Metallic Materials Coatings and Their Wear, Corrosion, and Tribological Performances
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Thin Films and Interfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: high-performance titanium matrix composites; metal additive manufacturing; metal surface enhancement; welding material development; metal strengthening strategies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In industrial applications, wear and corrosion remain the predominant failure mechanisms of metallic components, often leading to substantial economic losses and operational downtime. Surface engineering through advanced metallic coatings has emerged as a critical strategy to significantly extend the operational lifespan of metallic systems while enhancing their functional performance. In this context, research activities related to surface metallic coating are of significance.
This Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research on the wear, corrosion, and oxidation of metallic material coatings. Research papers exploring innovations in coating preparation, composition/structure design, characterization, performance enhancement, and failure analysis will be given special consideration. Above all, all submissions should include rigorous discussions on process–microstructure–performance correlations from a materials science perspective and provide new understanding and insights based on experimental characterization of the coating material. Topic of interests should cover the following two aspects:
A: Process: direct energy deposition, plasma spraying, wet chemical and electrochemical process, physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), etc.
B: Performance: wear resistance (abrasion, fretting erosion, etc.), tribological performance, corrosion and oxidation resistance, multifunctional integration performance, etc.
Dr. Yang Bao
Prof. Dr. Xinxin Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metallic material coatings
- advanced synthetic methods
- wear, corrosion, and oxidation performance
- multifunctional integration
- failure analysis
- modeling
- simulation
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