Surface and Coatings Technology
Last updated ISSN 0257-8972
Surface and Coatings Technology is published by Elsevier BV in engineering. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,880.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Surface and Coatings Technology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
- Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
- High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
- Advanced materials and composites
- Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- High Entropy Alloys Studies
- Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
- Ion-surface interactions and analysis
- Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0257-8972, 1879-3347 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,880 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 32,094 |
| Publishing since | 1986 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/surface-and-coatings-techn |
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