Surface Treatments and Coating of Metallic Materials (2nd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Surface treatments and coating technologies are of extremely great interest in the metallurgical sector because they permit the functionalization of the metal surface, thus modifying the part of the metal that interacts with the environment and permitting the obtaining of particular properties that cannot be obtained with only the bulk material. There are a wide range of properties that can be modified with surface treatments; the most common treatments are performed in order to improve the wear and corrosion properties of metals, but treatments are also often performed in order to provide some particular functionality to the metal surfaces. The classification of surface treatments is generally performed on the basis of the thickness of the coating (thick or thin coating) or on the basis of the type of deposition (deposition from the liquid, solid, or vapor phase). The type of coating generally depends both on the type of application of the final product and on the composition of the metallic substrate.

The purpose of this Special Issue, for which a second edition is now being published thanks to the success of the first one, is to publish studies that deal with surface treatments of metallic materials. These may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Coatings deposited from the vapor phase (PVD, CVD, and PA-CVD);
• Coatings deposited from the liquid phase: anodizing, plasma electrolytic oxidation, other conversion treatments, electroplating of metallic coatings, hot-dip galvanizing, or electroless deposition;
• Coatings deposited from the solid phase: thermal spray coating, laser cladding, or welded coatings;

We invite you to submit both original contributions and review works on these topics, with papers that deal with both production methods and the characterization of the coatings produced on different metal substrates being particularly encouraged. 

Dr. Luca Pezzato
Guest Editor

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