Coatings Imparting Multifunctional Properties to Materials

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on “Coatings Imparting Multifunctional Properties to Materials” in Coatings. Coatings are traditionally used to protect materials from corrosion and erosion and to improve the performance of equipment. Currently, there are coatings that provide materials with new properties, for example, biocidal, hydrophobic, self-cleaning, etc. A promising area of materials science is the development of “smart” coatings that simultaneously give materials several new properties. The properties of the coatings are determined by the materials of the coatings, the structure and the properties of the substrate surface, and the methods of forming the coatings. To form multifunctional coatings, a variety of techniques are used: the dip-coating technique, chemical deposition/electrodeposition, layer by layer assembly, spray coating, spin coating technique, electrospray/electrospinning coating technique, chemical etching technique, lithographic patterning technique, and miscellaneous techniques.

The aim of this Special Issue is to publish original research articles, critical reviews, as well as perspectives, from leading researchers in both academia and industry, on all aspects related to recent advances in the design, preparation and investigation of structure, morphology, and properties of coatings for imparting multifunctional properties of materials. Contributions on the new concepts and mechanisms of forming coatings to impart multifunctional properties to materials are also welcome.

In particular, the topic of interest includes but is not limited to:

• New ways of forming multifunctional coatings;
• Materials with new multifunctional coatings;
• New methods for determining the characteristics of multifunctional coatings;
• Advanced industrial applications of coatings for imparting materials’ multifunctional properties.

Prof. Dr. N. P. Prorokova
Guest Editor

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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