Advances in Protective Coatings: Materials, Fabrication, Corrosion and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit your research to this Special Issue, "Advances in Protective Coatings: Materials, Fabrication, Corrosion and Applications". As one of the key technologies for aero-engines, protective coatings have been applied to hot-section components of combustors, high-pressure turbine (HPT) blades, and HPT nozzles for decades. Coatings enable the aero-engines to operate at higher temperatures; therefore, efficiency can be improved, emissions can be reduced, and thrust can be increased. On the other hand, the higher operating temperature leads to some unavoidable limitations for coatings’ use, including accelerated sintering, phase transformation, corrosion resulting from environmental deposits (CMAS) and molten salt, etc. These cause the premature failure of coatings. In the interest of improving the performance of coatings and elongating their lifetime, we face a practical requirement for alternative coating materials to be developed, with progress required in coating fabrication science and technologies, coating design strategies, corrosion protective methods, and failure mechanisms.

This Special Issue will present the latest designs and developments in protective coatings applied for aero-engines through original research papers and review articles from leading scientists and engineers across the world.

In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Novel material candidates for protective coating applications at high temperatures;
• Fabrication science of protective coatings using APS, EB-PVD, SPS, and PS-PVD technologies;
• Corrosion behavior of protective coatings in the presence of CMAS and/or molten salts;
• Corrosion protective methods and corrosion resistance mechanisms of protective coatings;
•  Thermal cycling performance and failure analysis of protective coatings;
• Long-life designs for protective coatings.

Dr. Lei Guo
Dr. Jianwei Dai
Dr. Mohammad Reza Loghman-Estarki
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-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.