Surface Modification and Coatings of Metallic Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 596
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced lightweight materials; solid-state and fusion welding; multi-material structures polymer matrix composite materials processing; polymer-based material coating and metallization
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Interests: metals and alloys; surface engineering; coatings technologies; thermal and cold spray processes; advanced lightweight materials; solid-state and fusion welding; material characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During the service operation, any metallic component will face a specific environment. This interaction can limit its lifetime or alter its properties to the point that it cannot longer satisfy the requirements. The protection of the surface of metallic materials against the environment is, therefore, of primary importance. Surface modification through chemical treatment and morphology transformation, or the deposition of the protective coating of a different material, are successful strategies to help materials resist damage and endure in harsh environments, add new biocompatible and antimicrobial functionalities, create systems for sustainable energy generation, and clean up pollutants. Currently, both academia and industry worldwide are devoting considerable research efforts to find novel surface modification techniques, coating manufacturing, or coating systems for an ever-growing range of challenges. This Special Issue, “Surface Modification and Coatings of Metallic Materials”, is dedicated to the latest scientific achievements in the field. Both reviews and articles are welcome, together with technical notes. This issue welcomes contributions of any kind in the fields of manufacturing processes of coating, such as physical and chemical vapor deposition, thermal and plasma spraying, surface modification by directed energy, electro and chemical treatments, and the properties and performance of engineered surfaces, like friction, wear and corrosion resistance, thermal protection, hydrophobic and oleophobic materials, functionalization for the environment, and energy and medical applications. All approaches will be encouraged, including theoretical, experimental, and numerical ones.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Pierpaolo Carlone
Dr. Felice Rubino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surface engineering and coatings
- metallic and nonmetallic coatings
- coatings for surface protection
- hard coatings
- surface analysis of surface modification
- functionalized surfaces
- surface treatments for nonferrous alloys
- coatings for sustainability
- plasma processing
- thermal spray processing
- wear and corrosion-resistant coatings
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