Innovative Surface Treatments and Coatings Involving Electrochemical Deposition
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2020) | Viewed by 15368
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Interests: electrochemical processes and technologies; electrodeposition of metals and alloys in aqueous and ionic liquids based electrolytes; chemical surface treatments; corrosion and corrosion protection; anodization; nanoparticles and nanowires synthesis involving electrochemical procedures; composite coatings with carbon nanomaterials.
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on “Innovative Surface Treatments and Coatings Involving Electrochemical Deposition”.
New solutions for a large range of industrial sectors are currently closely connected through the development and promotion of improved and innovative surface treatments and coatings as well as of the related process technologies.
Even electrochemical deposition has become a well-known technology, providing certain advantages over other material deposition techniques. New concepts, the need for more environmentally-friendly electrolytes that are able to comply with the current legislation, novel applications, and developments in the field of nanomaterials for the next generation of miniaturized devices make scientific research on this topic very attractive.
Recent advances in electrochemical processes including the use of non-aqueous electrolytes such as room temperature ionic liquids (ILs) and of refined pulsed deposition schemes have significantly contributed to the interest in these techniques. IL-based electrolytes enable the deposition of materials that cannot be currently deposited from aqueous solutions or which may provide enhanced functionalities. Pulsed electrochemical deposition facilitates the fabrication of nanowire and nanotube arrays of metals, alloys, semiconductors, and conducting polymers.
A wide range of metal and alloy coatings offer various structural or functional characteristics, including improved mechanical properties, chemical and corrosion resistance, and biocompatibility. They can act as (electro)catalytic materials or may provide (multi)functional properties such as optical, electromagnetic, thermoelectrical ones, etc.
The aim of this Special Issue is to publish original research articles and critical reviews on all aspects related to recent advances in the electrodeposition and characterization of innovative metal and alloy coatings from leading groups from academia and industry.
In particular, the topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Electrodeposition of alloys with enhanced corrosion and tribocorrosion resistance;
- Electrodeposition of micro- and nanoporous metallic structures with applications in sensing, (electro)catalysis, filtration, supercapacitors or batteries;
- Electrodeposition of micro- and nanostructured thermoelectric materials;
- Electrodeposition of high-performance nanostructured metal and alloy coatings using ionic liquids;
- Electrodeposition of composite coatings.
Dr. Liana Anicǎi
Guest Editor
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