Environmental Coatings on Nano-surfaces and Interfaces
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
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Interests: analytical chemistry; biochemistry, capillary electrophoresis; coatings; colloids; desorption of waterc ontaminants; dynamic light scattering; fluorescence spectroscopy; lecithin liposomes; mass spectrometry; molecular imprinting; nanoparticles; polymers; toxicity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The scope of this Special Issue covers fundamental aspects ranging from the theory of charged surfaces to how nanoparticles deposit on them to form two- or three- dimensional coatings. Over the last several years, we have witnessed an impressive growth in the production of novel nanostructured coatings on a variety of substrate materials. The enormous demand for technological solutions by major manufacturing industries presents a strong driving force in the search for more advanced nano-coatings. Research and development efforts in the field seem to focus on the discovery of new physical and chemical properties among advanced nanomaterials. One punctilious challenge is the need to make sure that these nano-coatings are environmentally friendly. Specifically, biocompatible polymer coatings can reduce the toxicity of nanoparticles, coating of silver nanoparticles with a biodegradable polymer can prevent toxicity of a metal oxide substrate, and carbon nanotubes can be coated with polydopamine by spontaneous oxidative polymerization. This Special Issue aims to encourage worldwide researchers in sharing their scientific and technological knowledge on new nano-coatings of low toxicity and facile formation. It may include novel synthetic routes for coating substrates with proper biocompatible polymers, strategies for rapid formation of thick polymeric films, and instrumental methods for characterization of their unique physicochemical properties. Special welcome extends to emerging technologies that can be directly applied in very large volumes of environmental water.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- deposition of natural organic matter onto model environmental surface;
- nanoscale chemical imaging of solid–liquid interfaces;
- design of biomimetic porous material interfaces at nanoscale;
- phenotypically heterogeneous microenvironments in biofilms development;
- formation of covalently bonded imine‐based discrete nanostructures;
- dissolution of nanoscale silica particles in electrolyte solution;
- preparation of plasmonic Au/TiO2 nanoparticles with perfect hetero-interface;
- catalytic processes at functional transition metal oxide–electrolyte interfaces;
- surface wetting properties of epitaxial rare-earth oxide thin films;
- dewetting of thin polymeric film to form nanoscale droplets on a substrate;
- formation of a nanometer-thick lepidocrocite film on pristine calcite surface;
- nucleation and growth of micro/nano-droplets of ionic liquids on surfaces.
Prof. Dr. Edward P.C. Lai
Guest Editor
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