Tribocorrosion and Wear of Surface-Engineered Metallic Coatings and Alloys in Service Environments
A Special Issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412) belonging to the section "Tribology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2027 | Viewed by 139
Editors
Interests: coatings for wear control in general; tribological coatings for extreme operating conditions, e.g., for high/low temperatures, aggressive environments, etc.; friction and wear phenomena in tribological coatings
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tribocorrosion is a complex degradation process arising from the interaction of mechanical wear and electrochemical corrosion, and it remains a major challenge in the reliable use of metallic materials in marine, biomedical, chemical-processing, and energy-related systems. In surface engineering, coating design and alloy development have created new opportunities to improve durability under wear–corrosion conditions. However, it still depends strongly on coating, interface stability, passive film behavior, and environmental chemistry.
This Special Issue will focus on surface-engineered metallic coatings and advanced alloy systems specifically designed for tribo-corrosive environments. The aim is to provide a platform for high-quality contributions that advance the understanding of structure–property relationships, testing methodologies, and performance optimization under mechanical and corrosive conditions.
Topics of interest include tribo-corrosion mechanisms in metallic coatings and alloys; PVD, CVD, thermal spray, cladding, laser-processed, electrodeposited metallic coatings; in situ and electrochemical methods for tribo-corrosion characterization; wear in saline, acidic, alkaline, and body-fluid-like media; and material design strategies for marine, biomedical, and energy applications.
The Special Issue welcomes original research and critical review articles that offer mechanistic insight, robust experimental evaluation, and clear links between material design and service performance.
Dr. Erhan Duru
Dr. Fatih Doǧan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tribocorrosion
- wear–corrosion
- metallic coatings
- surface engineering
- advanced alloys
- passive films
- biomedical and marine applications
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