Surface Engineering: Strategies for Tailoring Materials Properties
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 189
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomaterials; sensors; interfaces; electrocatalysis; batteries; (photo-)catalysis; functional coatings
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Dear Colleagues,
Surface engineering is fundamental to contemporary materials science, providing effective means to manipulate and improve the characteristics of solids while preserving their overall composition.
Surface strategies allow for the manipulation of essential physicochemical, electronic, catalytic, and interfacial behaviors that determine the final material’s performance, ranging from atomic-scale alterations to functional coatings and hybridization. This Special Issue seeks to compile innovative research and reviews that investigate how surface modification, functionalization, and interface design can be utilized to develop materials and colloids with customized properties for applications including catalysis, sensing, energy conversion, (opto-)electronics, photonics, and biomedicine.
Submissions are welcomed for experimental and theoretical research focusing on chemical and physical methods for surface modification including, but not limited to, plasma treatments, self-assembled monolayers, surface doping, and nanostructuring. Specific focus will be placed on studies that link surface structure to functional response or that showcase novel analytical and characterization techniques. Submissions that link surface science with data-driven design, sustainable processing, and scalable technologies are also encouraged.
Hence, this Special Issue aims to provide a platform for pioneering strategies and perspectives that will shape the next generation of engineered surfaces, interfaces, and colloidal materials.
Dr. Eleonora Pargoletti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- surface engineering
- surface functionalization
- materials
- colloids
- interface
- coatings
- advanced applications
- structure–property relationship
- data-driven design
- sustainable processes
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