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The 2nd Symposium on Materials Coating Science and Technology (MCST'2025)

Part of the MCST series
21–23 November 2025, Wuhan, China

The Science and Engineering of Coatings, Thin and Thick Films, Surfaces and Interfaces, Plasma Coatings, Surfaces Interfaces, Corrosion, Wear and Erosion, Bioactive Coatings and Biointerfaces, Ceramic Coatings and Engineering Technology
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Basic Information

To enhance scientific and technological exchanges among experts and scholars in the field of coating science and technology, promote the application of coating technologies, and drive high-quality economic development, the MDPI international journal Coatings, in collaboration with The Advanced Ceramics Branch of The Chinese Ceramic Society will host the The 2nd Symposium on Materials Coating Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, from November 21 to 23, 2025.
The symposium will feature 23 sessions covering various application-related areas of coating surfaces. Renowned experts and scholars will be invited to deliver keynote and invited speeches. The organizing committee warmly welcomes experts, scholars, engineers, and graduate students engaged in coating technology research and development to participate in this conference.

Conference Information
Conference Title: The 2nd Symposium on Materials Coating Science and Technology
Check-in: November 21, 2025
Conference Period: November 22-23, 2025
Conference Location: Wuhan, China (venue to be determined)

Event Chair

State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan, China

Event Committees

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha, China

State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Laboratory of Science and Technology of Thermal Structural Composite Materials, Department of Composite Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-materials, Ministry of Education, and Hubei Key Laboratory of Nuclear Solid Physics, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China

State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

The Future Laboratory, Tsinghua University, ,Beijing, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Center for Advanced Lubrication and Sealing Materials, State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China

Research Center for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Key Laboratory of Precision and Non-Traditional Machining Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China

Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China

State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

Yangtze River Scholar Professor of Materials Science, Director of Advanced Coatings Research Center, Ministry of Education, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China

State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials, College of Materials, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Invited Speakers

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, China

Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China

School of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

The Future Laboratory, Tsinghua University, ,Beijing, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, China

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Instructions for Authors



Please click the button above to submit your abstract.

Abstract Submission

Create an account on Sciforum if you do not have one and then click on the "Submit Abstract" at the top of this webpage.
Note: The email address used for registration must match the email address used for submission.

Abstract Instructions
The submission must be in Chinese. An English version of the abstract is optional, and there is no word limit.

Contribution Type
You will be asked to select the contribution type (oral contribution, poster contribution, or both) during the submission process. However, it is subject to change according to the decision of the conference chair and the scientific committee.

Deadline
The deadline for online abstract submission is Thursday, 24 July 2025, and the deadline for registration of covering authors is Tuesday, 9 September 2025 .
You will be notified by Thursday, 21 August 2025 regarding the the acceptance. Your abstract will be withdrawn if your registration is not completed by this date.

Registrations



Please click the Event Registration button above to complete your registration.

Participation to the conference is considered final only once the registration fees have been paid. Please note that, in order to finalize the scientific program in due time, at least one registration by anyone of the authors, denoted as Covering Author, is required to cover the presentation and publication of any accepted abstract. Covering Author registration deadline is 9 September 2025.
Please note that abstract submission and conference registration are two separate processes. During registration, please provide us with the same email address you used to submit your abstract(s). Otherwise, leave us a comment in the registration form, providing the email address used during the submission process. In addition, we prefer you to use your institutional email address for both processes.

Early Bird
Until 27 August 2025
Regular
Until 21 November 2025
Supported documents
Academic 2000.00 CNY 2200.00 CNY

Student

1500.00 CNY

1800.00 CNY
Scanned copy or photograph of your current student ID is required.
Non-Academic 2300.00 CNY 2500.00 CNY
Cancellation policy

Cancellation of paid registration is possible under the terms listed below:

≥ 1 month before the conference

Full refund but 800 CNY are retained for administration

≥ 3 weeks before the conference

Refund 50% of the applying fees

≥ 2 weeks before the conference

Refund 25% of the applying fees

< 2 weeks before the conference

No refund

Payment methods

Wire transfer, Credit card

Currencies accepted by this event

Swiss francs (CHF) , Euros (EUR) , US dollars (USD) , Pounds sterling (GBP) , Japanese yen (JPY) , Canadian dollars (CAD) , Singapore dollars (SGD) and Chinese yuan (CNY)

Publication Opportunities

  • Coatings Journal Publication

    Participants of this conference are cordially invited to submit a complete manuscript to a special issue of Coatings Journal (ISSN: 2079-6412, Impact Factor: 2.9, CiteScore: 5.0) and enjoy a 20% discount on the publication fee (approximately CNY 4,200).
    Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. 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. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers.

  • Materials Proceeding Paper Publication

    You are welcome to submit a proceeding paper (4-8 pages) to Materials Proceedings journal (ISSN 2673-4605) after the conference. Publication of the proceedings will be free of charge. The proceeding paper will be open for submissions after the conference and closed on 7 January 2026.
    Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the MCST 2025 conference paper in their cover letter. 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:
    - Title.
    - Full author names.
    - Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
    - Abstract.
    - Keywords.
    - Introduction.
    - Methods.
    - Results and Discussion.
    - Conclusions.
    - Acknowledgements.
    - References.

    MCST 2025 Proceedings Paper Temple

Event Awards

The Best Poster Awards will be presented at this conference. After evaluation by the organizing committee, the awards will be given to the ten highest-quality posters.
Each Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Presentation Award winner will be entitled to one publication in the Coatings Journal (ISSN: 2079-6412, Impact Factor: 2.9, CiteScore: 5.0) with 50% of the Article Processing Charges (APC) , which is 1,300CHF to be waived.

Sponsorship Opportunities

A small scale exhibition will be held alongside the conference, inviting relevant companies to showcase new processes, technologies, equipment (including various scientific research testing devices and instruments), and products in the field of coatings through booths and display boards.
Interested companies are welcome to contact mcst2025@mdpi.com for exhibition opportunities. We also warmly welcome corporate representatives to attend the conference.

Sponsors and Partners

Organizers


Co-organizers

Contact Us

Conference Secretariat
Ms. Yulia Zhao
Ms. Rachel Fan
Ms. Amy Cheng
Ms. Cassie Zhao
mcst2025@mdpi.com

For inquiries regarding submissions, registrations and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.

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