An international journal devoted to the science and application of advanced surface treatments for improvement of material properties

Surface and Coatings Technology is an international archival journal publishing scientific papers on significant developments in surface and interface engineering to modify and improve the surface properties of materials for protection in demanding contact conditions or aggressive environments, or for enhanced functional performance. Contributions range from original scientific articles concerned with fundamental and applied aspects of research or direct applications of metallic, inorganic, organic and composite coatings, to invited reviews of current technology in specific areas. Papers submitted to this journal are expected to be in line with the following aspects in processes, and properties/performance:

A. Processes: Physical and chemical vapour deposition techniques, thermal and plasma spraying, surface modification by directed energy techniques such as ion, electron and laser beams, thermo-chemical treatment, wet chemical and electrochemical processes such as plating, sol-gel coating, anodization, plasma electrolytic oxidation, etc., but excluding painting.

B. Properties/performance: friction performance, wear resistance (e.g., abrasion, erosion, fretting, etc), corrosion and oxidation resistance, thermal protection, diffusion resistance, hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity, and properties relevant to smart materials behaviour and enhanced multifunctional performance for environmental, energy and medical applications, but excluding device aspects.

Articles must go beyond the technical recipe format and gain substantial new understanding and insight based on detailed characterization of coatings and processes. Experimental papers should provide complete information on the process parameters and an appropriate microstructural characterization. Also, papers which include test data should provide full details of the test equipment and parameters. Such papers should report on the synthesis-characterization-properties-performance relationships.

Manuscripts must be written in good English and contain a balanced and up-to-date reference list formatted according to the guide-for-authors.

Special Issue on selected papers from E-MRS 2024 Spring Meeting - Symposium I - Nano-engineered coatings and thin films: from fundamentals to applications
提出日: 2024-11-01

Guest editors:

Professor Filipe VAZ
Minho University, Braga, Portugal
Email: fvaz@fisica.uminho.pt
Areas of Expertise: Thin Films, Bioelectrodes, Sensors, Plasmonics, Coatings

Professor Philippe STEYER
INSA Lyon, MATEIS Laboratory, Villeurbanne, France
Areas of Expertise: Microstructural characterization of thin films, Dynamic in situ approach, Environmental electron microscopy

Professor Daniel MUNTEANU
Transilvania University of Braşov, Brașov, România
Areas of Expertise: Heat treatment and Surface engineering, Coatings and Thin-films, Tribology

Professor Alberto PALMERO
Institute of Materials Science of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
Areas of Expertise: Thin Films, PVD, Oblique Angle Deposition, Nanocolumnar Thin Films

Special issue information:

The symposium intends to be a major forum for discussion within the thin film community, focusing on the preparation and characterization of novel nanostructured-designed coatings for mechanical, tribological, electrical, optical, biological and energy-related applications, with a clear emphasis on sustainable and environmentally friendly processes.

Areas of particular interest included, but not limited to, the following topics:

    Fundamentals and modelling of vapour-based deposition processes (PVD, CVD/ALD, hybrid processes) including fundamentals of low temperature/non-equilibrium plasmas;
    New deposition processes, including HIPIMS technology, liquid-based deposition, thermochemical heat treatments like plasma nitriding + PVD, PACVD deposition, or on the use of hybrid methods combining for instance arc evaporation and magnetron sputtering or PVD and CVD, atmospheric plasma, and related approaches;
    Nanostructured coatings or nano-engineered thin film architectures, including nanocomposites, mono- and multilayers, nanolayers and oblique angle deposition;
    Correlation between micro- and nanostructure and functional properties of thin films and coatings;
    Hard, wear and corrosion/oxidation resistant coatings;
    Characterization methods to determine the properties of thin films and coatings in in-service conditions;
    High-end spatially resolved characterization techniques, including in situ/operando and systematic studies to uncover structure-property relations under operating conditions;
    Microstructural multiscale: advanced modes of characterization (EELS, tomography, etc.);
    Thin films for smart application: sensors; catalysis; biocompatibility; energy; etc.;
    New trends in thin film materials: metallic glasses; high entropy alloys, oxynitrides, intermetallics, plasmonics, photonics, microelectronics, etc.

Manuscript submission information:

The journal’s submission platform (Editorial Manager®) is now available for receiving submissions to this Special Issue. Please refer to the Guide for Authors to prepare your manuscript, and select the article type “VSI: E-MRS 2024 - Symposium I” when submitting your manuscript online. Both the Guide for Authors and the submission portal could be found on the Journal Homepage.

Submission Deadline: Nov 1, 2024

All the submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Upon its editorial acceptance, your article will go into production immediately. It will be published in the latest regular issue, while be presented on the specific Special Issue webpage simultaneously. In regular issues, Special Issue articles will be clearly marked and branded.

Keywords:

Modelling of thin film growth; Surface modification; Hard Coatings; Corrosion and Oxidation; Tribological Coatings; Wear-Resistant Coatings; Sensing with Thin Films; Plasmonics in Thin Films; Coatings for Energy; Coatings for Biomedical Applications.

