Recent Advances in Paper Coatings and Their Applications

Dear Colleagues,

I invite you to submit your research work to the Special Issue titled “Recent Advances in Paper Coatings and Their Applications”.  While paper coatings have been important for a number of grades, we want to highlight some of the recent work in areas including methods to characterize the coating layers, the coating process, the influence of drying methods, and the interaction of the paper web and the coating. Research in traditional pigment coatings for publication grades are welcome, as well as work around specialty grades and barrier coatings. The use of cellulose nanomaterials as a coating or as a coating additive are of interest as well. The coating of bio-based polymers and the exploration of sustainable materials are also relevant. New methods to predict the mechanical, optical, and printing properties are welcome.

The aim of this Special Issue is to document the recent experimental and computational advances as applied to paper coatings. Practical work to improve existing coatings, coating processes, or the functionality of the coating layer would be valuable to this Issue. 

Examples of topics of interest are listed below, but topics are not limited to these areas.

• Binder optimization and the relationship to coating layer properties.
• Parameters that influence the barrier coating performance.
• New methods to characterize coating layers in terms of their optical properties, mechanical performance, and their interaction with ink.
• Coating layers that are good for various printing methods.
• Material and process optimizations.
• Computational methods to predict coating flows, paper structure, mechanical properties, light scattering, and ink setting.
• Sustainable materials for paper coatings.

Prof. Dr. Douglas W. Bousfield
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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