Advanced Coatings Towards Corrosion and Wear Protection
A Special Issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412) belonging to the section "Corrosion, Wear and Erosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2027 | Viewed by 408
Editors
Interests: advanced coatings; atmospheric corrosion protection; corrosion and wear resistant coatings; tribological coatings; surface engineering; nanostructured protective coatings
Interests: anticorrosive coatings; plasma modifications; surface properties; nanostructures; sustainability in materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The degradation of engineering materials due to corrosion, wear, and erosion represents a critical challenge for the integrity and reliability of assets in sectors such as energy, aerospace, transportation, and manufacturing. As industries push the limits of operational efficiency, advanced coatings have emerged as essential strategies to extend the service life of components operating under aggressive chemical and mechanical conditions. Recent advances in materials science and surface engineering have enabled the development of next-generation coatings with improved hardness, chemical stability, and multifunctional properties.
Driven by the current need for sustainable industrial growth, there is a renewed impetus towards developing environmentally friendly deposition processes and replacing hazardous conventional coatings. This Special Issue aims to highlight recent progress in the development, characterization, and application of advanced protective coatings. We seek to provide a forum for both fundamental understanding and practical industrial applications, bridging the gap between theoretical research and field performance.
The scope of this Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers addressing the following concepts:
- Innovative materials for surface protection: nanostructured coatings, high-entropy alloys, cermets, and carbon-based systems (DLC, graphene, and 2D materials).
- Smart and multifunctional systems: self-healing coatings, stimuli-responsive surfaces, and hybrid organic–inorganic layers.
- Advanced deposition technologies: PVD, CVD, thermal spray, sol–gel processing, electrodeposition, and emerging additive manufacturing strategies.
- Degradation mechanisms: deep insights into corrosion, solid particle erosion, tribological behavior, and synergistic effects under dynamic loading.
- Sustainable surface engineering: eco-friendly coatings and low-carbon-footprint processing.
- Digitalization of surface engineering: computer modeling, simulation, and machine learning for coating design, performance prediction, and reliability assessment.
We invite original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and perspectives that contribute to the advancement of protective technologies in harsh environments.
Dr. Victoria Bustos-Terrones
Dr. Horacio Martinez Valencia
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- advanced protective coatings
- corrosion and wear resistance
- surface engineering
- sustainable deposition technologies
- computational modeling and simulation
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