Special Issue on 19th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering
提出日: 2024-11-30

This Special Issue presents a curated collection of papers from the 19th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering, a pivotal event held in person in Erfurt in September 2024. In collaboration with Surface and Coatings Technology by Elsevier, this conference served as a focal point for the plasma science and surface engineering community, bringing together leading researchers, engineers, and industry professionals. The papers in this issue delve into the latest breakthroughs, methodologies, and transformative applications presented during the conference. The 19th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering is a beacon of innovation at the crossroads of plasma science and materials engineering. The Special Issue is hosted by the Special Guest Editors Ass. Prof. Helmut Riedl and Dr. Rainer Hahn

Guest editors:

Dr. Helmut Riedl, 
TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Dr. Rainer Hahn,
TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Manuscript submission information:

Important Dates:

Submission Open Date: 01/07/2024
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 30/11/2024

You are invited to submit your manuscript at any time before the submission deadline. For any inquiries about the appropriateness of contribution topics, please contact the executive guest editor: 

Dr. Helmut Riedl, helmut.riedl@tuwien.ac.at

The journal’s submission platform (Editorial Manager®) is now available for receiving submissions to this Special Issue. Please refer to the Guide for Authors to prepare your manuscript and select the article type of “VSI: PSE 2024” when submitting your manuscript online. Both the Guide for Authors and the submission portal could be found on the Journal Homepage here: Surface and Coatings Technology | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Keywords:

    Plasma and ion surface engineering
    Process Technologies
    Properties and applications
    Characterization and simulation

Special Issue on International Conference on Smart Devices and Sustainable Energy (SDSE 2024)
提出日: 2025-01-31

The Journal of Surface and coatings Technology is soliciting articles for a Special Topic Collection in collaboration with the 2024 International Conference on Smart Devices and Sustainable Energy (SDSE 2024) in New Taipei City, Taiwan, October 16-18, 2024. This special issue is dedicated to exploring sustainable energy sources, smart devices, thin film technology, and their wide-ranging applications. Covered topics include, but are not limited to, green technology, solar energy, fossil fuels, power generation, sustainable development, environmental monitoring technology, detecting environmental pollutants, smart sensing, surface engineering, wearable smart devices, and Li-batteries. This special issue aims to provide comprehensive insights.

Guest editors:

Jyh-Wei Lee, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taishan District, New Taipei City 24303, Taiwan;

Orawon Chailapakul, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University Phayathai Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand;

Bin Hu, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA;

Chun-Chen Yang, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taishan District, New Taipei City 24303, Taiwan

Manuscript submission information:

Important Dates:

Submission Open Date: 09/01/2024
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 31/01/2025

Keywords:

(Organic Photovoltaic) OR (Solar Cells) OR (Thin Films) OR (Sustainable Energy) OR (Environmental Monitoring) (Surface Engineering) OR (Smart Devices) OR (Green Technology) OR (Li-batteries)

Special Issue on Coatings and Surface Engineering for Sustainable Tribological Applications
提出日: 2025-07-15

Through the use of coatings and other surface modifications, surface engineering aims to functionalize and improve the resistance to wear and corrosion of materials used in a wide field of applications, and therefore to increase the useful life of parts, saving the energy that would be used to manufacture and replace damaged components. In tribological systems, surface phenomena such as wear, corrosion, friction and solid or liquid lubrication have a critical role to ensure the proper functioning of the system, whether it is an engine or a wind turbine. The development of new solutions to increase the energy efficiency of mechanical systems and reduce environmental impact requires the advancement of research in surface engineering and coatings, with appropriate thermal, corrosion and wear resistance for each application. Other types of coatings with low friction coefficient or functionalization to interact with lubricants for boundary lubrication have been demanded. Surface engineering and functionalized coating will be critical to reach sustainability. This Special Issue is open to everyone in the field, and includes a selection of works presented at the X National Symposium and III Latin American Meeting on Surface Engineering and Tribology, October 7 -11 2024, Queretaro, México.

Guest editors:

Martín Flores, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México;
Stephen Muhl, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Manuscript submission information:

Important Dates:

Submission Open Date: 15/07/2024
Manuscript Submission Deadline: 15/07/2025

Keywords:

● Coatings for sustainability
● Hard Coatings
● Thin films to improve corrosion resistance
● Surface analysis of surface modification
● Functionalized surfaces for lubrication
● Nitriding and Boriding
● Surface deterioration by corrosion or wear phenomena
● Surface engineering and coatings for tribological applications
● Surface treatments for nonferrous alloys
● Anodizing
● Plasma assisted surface treatments

Keywords:

● Coatings for sustainability
● Hard Coatings
● Thin films to improve corrosion resistance
● Surface analysis of surface modification
● Functionalized surfaces for lubrication
● Nitriding and Boriding
● Surface deterioration by corrosion or wear phenomena
● Surface engineering and coatings for tribological applications
● Surface treatments for nonferrous alloys
● Anodizing
● Plasma assisted surface treatments