Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to submit a paper to this Special Issue entitled Development of Hydroxyapatite Coatings. This Special Issue aims at gathering information relevant to the field of hydroxyapatite coatings, from their design to their synthesis, characterization, and evaluation and, finally, to potential applications of these coatings in areas other than the medical field.

Hydroxyapatite is a ceramic material with amazing capabilities regarding biointegration and bioactivity. It is synthesizable by many methods, or it can be deposited onto substrates in order to compensate for its low mechanical properties, reduce substrate corrosion or dissolution, or to functionalize the substrate. General applications of this material range from medicine (orthopedics, dentistry) to pharmacy, catalysis, electronics, gas sensors, constructions, and water purification, among others.

The design and production of nanostructured hydroxyapatite coatings offers a large range of functionality and opportunities for composites and structures that can provide a protective effect or functionalize or enhance the properties of existing materials.

The development of hydroxyapatite coatings for mainly medical applications has recently established a high level of knowledge regarding these coatings on both a theoretical and experimental level, so given the large amount of existing studies, this Special Issue will not particularly deal with coatings for this kind of purpose but rather focus on outlining other domains where hydroxyapatite coatings could become useful (though novel findings in this area will not be excluded).

This Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers dealing with the following concepts:

• Types of hydroxyapatite coatings and substrates used. Coatings of composites of hydroxyapatite and other materials are also welcome.
• Substrate pretreatment and adherence improvement procedures.
• Post-treatment procedures and properties that are improved by them
• Computed modeling of substrate and coating design and performance
• Methods for coating hydroxyapatite (classic thermal methods and modern/advanced thermal methods, including sputtering deposition, electrochemical and electrophoretic deposition methods, other methods), with emphasis on modern methods
• Investigation and evaluation of hydroxyapatite coatings (properties, performance, etc.)
• Applications of hydroxyapatite coatings, with particular emphasis on applications other than the medical field

Dr. Alexandra Ioana Bucur
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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.

• hydroxyapatite coatings
• computed modeling of coatings
• substrate pretreatment
• coating characterization
• hydroxyapatite coating applications