Surface Modification and Coating Techniques for Polymers
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Functional Polymer Coatings and Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 22 July 2024 | Viewed by 133
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymers; surface modification/functionalization; composite coatings for corrosion protection; corrosion protection methods; corrosion prevention; environmental protection; physicochemical characterization
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Interests: synthesis of composite materials; adsorbents; modified composite based on polymer; applications of adsorbents material; photodegradation process; characterization methods; wastewaters treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We have the pleasure to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on "Surface Modification and Coating Techniques for Polymers".
In recent years, different types of natural or synthetic polymers have attracted great attention due to their applications in many domains, such as medical, biomedical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, membrane processes, and environmental applications. The synthesis and applications of different natural polymers has attracted attention due to due to their advantages such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, low cost, water-solubility, cost effectiveness, environmental friendliness, and unique functional properties. The various deficiencies of the polymers can be addressed by either coating a polymer or inorganic layer on the surface of a natural polymer or incorporating an inorganic/organic additive in a water permeable natural polymer.
This Special Issue will be focused on surface modification technologies including physical treatments, wet chemical treatments, and dry process treatments and coatings. The most common coating techniques include sol–gel process, dip-coating, paint and functional coatings, metallization, printing and decorating, lamination, chemical vapor deposition, electron beam evaporation, dip-coating, chemical vapor deposition, chemical bath deposition, atmospheric plasma, and atomic layer deposition. The surfaces of polymers modified via mechanical methods (roughening and micromanipulation) and physicochemical methods, for producing specific surface properties, will be considered. The surface modification and coatings techniques for polymers with applications in various sectors, such as engineering applications (e.g., aerospace, electronics, ships, building) and optoelectronic and photonic applications, will be gladly considered.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, full research papers, communications, and reviews that have not yet been published or that are not currently under review by other journals are invited.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Surface treatment of polymers and metal alloys;
- Surface modification using laser-irradiation;
- Surface modification of polymers by graft polymerization;
- Functionalized polymers for corrosion and environmental applications;
- Characterization of surface by various techniques (i.e., FTIR, SEM, TEM, XRD, EDAX, water contact angle, surface free energy).
Dr. Simona Căprărescu
Dr. Cristina Modrogan
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.
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Keywords
- polymers
- surfaces
- coatings
- techniques
- characterization
