Advanced Spray Coatings

Dear Colleagues,

As a thin-film or thick-coating deposition process, spray technologies such as thermal spray, spray pyrolysis, and so on have been practically used for over 20 years due to their high deposition rate and low equipment cost in comparison with those of the conventional CVD and PVD processes, etc. In addition, since new spray technologies, such as HVOF (high-velocity oxygen fuel flame spraying), cold spraying, and SPS (suspension plasma spraying), in the field of thermal spray technology were developed and have been practically used recently, the utility of spray technologies are still widely spread. Therefore, information on the latest and prominent research on spray technologies are very important for engineers and researchers in this research field.

This Special Issue of Coatings on “Advanced Spray Technology” is intended to cover original research and critical review articles on recent advances in all aspects of spray technologies.

In particular, the topic of interest includes but is not limited to the following:

• Fundamentals and new concepts of spray technology;
• Spray coatings for electronics devices;
• Modeling and simulation of chemical reactions during film deposition;
• Diagnostics of spray flow during film deposition.

Prof. Dr. Yasutaka Ando
Guest Editor

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