Sustainable Functional Coatings: Enabling Resource Efficiency and Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
A Special Issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050) belonging to the section "Sustainable Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 9 March 2027 | Viewed by 333
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Interests: materials science; thin films; tribology; metallic materials; ceramics; composites; powder metallurgy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Sustainability entitled “Sustainable Functional Coatings: Enabling Resource Efficiency and Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”.
Achieving targets related to SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy), SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure), and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) relies heavily on fundamental breakthroughs in materials science and mechanical engineering.
This Special Issue will compile research on how functional thin films and coatings, including metallic, ceramic, polymeric, composite materials, smart materials, etc., act as critical enablers of resource efficiency, extended product lifespan, and energy system optimization. We will collect high-quality studies demonstrating the quantifiable sustainable impact of advanced coatings across various sectors.
We encourage submissions of original research papers, reviews, and case studies on various topics relevant to this theme, including, but not limited to, the circular economy and resource efficiency (green tribology, non-toxic/eco-friendly coatings, etc.), energy systems and efficiency (coatings for energy generation, thermal management and efficiency, energy storage enablers, etc.), or sustainable manufacturing and life cycle assessment (sustainable deposition processes, modeling and simulation, durability and prognostics etc.).
We greatly appreciate your contribution to this important field and look forward to receiving your submission.
Dr. Violeta Merie
Prof. Dr. Cǎtǎlin Ovidiu Popa
Dr. Adina Crișan
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- functional coating
- thin films
- advanced materials
- thermal barrier coating energy efficiency
- tribology
- energy storage
- resource efficiency
- green engineering
- sustainable manufacturing
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