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Ceramic materials in the form of coatings can significantly improve the functionality and applications of other engineering materials. Due to a wide range of controllable features and various deposition methods, it is possible to create tailored substrate–coating systems that meet the requirements of modern technologies. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the relationships between the structures, morphology and the properties of ceramic coatings and expand the base of scientific knowledge about them. This book contains a series of fourteen articles which present research on the production and properties of ceramic coatings designed to improve functionality for advanced applications.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- photocatalytic coatings --- solidification --- plasma spraying --- TiO2 --- microstructure --- LDPE --- RF CVD --- doped DLC structure --- wettability --- biocompatibility --- ceramic coating --- anti-oxidation --- SiO2@Al additive --- carbon steel --- calcium hydroxyapatite --- sol-gel synthesis --- thin films --- spin coating --- surface roughness --- simulated body fluid --- SiO2 coatings --- sol-gel --- Zn doping --- antibacterial coatings --- hydrophobic coatings --- Ni–Cr alloy --- Ti(C, N) coatings --- ion release --- atmospheric plasma spraying --- Al2O3 --- Cr2O3 --- sliding wear --- phase transformation --- reactivity --- sol-gel coating --- corrosion resistance --- cells viability --- hydrophilic coating --- nitriding --- low friction --- piston ring --- micron-/nano-grain coatings --- nanoindentation size effect --- trans-scale mechanics theory --- SiC coatings --- oxide fibers --- chemical vapor deposition --- deposition mechanism --- thickness control --- silicon carbon-nitride --- silicone carbon-oxide --- PECVD method --- inhomogeneous optical filters --- gradient interference filters --- organosilicon precursors --- alumina coating --- sol–gel --- composite coating --- graphene oxide --- graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) --- rGO --- adiabatic shear instability (ASI) --- cold spray --- titanium dioxide --- bonding mechanism --- adhesion strength --- substrate deformation --- amorphous interface layer --- n/a --- Ni-Cr alloy

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Ceramic materials in the form of coatings can significantly improve the functionality and applications of other engineering materials. Due to a wide range of controllable features and various deposition methods, it is possible to create tailored substrate–coating systems that meet the requirements of modern technologies. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the relationships between the structures, morphology and the properties of ceramic coatings and expand the base of scientific knowledge about them. This book contains a series of fourteen articles which present research on the production and properties of ceramic coatings designed to improve functionality for advanced applications.

Research & information: general --- Technology: general issues --- photocatalytic coatings --- solidification --- plasma spraying --- TiO2 --- microstructure --- LDPE --- RF CVD --- doped DLC structure --- wettability --- biocompatibility --- ceramic coating --- anti-oxidation --- SiO2@Al additive --- carbon steel --- calcium hydroxyapatite --- sol-gel synthesis --- thin films --- spin coating --- surface roughness --- simulated body fluid --- SiO2 coatings --- sol-gel --- Zn doping --- antibacterial coatings --- hydrophobic coatings --- Ni-Cr alloy --- Ti(C, N) coatings --- ion release --- atmospheric plasma spraying --- Al2O3 --- Cr2O3 --- sliding wear --- phase transformation --- reactivity --- sol-gel coating --- corrosion resistance --- cells viability --- hydrophilic coating --- nitriding --- low friction --- piston ring --- micron-/nano-grain coatings --- nanoindentation size effect --- trans-scale mechanics theory --- SiC coatings --- oxide fibers --- chemical vapor deposition --- deposition mechanism --- thickness control --- silicon carbon-nitride --- silicone carbon-oxide --- PECVD method --- inhomogeneous optical filters --- gradient interference filters --- organosilicon precursors --- alumina coating --- composite coating --- graphene oxide --- graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) --- rGO --- adiabatic shear instability (ASI) --- cold spray --- titanium dioxide --- bonding mechanism --- adhesion strength --- substrate deformation --- amorphous interface layer

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Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) certainly do not represent a newcomer to the scientific community, yet they continue to attract a strong and general interest among a vast and multifaceted range of researchers. This persistent modernity is definitely due to some peculiar characteristics of these materials, which allow researchers and engineers to play with different aspects of two worlds: organic and inorganic, crystalline and molecular, solid and liquid, cationic and anionic. A virtually infinite number of possible chemical combinations takes advantage of their layered structure to express an unrivaled collection of remarkable properties. The capture and/or release of organic and inorganic species, versatile low-cost catalytic activity, and blending with other compounds to build up a variety of hybrid composites, are just some of the many effects investigated to date. As a result, the applications encompass almost all aspects of our life, ranging from renewable energy production to water purification, including biomedical applications, gas sensing, drug delivery, and food packaging and safety. This Special Issue highlights some of the recent research lines, and shows that remarkable progress has been and is still being made in all these aspects, to allow the consideration of LDHs as one of the most interesting and versatile inorganic materials.

