition, bath temperature, etc.
The scope of this Special Issue will cover several aspects relating to anodizing processes of metal such as Al, Mg, Ti, Zr, and their alloys, with a special interest in the following themes:
- Anodizing mechanism;
- Theoretical modelling of anodic film growth;
- Barrier and porous anodic films;
- Post anodizing processes (e.g., sealing, coloring);
- Corrosion behavior of anodic films;
- Electronic properties of anodic films;
- Hard anodizing, micro arc oxidation and plasma electrolytic oxidation;
- Anodic films for advanced biomedical, electronic, and aerospace applications.
Prof. Dr. Monica Santamaria
Dr. Francesco Di Franco
Dr. Andrea Zaffora
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anodizing
- anodic films
- PEO
- MAO
- corrosion protection
- electronic properties
- sealing
- coloring
- barrier films
- porous films
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