Tribology of Coatings and Surface Layers
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Tribology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: PVD; CVD; hard coatings; cutting tools; wear; material analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Contact and interaction of surfaces is an everyday phenomenon, but with profound technical implications. Researchers and engineers have been working for decades to understand underlying mechanisms and provide better protection against wear and failure of steels and other technologically important materials. A wide range of surface modification and coating deposition methods has become available, including diffusion processes, galvanic methods, spraying techniques, PVD, and CVD, among others.
Several factors drive further research and innovation in this area. Among these are advancements in equipment technology that enable unprecedented manipulation of process parameters, unexplored material systems (such as multi-element systems), and, of course, increasing environmental concerns about current industrial processes. In fact, publications related to surface modification and coating deposition have grown almost exponentially, also driven by an increasing output from rapidly developing societies in the Asia Pacific region.
The present Special Issue of “Coatings” is looking for contributions in the following research areas:
- Engineered surfaces, tailored to meet specific demands.
- Wear-resistant coatings and surface layers obtained by processes such as surface diffusion, arc and sputter deposition, CVD, ALD, sol–gel processes, and galvanic methods, etc.
- Coating and layer compositions with superior properties.
- Study of degradation mechanisms by adhesion, abrasion, oxidation, etc.
- Innovative testing that considers the role of lubrication and wear.
- Analytics and simulation of layer systems and tribological contacts.
We are especially interested in connecting research and practical applications of novel solutions to challenging problems. I look forward to receiving numerous exciting contributions for our Special Issue, “Tribology of Coatings and Surface Layers.”
Dr. Joern Kohlscheen
Prof. Dr. Stephen C. Veldhuis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- protective coatings
- coating deposition processes
- wear and lubrication
- optimization of properties
- analytics & modeling
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