Heterogeneous Nanostructured Coatings: Design, Preparation, and Application
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion, Wear and Erosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 5
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Interests: PVD; hard coatings; tribological properties
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Interests: nanomaterials; surface engineering; thin films; PVD; magnetron sputtering; solid lubricants; tribological properties; 2D materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heterogeneous materials are composed of regions with different properties. The synergistic effect between these regions makes their performance far superior to that of traditional homogeneous materials. Heterogeneous coatings have also rapidly become an important research field due to their superior performance and enormous application potential. The design, preparation, and applications of such coatings represent important research directions.
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials, “Heterogeneous Nanostructured Coatings: Design, Preparation, and Application”, will include original research and critical review articles on recent advances in aspects of heterogeneous nanostructured coatings. The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Fundamental and new concepts in surface technologies;
- Heterogeneous nanostructured hard coatings;
- Wear-resistant and friction-reducing coatings;
- Advanced characterization techniques for heterogeneous nanostructured coatings;
- Advanced 3D materials;
- Simulations of heterogeneous nanostructured coatings
Prof. Dr. Hongbo Ju
Dr. Bingyang Ma
Dr. Shiyang Sun
Dr. Talha Bin Yaqub
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heterogeneous nanostructured coatings
- hard coatings
- self-lubricant coatings
- 3D-printed materials
- simulations
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