Metallic Coatings: Deposition, Characterization and Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2021) | Viewed by 2192
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surface engineering; coatings; nanomaterials, thin films deposited by PVD, CVD or sol-gel; electron microscopy (SEM, TEM); X-ray techniques for phase analysis (XPS, XRD)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to introduce this new Special Issue of Coatings, “Metallic Coatings: Deposition, Characterization and Applications”. Metallic coatings are used to modify surface properties and may be functional or decorative. Generally, they present properties such as high corrosion resistance and high durability (fatigue resistance, wear resistance) with sufficient reliability (fracture toughness). For this application, base materials may be metallic, non-metallic, polymer or paper. Metallic coatings can be deposited by:
- Electroplating/electrodeposition;
- Metallizing or flame spraying;
- Hot-dipping;
- Vapor deposition;
- Diffusion-coating or surface alloying;
- Cladding (plasma, laser, electron beam etc).
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
This Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers in the following topics:
- Deposition methods;
- Characterization of structure (SEM, AFM, TEM, XRD, XPS) and properties (corrosion, fatigue resistance, wear resistance, fracture toughness) of coatings;
- Coatings for environmental, energy, and medical applications.
Dr. Agnieszka Kopia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metallic coatings
- protective corrosion coatings
- wear resistant
- structure of coatings
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