Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412) is an international, peer-reviewed and open access journal devoted to the science and engineering of coatings, thin and thick films, surfaces and interfaces. Coatings publishes original research papers and brief communications that report on the latest finding of research together with review papers that systematize the remarkable points on the state of the art. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. Full experimental and/or methodical details must be provided.

Scope
The journal covers coatings, surfaces and interfaces in the broader sense. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Thin and thick films
Processes for coating deposition and modification
Characterization techniques
Functional, protective and decorative coatings
Dyes, pigments and their intermediates
Wear, corrosion, erosion
Coatings for high temperature
Film materials for packaging
Applied surface science
Adsorption, adhesion, functionalization
Fundamental and functional properties of surface and interfaces
Theoretical and computational modeling of surfaces and interfaces
High surface area systems: colloids, nanoparticles, large interfaces

Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Bioactive Coatings and Biointerfaces Section
Corrosion, Wear and Erosion Section
Coatings for Food Technology and System Section
Plasma Coatings, Surfaces & Interfaces Section
Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification Section
Thin Films Section
Editors (2)
Dr. Alessandro Lavacchi E-Mail 
Editor-in-Chief
Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici (ICCOM-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
Tel. 00390555225250 
Interests: electrodeposition of materials for renewable energy production; surface engineering; corrosion and corrosion protection; thermal barriers coatings; electron microscopy (SEM, TEM); X-ray techniques for surface structure and composition (XPS, XRF, XRD); electroless deposition of metals and cermet’s; simulation and modelling of complex electrochemical systems
Prof. Dr. Massimo Innocenti E-Mail Website 
Associate Editor


Department of Chemistry, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
Interests: electrodeposition; energy; electrocatalysis; fuel cells
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Previous Editor
Prof. Dr. Ugo Bardi E-Mail Website 
Former Editor-in-Chief


Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, c/o Dipartimento di Chimica, Polo Scientifico di Sesto Fiorentino, Università di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
Fax: +39 55 457 3120 
Interests: coatings and surface engineering; electrodeposition from ionic liquids, with a special view on aluminium coatings; thermal barriers manufacturing, testing, and characterization for the aerospace and energy production industry; scanning probe microscopy (SPM); electron microscopy (SEM, TEM); surface composition measurements; photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); scanning auger microscopy (SAM); low energy ion scattering (LEIS)
Founding Editor-in-Chief 
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Editorial Board Members (215)
Dr. Klaus Pagh Almtoft E-Mail 


Tribology Centre, Danish Technological Insitute, Kongsvang Allé 29, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Tel. +45-7220-1589 
Interests: sputter deposition; Industrial-scale sputtering; PVD coatings; surface enginering; pulsed DC sputtering; HiPIMS; HPPMS; oxides; nitrides; carbides; DLC; tribology; ion-beam assisted deposition (IBAD); ion implantation; photocatalysis; X-ray diffraction (XRD, XRR, pole figures); electron microscopy (SEM, TEM); Rutherford backscattering; EDX
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:Special Issue in Coatings: Physical Vapor Deposition
Prof. Dr. Antonio Ancona E-Mail Website 


Senior Technologist - CNR Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology, Bari (Italy) 
Guest Professor - Department of Engineering Sciences, University West, Trollhättan (Sweden)
Interests: laser materials processing, laser-matter interaction, ultrafast lasers, laser surface texturing, laser hardening, laser drilling, laser welding, laser additive manufacturing, laser drilling

Prof. Dr. Yasutaka Ando E-Mail Website 


Division of Mechanical Engineering, Ashikaga University, 268-1 Omaecho, Ashikaga, Tochigi 326-0845, Japan
Tel. +81-284-62-0605; Fax: +81-284-62-9802 
Interests: thermal spray technology; photocatalysis; CVD; diamond; nitriding, XRD
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:Special Issue in Coatings: Thermal Spray Technology
Special Issue in Coatings: Advanced Spray Coatings
Special Issue in Coatings: Selected Papers from the 2nd Coatings and Interfaces Web Conference (CIWC2020)
Dr. Mark Baker E-Mail Website 


University of Surrey, UK
Interests: Use of advanced materials characterisation techniques to determine and understand the composition, bonding and nanostructure of thin films and coatings; Techniques employed include XPS, AES, XRD, TEM, SEM, AFM, FIB-SEM; Single layer, multilayer and nanocomposite inorganic thin films and coatings for wear/corrosion resistance or functional applications; Most thin films and coatings are deposited by vacuum methods, such as sputtering, evaporation or CVD
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:Special Issue in Surfaces: Surface Analysis of Thin Films and Coatings
Prof. Dr. Cecilia Bartuli E-Mail Website 


Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment - University of Rome "La Sapienza", Via Eudossiana 18, 00185 Rome, RM, Italy
Tel. +39‐06‐44585633 
Interests: surface engineering; thermal spray deposition of protective and functional coatings; thermal barrier coatings; wear resistant cermet coatings; coatings for harsh environments; corrosion
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:Special Issue in Metals: Thermal Spraying of Metallic Coatings
Prof. Ilker Bayer E-Mail Website 


Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
Interests: bioinspired surfaces; wetting; biopolymers; polymer nanocomposites
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Engineering Bionanocomposites for Functional Applications
Special Issue in Polymers: Functional Polymer Coatings
Prof. Dr. Ben Beake E-Mail 


Micro Materials Ltd., Willow House, Yale Business Village, Ellice Way, Wrexham LL13 7YL, UK
Tel. +44-1978-261615 
Interests: nanoindentation; nanoscratch; impact; elevated temperature nanoindentation; tool coatings; nitrides; DLC
Prof. Dr. Hadj Benkreira E-Mail Website 


Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK
Interests: coatings and surface engineering; fluid mechanics of coating flows; rheology of coating fluids; visualisation of coating flows; dynamic wetting; instabilities; nanocomposites
Dr. Jean-François Berret E-Mail Website 


Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, UMR 7057 Université Paris-Diderot/CNRS Batiment Condorcet, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
Tel. +33-1-57-27-61-47; Fax: +33-1-57-27-62-11 
Interests: biocompatible coating; multilayer coatings; polymeric and organic coatings; coatings in nanomedicine; particle and nanoparticle coatings
Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto E-Mail Website 


Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Tel. +4748500574 
Interests: fatigue; fracture; metals; materials; solids mechanics
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:Special Issue in Metals: Fatigue Damage
Special Issue in Metals: Mechanical Behavior of High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels
Special Issue in Materials: The Brittle Failure of Different Materials
Special Issue in Metals: Fracture Behaviour of Innovative Materials under Different Enviromental Conditions
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Mechanical Behaviour of Aluminium Alloys
Special Issue in Materials: Deformation, Fatigue and Fracture of Materials
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Welding of Steels
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Multiscale Fatigue Design
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Recent Trends in Advanced High-Strength Steels
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Structural Integrity of Aluminium Alloys
Special Issue in Metals: High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels
Special Issue in Metals: Fatigue and Fracture of Traditional and Advanced Structural Alloys
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: 10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Papers in Mechanical Engineering Section 
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: New Trends in Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue Design
Special Issue in Metals: Application of Alloys in Transport