Session: Materials Processing, Tribology and Coating Technology
• Processing techniques used in manufacturing components from metals and other materials.
• Casting, forming, and machining.
• Additive processing and joining technologies.
• Evolution of material properties under the specific conditions met in manufacturing processes.
• Design and behavior of equipment and tools
• Effects of processing parameters on the macro- and micro-properties of all engineering materials.
• Innovations/ Improvements in processing techniques of all types of engineering materials including sustainability.
• Surface treatments and coatings deposition, functionalization, modelling and characterization
• Interface and interaction science, adhesion and Adhesives
• Multi-functional, composite/ hybrid, graded and multilayers coatings
• Smart surfaces and coatings, Self-healing surfaces
• Surface nanoengineering, nanocoatings and Ultra-Thin Films
• Tribological coatings, wear and corrosion protection
• Surface engineering/ coatings in sustainable energy, conversion, optical, electric, photovoltaic and magnetic applications
• Biointerfaces, Biomedical/ Bioactive surfaces and coatings