Plasmas Processes Applied on Metals and Alloys

Dear Colleagues,

Plasma technology is a versatile tool for materials processing. The ability to deposit and modify materials provides many practically useful functions to materials processing and thin film deposition. Plasma technology has been extensively used in thin film depositions, surface modification, substrate cleaning, materials cutting, and metallurgy, etc. To support the continuing development of this fast-growing research topic, we have organized a Special Issue of Metals to invite researchers worldwide to showcase their research results. Regular length papers, short communications and review articles on plasma technology applied to metals, alloys, and high conductivity materials such as carbonaceous materials are invited.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Plasma coatings
• Plasma surface modifications
• Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)
• Sputtering
• Atmospheric pressure plasma
• Dielectric barrier discharge
• Microplasmas
• Plasma spray
• Plasma cutting
• Plasma metallurgy

Prof. Jian-Zhang Chen
Prof. Shih-Hang Chang
Guest Editors

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