Dear Colleagues,

At present, nano- and micro-coatings may be used in every branch of industry, e.g., from food industry, through abrasive tools and biomaterials, to aerospace and space technologies. They may be obtained on metals and their alloys inter alia by electropolishing, laser treatment, ion implantation, electrophoretic deposition, plasma electrolytic oxidation (micro arc oxidation), and chemical or physical vapor deposition. The different chemical composition, mechanical and corrosion properties, roughness, porosity, as well as antimicrobial resistance (food industry, hospital equipment, etc.) or biocompatibility (biomaterials) from substrate (matrix), makes them a very attractive in case of preparing new applications. Nowadays, designing of nano- and micro-coatings with new electrochemical, mechanical and biological properties is one of the top science domains, allowing for predicting the behavior of those coatings under new environmental conditions.

This Special Issue is aimed to be focused on new achievements and directed to everyone interested in widely understood nano- and micro-coatings. The theme is interdisciplinary, thus, I invite you to submit original research and review articles, as well as short communications, related to both experimental and theoretical studies.

Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Rokosz
Guest Editor

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• electropolishing (EP, MEP)
• laser treatment, sol-gel coatings
• ion implantation (IM)
• electrophoretic deposition (EPD)
• plasma electrolytic oxidation (micro arc oxidation)
• chemical or physical vapor deposition (CVD, PVD)
• anodic oxidation
• surface functionalization and modification
• biomaterials
• self-assembling structures