| Scope |
This symposium explores the recent development of advanced thermal spray coating and thin film materials and processes for energy, aerospace, environment, and biological applications, including metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites. It will cover the fundamental mechanisms as well as processing and applications of the advanced thermal spray coating and thin film materials. In particular, the following topics, but not limited to, are of interest:
1. Novel coating and thin film materials and fabrication techniques, e.g., nanostructured coatings, functionally graded coatings, and 3D printed thin films and coatings
2. Coating materials for energy, aerospace, environment, and energy conversion, e.g., thermal barrier coating, environmental barrier coating, coating for solar cell, thin film materials for battery, bio-inspired coating, and self-healing coating
3. Surfaces and coatings for orthopedic, dental, and other biological and biomedical applications
4. Modeling and simulation of coating materials and fabrication processes to understand the process-structure-property relationship |