4th Coatings and Interfaces Online Conference
Part of the Coatings and Interfaces Conference series
21–23 May 2025
Coatings Technology, Surface, Interfaces, Thin Films, Tribology
- Go to the Sessions
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- S1. Plasma Coatings, Surfaces & Interfaces
- S2. Laser-Coating Technology: Deposition, Structuring and Cladding
- S3. Coatings and Thin Film Deposition
- S4. Corrosion, Erosion and the Tribological and Mechanical Aspects of Coatings
- S5. Novel Methods/Techniques for Coating Deposition and Characterization
- S6. Protective Coatings in Cultural Heritage, Conservation and Preservation
- S7. The Biomedical Application of Coatings
- Event Details
CIC2025 will be FREE for Participation!
Join us today to register and submit your abstract, and be part of cutting-edge discussions and networking opportunities!
Abstract Submission: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1157
Registration Link: https://sciforum.net/event/CIC2025?section=#registration
Welcome from the Chair
Invitation to the 4th Coatings and Interfaces Conference (CIC2025)
Dear Colleagues,
After the success of the past three virtual editions, we are thrilled to announce the 4th Coatings and Interfaces Conference (CIC2025)! The CIC has established itself as a leading platform for scientists and industry professionals to connect, share groundbreaking research and explore the ever-expanding potential of coatings and interface technologies that are freely available worldwide.
The impact of coatings and interfaces on various technological advancements is undeniable. From sustainable energy solutions and pollution control to cultural heritage preservation and healthcare innovations, this field is pivotal in addressing critical challenges in society and research.
CIC2025 promises to be an even more dynamic and stimulating event, bringing together leading actors in academia and industry. Participants will learn about leading research in the field and explore cutting-edge applications and methods. Our conference will foster innovative and timely collaborations in the following exciting fields:
- Plasma Coatings, Surfaces & Interfaces;
- Laser-Coating Technology: Deposition, Structuring and Cladding;
- Coatings and Thin Film Deposition;
- Corrosion, Erosion and the Tribological and Mechanical Aspects of Coatings;
- Novel Methods/Techniques for Coating Deposition and Characterization;
- Protective Coatings in Cultural Heritage, Conservation and Preservation;
- The Biomedical Application of Coatings.
The Coatings journal welcomes outstanding contributions to the Conference Special Issue with a 20% APC discount to all participants at the conference.
We look forward to your participation!
On behalf of the Organizing CommitteeThe Conference Chair
Dr. Emerson Coy
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland
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Event Chair
Dr. Emerson Coy currently works as an Associate Professor at the NanoBioMedical Centre of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. His interests are Thin Films/Coatings, Hybrid Materials, Nanoindentation, Composite Materials and Energy Harvesting. Dr Coy received his habilitation in Material Sciences from (AGH University of Science and Technology-2019). He holds a PhD in Nanosciences (University of Barcelona -2016), two Masters degrees in Applied and Computational Physics (Polytechnic University of Catalonia—2009) and Nanotechnology (University of Barcelona- 2008). Additionally, Dr Coy holds an Engineering degree (Manuela Beltran University—2006).
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Qi Hua Fan
College of Engineering, Michigan State University, USA
Dr. Rafael Comesaña
Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Construction, University of Vigo, Spain
Assoc. Prof. Adrian David
University of Caen, National School of Engineers of Caen, Caen, France
Prof. Dr. Huirong Le
The Future Lab, Tsinghua University, Beijing , China
Prof. Dr. Wei Pan
School of Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing , China
Prof. Heping Li
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Assoc. Prof. Claudia Pelosi
Università degli Studi della Tuscia Viterbo, Viterbo, Italy
Dr. Michele Ferrari
Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for Energy, National Research Council, Genova, Italy
Event Committee
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies IFN, Italian National Research Council, Bari, Italy
Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Dipartimento di Scienze, Potenza, Italy
School of Engineering, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Columbia
Department of Applied Science and Technology, Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
University of Limoges, Limoges, France
The Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal
National Chi Nan Universit, Taiwan
Keynote Speaker
Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Invited Speakers
University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Department of Materials Science, Jilin University, China
School of Dental Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Southwest Institute of Physics, Chengdu, China
Sessions
S2. Laser-Coating Technology: Deposition, Structuring and Cladding
S3. Coatings and Thin Film Deposition
S4. Corrosion, Erosion and the Tribological and Mechanical Aspects of Coatings
S5. Novel Methods/Techniques for Coating Deposition and Characterization
S6. Protective Coatings in Cultural Heritage, Conservation and Preservation
S7. The Biomedical Application of Coatings
Registration
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 18 May 2025.
