Coatings 2021, 11(8), 922; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11080922 - 1 Aug 2021
Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the 5 winners of the Coatings Best Paper Award 2018, sponsored by MDPI and Coatings.
Nominations were selected from the papers published in 2018 by the Editorial Office of Coatings. The selection committee is chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Alessandro Lavacchi. We hope this award will encourage the publication of other high-quality papers in the journal in the future.
Original Research Article Award:
Cavitation Erosion Resistance and Wear Mechanism Model of Flame-Sprayed Al2O3-40%TiO2/NiMoAl Cermet Coatings
Mirosław Szala and Tadeusz Hejwowski
Coatings 2018, 8(7), 254; doi:10.3390/coatings8070254
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/7/254
Combination of Electrodeposition and Transfer Processes for Flexible Thin-Film Thermoelectric Generators
Hiroki Yamamuro, Naoki Hatsuta, Makoto Wachi, Yoshihiro Takei and Masayuki Takashiri
Coatings 2018, 8(1), 22; doi:10.3390/coatings8010022
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/1/22
Damping Oriented Design of Thin-Walled Mechanical Components by Means of Multi-Layer Coating Technology
Giuseppe Catania and Matteo Strozzi
Coatings 2018, 8(2), 73; doi:10.3390/coatings8020073
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/2/73
Review Paper Award:
Porous Zinc Oxide Thin Films: Synthesis Approaches and Applications
Marco Laurenti and Valentina Cauda
Coatings 2018, 8(2), 67; doi:10.3390/coatings8020067
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/2/67
Sputtering PVD Coatings: A Critical Review on Technique Progress and Market Demand
Andresa Baptista, Francisco Silva, Jacobo Porteiro, José Míguez and Gustavo Pinto
Coatings 2018, 8(11), 402; doi:10.3390/coatings8110402
Available Online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/11/402
On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee and the Editorial Board, we would like to congratulate the authors of the above manuscripts and thank Dr. Alessandro Lavacchi for his excellent work in the hard task of selecting a winner from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles. As a reward, each winning group can publish a paper free of charge in Coatings, after the normal peer-review procedure. We are very proud to publish high-quality papers; we will continue to hold the Best Paper Award 2020 and wish all scholars greater success in their careers.
Thank you very much for your valuable contribution to the journal and we are looking forward to further collaborating with you.
Coatings Editorial Office
Congratulations!
Coatings 2018 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Coatings will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Structure and Applications of Pectin in Food, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Industry: A Review
Fabrication of Thermal Plasma Sprayed NiTi Coatings Possessing Functional Properties
Coatings 2021, 11(5), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11050610 - 20 May 2021
Winner
Clara Silvestre
Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IPCB/CNR) Via Campi Flegrei 34, Naples 80078, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/6/1/4
Cedric Vuye
EMIB Research Group, Faculty of Applied Engineering, University of Antwerp, Rodestraat 4, Antwerp B-2000, Belgium
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/6/2/21
Naba Kumar Dutta
Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/6/2/17
Maria-Beatrice Coltelli
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, Pisa 56122, Italy
paper link：https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/6/1/1
