Research Progress in Fusion Coatings and Additive Manufacturing
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 July 2026 | Viewed by 37
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced welding and joining; welding physics; numerical simulation of efficient welding process; brazing coating; additive manufacturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent theoretical and technological advances in fusion coatings and additive manufacturing have positioned these fields at the forefront of materials engineering, offering innovative pathways for designing and fabricating high-performance, multifunctional protective systems. Driven by the growing demand for lightweight, durable, and corrosion-resistant components across aerospace, energy, biomedical, and automotive sectors, the integration of fusion-based coating processes with additive manufacturing techniques presents unprecedented opportunities to create complex, tailored material architectures with enhanced properties.
This synergy allows for the development of coatings that not only provide superior barrier functionality but also incorporate geometric complexity and functional gradation unachievable through conventional methods. Current research is increasingly focused on understanding the interplay between microstructure, processing parameters, and performance in extreme environments—including high temperature, mechanical stress, and corrosive conditions.
The scope of this Special Issue will serve as a platform for contributions addressing the following themes:
- Advances in fusion coating technologies such as thermal spraying, laser cladding, plasma-transferred arc, and cold spray, especially when integrated with additive manufacturing platforms.
- Design, fabrication, and characterization of novel coating materials—including metals, ceramics, composites, and functionally graded structures—tailored for additive manufacturing processes.
- Recent advances in laser processing related to surface engineering, such as cladding, ablation, texturing, polishing, etc., laser processing technologies to improve the performance of material surfaces and connections between materials.
- Research on coating-substrate interdiffusion, bonding mechanisms, residual stress management, and microstructure control in additively manufactured protective layers.
- Evaluation of coating performance under demanding conditions such as high-temperature oxidation, wear, erosion, thermal cycling, and corrosive environments.
- Development of in-situ monitoring, process optimization, and intelligent control strategies for hybrid manufacturing of coated components.
- Modeling and simulation of thermal history, phase evolution, defect formation, and mechanical behavior in fusion-coated additively manufactured structures.
- Novel applications of fusion coating and additive manufacturing in repairing, remanufacturing, and enhancing surface properties of critical engineering components.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Jin Peng
Dr. Zhipeng Yuan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fusion coating
- additive manufacturing
- laser welding and cladding
- corrosion and wear resistance
- coating–substrate interface
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