Thin Films for Tribological Applications

Dear Colleagues,

In automotive, aerospace, and other industries, many parts of different machines will experience wear in various forms. Surface treatment can effectively solve the wear problem, and coatings are widely used.  Consequently, over the past few decades, extensive research has focused on understanding wear behavior of the surface and proposing more effective treatment.

Therefore, we would like to invite you to submit your original research to this Coatings Special Issue entitled “Thin Films for Tribological Applications”. The goal of this Special Issue is to include all aspects of research related to surface for tribological applications and wear-resistant coatings, including theoretical and application-oriented papers, experimental and numerical studies, case studies, and reviews.

We encourage you to send manuscripts containing scientific findings within the broad fields of coatings and tribology. In particular, the topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Wear;
• Friction;
• Tribology;
• Wear resistance;
• Coatings;
• Surface treatment;
• Thin films.

Dr. José Carlos Fonseca
Dr. Chengdi Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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