Instructions for Authors
Deadline for abstract submission: 9 January 2025
Deadline for abstract acceptance notification: 9 February 2025
Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 9 March 2025; You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract Submission
1. Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "New Submission" function once logged into the system. No physical submission is necessary.
2. The abstract should include an introduction, methods, results, and conclusion sections, and be within 200-300 words in length.
4. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
5. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
6. All abstracts accepted for presentation will be collected in a book of abstracts, which will be published on the website after the conference.
7. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 minutes. We recommend a 12-minute presentation, leaving about 3 minutes for a Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Poster Presentation
a. Your submission should include the title, authors, contact details, and main research findings, as well as tables, figures, and graphs where necessary.
b. File format: PDF (.pdf).
c. Size in cm: 60 width x 80 height–portrait orientation.
d. Font size: ≥20.
e. Maximum size: 250 M
Potential Conflicts of Interest
It is the authors' responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a research article to the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 4th Coatings and Interfaces Conference", published in Coatings (ISSN: 2079-6412, Impact Factor: 2.9), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts.
You are welcome to submit a proceeding paper (4-8 pages) to Engineering Proceedings journal (ISSN: 2673-4591) after the conference. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge. Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the CIC2025 conference paper in their cover letter. Please submit your manuscript from 23 May to 7 July 2025. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
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Full author names.
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Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
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Abstract.
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Keywords.
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Introduction.
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Methods.
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Results and Discussion.
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Conclusions.
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Acknowledgements.
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References.
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards including Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
The Best Oral Presentation Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Award is given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate. Also, the best oral presentation winner will receive 500 CHF each and the best poster winner will receive 200 CHF each.
Sponsors and Partners
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Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Jennifer Li
Ms. Miya Hu
Ms. Alethea Liu
Ms. Katrina Zhang
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
Email: cic2025@mdpi.com
S1. Plasma Coatings, Surfaces & Interfaces
The Session involves topics including the following:
• Modeling and diagnostic methods of plasma discharges;
• Fundamental understanding of plasma behavior;
• Plasma-enhanced coatings and structures;
• Plasma–surface interactions;
• Novel plasma-based thin film deposition and material synthesis technology;
• Implementation of plasma processing for research and industrial applications.
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Qi Hua Fan, College of Engineering, Michigan State University, USA
S2. Laser-Coating Technology: Deposition, Structuring and Cladding
Laser-assisted techniques have been proven to be helpful in producing and modifying coatings, films, surfaces, and interfaces.
The Session involved topics include but are not limited to:
• Laser-assisted processes at nano-, micro-, and macro-scales;
• Short and ultrashort pulsed laser treatments of polymers, ceramics, metals, and composites for general surface applications;
• Laser-assisted processes for surface modification in biomaterials and medical devices (e.g., laser surface functionalization, degradability modification, bioactive coatings, biocompatibility enhancement, cell alignment, antibacterial functionalization, and the laser surface modification of hard and soft tissues);
• Fabrication of metallic micro-/nano-composite materials for environmental applications;
• Laser-assisted or chemical synthesis of catalytic nanoparticles, the surface science of nanomaterials, and surface effects at nanoscale and applications;
• Laser-assisted production of thin films (e.g., pulsed laser deposition and laser thin-film deposition);
• Laser-assisted production of thick films (e.g., laser cladding and laser surface alloying);
• Surface engineering by laser technology (e.g., laser ablation, laser annealing, laser blasting, laser etching, laser electroplating, laser hardening, laser polishing, and laser shock peening);
• Laser surface structuring and related techniques (e.g., laser texturing, hierarchical structuring, laser-induced periodic surface structuring, interference patterning, and laser micromachining);
• Mathematical modeling, theoretical analysis, thermomechanical models, and simulation in laser surface treatments.
