Coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials: Trends, Processes and Opportunities

Dear Colleagues,

Owing to their high strength, excellent high-temperature resistance, superior wear resistance and corrosion resistance, High-Temperature Structural Materials could be used as key hot-end component materials in aviation, aerospace and industry fields. However, the traditional High-Temperature Structural Materials could not satisfy the requirements of an ultra-high temperature/ultra-high pressure service condition, and the coatings fabrication was imminent. The introduction of coatings could improve the microstructures, thermal properties (thermal conductivity, coefficient of thermal expansion) and functional performance (high-temperature emissivity, microwave-absorbing performance, dielectric properties) of High-Temperature Structural Materials. Therefore, the Special Issue, “Coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials: Trends and Opportunities”, focuses on the advanced manufacturing approaches, functions, performance and reviews or development tendency of coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials.

This Special Issue will concentrate on highlighting timely research studies addressing the fabrication, characterizations and application of coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials. The topics include, but are not limited to:

• The coating reviews for High-Temperature Structural Materials;
• The advanced manufacturing approaches of protective coating on High-Temperature Structural Materials.
• The advanced characterization technique of protective coating (FIB-TEM, SEM, TG-FT-IR, Raman, etc.).
• The microstructures, thermal properties, mechanical properties and high-temperature resistance of protective coating.
• The failure mechanism of coatings for High-Temperature Structural Materials;
• First principles calculation or molecular dynamic (MD) simulations in the mechanical or thermal properties of protective coating.

Authors are invited and welcome to submit original research papers, reviews and short communications.

Dr. Dongyang Zhang
Dr. Ren Lu
Guest Editors

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