Research & information: general --- layered double hydroxides --- reconstruction --- curcumin --- drug release --- wastewater --- heavy metals removal --- sol–gel processing --- alkaline earth metals --- mixed metal oxides --- reconstruction effect --- surface properties --- nanocomposites --- nanofillers --- thermal stability --- flammability --- polymer matrix --- HC --- hydrothermal synthesis --- layered double hydroxide --- AFm phase --- calcium hemicarboaluminate --- cement phases --- cement hydration --- C3AH6 --- C4ACH11 --- katoite --- microwave-assisted organic synthesis --- biofuel production --- rehydrated hydrotalcite --- heterogeneous basic catalysis --- green chemistry --- mechanochemistry --- bead mill --- synthesis --- wet grinding --- layered double hydroxides (LDHs) --- other nanoclays --- organically modified LDH --- water purification --- adsorption --- adsorption interaction --- diffusion --- n/a --- sol-gel processing

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Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) certainly do not represent a newcomer to the scientific community, yet they continue to attract a strong and general interest among a vast and multifaceted range of researchers. This persistent modernity is definitely due to some peculiar characteristics of these materials, which allow researchers and engineers to play with different aspects of two worlds: organic and inorganic, crystalline and molecular, solid and liquid, cationic and anionic. A virtually infinite number of possible chemical combinations takes advantage of their layered structure to express an unrivaled collection of remarkable properties. The capture and/or release of organic and inorganic species, versatile low-cost catalytic activity, and blending with other compounds to build up a variety of hybrid composites, are just some of the many effects investigated to date. As a result, the applications encompass almost all aspects of our life, ranging from renewable energy production to water purification, including biomedical applications, gas sensing, drug delivery, and food packaging and safety. This Special Issue highlights some of the recent research lines, and shows that remarkable progress has been and is still being made in all these aspects, to allow the consideration of LDHs as one of the most interesting and versatile inorganic materials.

layered double hydroxides --- reconstruction --- curcumin --- drug release --- wastewater --- heavy metals removal --- sol–gel processing --- alkaline earth metals --- mixed metal oxides --- reconstruction effect --- surface properties --- nanocomposites --- nanofillers --- thermal stability --- flammability --- polymer matrix --- HC --- hydrothermal synthesis --- layered double hydroxide --- AFm phase --- calcium hemicarboaluminate --- cement phases --- cement hydration --- C3AH6 --- C4ACH11 --- katoite --- microwave-assisted organic synthesis --- biofuel production --- rehydrated hydrotalcite --- heterogeneous basic catalysis --- green chemistry --- mechanochemistry --- bead mill --- synthesis --- wet grinding --- layered double hydroxides (LDHs) --- other nanoclays --- organically modified LDH --- water purification --- adsorption --- adsorption interaction --- diffusion --- n/a --- sol-gel processing

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Organic Electronics is a rapidly evolving multidisciplinary research field at the interface between Organic Chemistry and Physics. Organic Electronics is based on the use of the unique optical and electrical properties of π-conjugated materials that range from small molecules to polymers. The wide activity of researchers in Organic Electronics is testament to the fact that its potential is huge and its list of potential applications almost endless. Application of these electronic and optoelectronic devices range from Organic Field Effect Transistors (OFETs) to Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) and Organic Solar Cells (OSCs), sensors, etc. We invited a series of colleagues to contribute to this Special Issue with respect to the aforementioned concepts and keywords. The goal for this Special Issue was to describe the recent developments of this rapidly advancing interdisciplinary research field. We thank all authors for their contributions.

Technology: general issues --- fluorene --- nitrofluorene --- Knoevenagel reaction --- near infrared absorption --- push–pull chromophore --- poly(nitro)fluorene --- organic tandem solar cell --- 3D nano-ripple pattern --- ZnO sol-gel --- charge recombination layer --- low temperature solution process --- on-surface reaction --- stepwise growth --- sequential growth --- hierarchical growth --- macromolecular organic structures --- surface covalent organic framework --- nanoribbons --- macrocycles --- coordination polymers --- silicon phthalocyanines --- n-type organic semiconductors --- organic thin-film transistors --- push-pull dyes --- chromophore --- naphthalene --- solvatochromism --- DFT --- fullerene derivative --- P3HT --- polymer solar cell --- QSPR --- TD-DFT