Session Chair
Dr. Rafael Comesaña, Materials Engineering, Applied Mechanics and Construction, University of Vigo, Spain
S3. Coatings and Thin Film Deposition
This Session is dedicated to advanced thin-film structures and devices, with special emphasis placed on their preparation, characterization, and application in the energy field.
Potential topics include the following:
• Novel oxide and non-oxide materials in thin-film form;
• Preparation using chemical and physical methods;
• Micro- and nanostructuring;
• Surface and interface engineering;
• Advanced characterization techniques;
• Structure–composition–property relationships;
• Application in electrochemical energy storage devices (e.g., as a protective surface coating on anode/cathode materials for bulk-type batteries or an active component in thin-film batteries), catalysis, solar cells, sensors, data storage, etc.
Session Chair
Assoc. Prof. Adrian David, University of Caen, National School of Engineers of Caen, Caen, France
S4. Corrosion, Erosion and the Tribological and Mechanical Aspects of Coatings
This session is dedicated to experimental or theoretical research on the tribological behavior of coatings with special relevance to the applications of coatings in transport vehicles, energy harvesting devices, manufacturing systems, oil/gas pipelines, and biomedical fields. The scope of this section, titled “Tribology of Coatings”, covers innovative metallic, inorganic, organic and composite coatings specially designed for systems involving contact elements. Studies of the adhesion, friction, wear, corrosion, and failure of such coatings at any scale are welcome in this section. All manuscripts to be considered for publication in this section will undergo a rigorous peer-review process, and decisions will be based on the recommendations of independent reviewers.
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Huirong Le, The Future Lab, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
S5. Novel Methods/Techniques for Coating Deposition and Characterization
The session involved topics that included, but were not limited to, the following:
• Coating deposition processes
• Surface treatments
• Microstructural characterization and determination of mechanical properties
• Performance studies of modified or treated surfaces
• Development of novel characterization devices that are specifically designed to study the structural and other properties of modified surfaces
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Wei Pan, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing , China
Dr. Heping Li, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
S6. Protective Coatings in Cultural Heritage, Conservation and Preservation
As the precious legacy of human beings with high historical, artistic, and scientific values, cultural heritage carries important information about human historical activities, reflecting the development and progress of world civilization. Therefore, studies of cultural heritage preservation play a key role in understanding human history, inheriting splendid nations’ cultures, and safeguarding cultural diversity and creativity around the world.
The Session involved topics including, but not limited to, the following:
• Theoretical and experimental research, knowledge, and new ideas in CH surface and interface analysis to help us understand protective and preventive coating mechanisms.
• Recent developments in multi-functional organic, inorganic, and hybrid coatings.
• Experiments on coating performance with exposure to high temperatures, high stress, and other extreme environmental conditions.
• Understanding the degradation mechanisms of coatings through different spectroscopic techniques combined with mechanical tests.
• The latest advancements in test methods considering the interplay between mechanical and chemical interactions and the ability to predict performance and/or reliability.
• Innovative non-invasive techniques to investigate surface and interface characteristics.
• Computer modeling or simulations to predict coating properties, performance, durability, and reliability in service environments.
Session Chair
Assoc. Prof. Claudia Pelosi, Università degli Studi della Tuscia Viterbo, Viterbo, Italy
S7. The Biomedical Application of Coatings
Surface modification is important in many medical applications because properties such as biocompatibility, bio-integration, corrosion resistance, antimicrobial, anti-encrustation, and antibiofilm activity are only some of the most important properties correlated with the nature and characteristics of coatings.
The Session involved topics includeing the following:
• Composite films and coatings;
• Antimicrobial films and coatings;
• Antifouling films and coatings;
• Immobilization of biofunctional molecules and biomolecules to form biofunctional films and coatings;
• Drug delivery films and coatings;
• Medical implants and tissue scaffolds.
Session Chair
Dr. Michele Ferrari, Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Technologies for Energy, National Research Council, Genova, Italy