New Insights into Coating Materials: From Fundamentals to Material Performance
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 494
Special Issue Editor
Interests: ceramics; coatings; electrochemical; oxidation behavior
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Dear Colleagues,
Coating materials are substances applied as a thin layer to the surface of an object to provide protection, decoration or specific functional properties. At present, in order to make materials better adapt to a variety of complex and extreme environments (such as high temperature, oxidation erosion, hot salt mixture corrosion and even radiation), make up for the current technical shortcomings and main needs, and formulate feasible strategies to improve wear resistance, the oxidation resistance, corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of materials are necessary.
This Special Issue is devoted to research on the surface properties of materials, the oxidation mechanism and oxidation behavior of surface coatings, the principles and methods of damage protection of materials in complex extreme environments, and more advanced processing and manufacturing technology, as well as the theory and application of surface interface performance control.
Therefore, we are inviting the submission of full-length original articles and reviews to this Special Issue, aiming to cover the scientific knowledge in this area and discuss the topics of interest.
Prof. Dr. Haibin Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coatings
- coating materials
- ceramic coatings
- oxidation resistance
- oxidation-protective coating
- anti-corrosion coatings
- metal surface properties
- metal surface engineering
- metal damage protection
- surface modification
- surface technology
- wear-resistant
- corrosion protection coating
- composite coating
- microstructure and performance
- hardness
- mechanical properties
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