Focus on Coating Technology

From telecommunications to transport, from energy management to entertainment, the implications and applications of surface-coating technologies influence a wide range of aspects of our everyday lives. A special issue of Advanced Engineering Materials on the topic of “Coatings and Surface Engineering” that contains papers that were presented at the “Thin Film Technology” and “Industrial Applications” symposia of the EUROMAT 2007, held last September in Nuremburg, highlights innovations and advancements in this field. Contributions cover aspects such as deposition techniques, surface functionalization and characterization, structure-property relationships, modeling and simulation studies, and industrial application of these technologies.

Adv.Eng. Mater., 2008, 10, Issue 7