Polymer Coatings and Surface Engineering: Physicochemical Properties and Performance

Dear Colleagues,

Polymer coatings and surface engineering are core supporting technologies for modern advanced materials and industrial manufacturing. They play an irreplaceable role in optimizing material surface properties, protecting substrate materials, and realizing the functionalization of coating systems. With the rapid development of advanced manufacturing, new energy, aerospace, marine engineering and intelligent equipment industries, traditional polymer coatings are confronted with severe challenges such as extreme temperature, humidity corrosion and chemical medium erosion. Meanwhile, the growing demand for functional, intelligent, green and low-carbon advanced surface coatings has promoted continuous global technological innovation in this field. Exploring the physicochemical property evolution laws and regulating the macroscopic performance of polymer coatings is a cutting-edge research direction that integrates materials science, surface engineering and industrial engineering and possesses significant theoretical research value and practical engineering application prospects. This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the latest research advances in the design modification, characterization testing and engineering application of high-performance polymer coatings and surface engineering technologies. We welcome high-quality original research articles and comprehensive review papers focusing on the correlation between the microstructure, physicochemical properties and practical service performance of polymer coating systems, as well as innovative surface modification technologies for various substrates.

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

• Design, synthesis and preparation of novel functional polymer coatings;
• Microstructure regulation and interfacial optimization of polymer coating systems;
• Characterization of physicochemical properties of polymer coatings, including wettability, adhesion, thermal stability, chemical resistance and other key performances;
• Tribological, anti-corrosion, anti-aging and comprehensive protective performances of polymer coatings under complex working conditions;
• Innovative surface engineering modification technologies for enhancing the performance of polymer coatings.

Dr. Dalei Song
Guest Editor

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