Porous Ceramic Coatings and Materials
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Ceramic Coatings and Engineering Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editor
Interests: crystal engineering; 3D printing; porous materials; supramolecular chemistry; organic synthesis; fluorescence sensor; stimuli-responsive materials; homogeneous catalysis; polymer synthesis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, titled “Porous Ceramic Coatings and Materials,” highlights advances in the design, scalable fabrication, rigorous characterization, and application of porous ceramic coatings and ceramic-based porous materials. Topics include porosity and pore-network control, hierarchical architectures, interfacial engineering and graded structures, green/industrial processing (including sol–gel, suspension/plasma spray, SPS, CVD/PVD, and additive manufacturing), structure–property–performance relationships, durability in extreme environments, and modeling, simulation, and data-driven discovery. We place a strong emphasis on physicochemical properties—such as surface chemistry, wettability, transport (heat, mass, charge), mechanical/thermal stability, and catalytic kinetics—and on credible pathways to practical use, including device integration, scaling, benchmarking, and long-term reliability under realistic operating conditions. Target application domains include thermal/environmental barrier coatings, corrosion/oxidation protection, catalysis and photocatalysis, filtration and separation, energy conversion/storage, sensors, bioceramics, and environmental remediation. We welcome original research and critical reviews. Studies featuring advanced and in situ/operando characterization (X-ray CT, FIB-SEM, nanoindentation), standards-aligned testing, and life-cycle or techno-economic analysis are especially encouraged. Our goal is to connect composition, microstructure, and physicochemical properties to end-use performance, accelerating translation from laboratory discovery to industrial deployment.
Dr. Mingshi Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- porous ceramic coatings
- hierarchical porosity
- sol–gel templating
- polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs)
- additive manufacturing (direct ink writing)
- advanced manufacturing
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