Special Issue “Surface Modification of Metals and Alloys”

Recently surface modification has become necessary for the scientific community because of surface properties of new materials are usually inadequate in terms of wettability, adhesion, corrosion resistance or even drag reduction. In order to modify solid surfaces such as metals and alloys different treatments have been used to obtain a desired surface finish such as chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, chemical etching, electrodeposition or the application of non-equilibrium gaseous media, especially gaseous plasma. These treatments promote changes in roughness, hydrophobicity, biocompatibility or reactivity. Although such treatments have  [...]