Thermal barrier coating is critical for thermal insulation technology, making the underlying
base metal capable of operating at a melting temperature of 1150° C. By increasing the …

Thermal spraying has been present for over a century, being greatly refined and optimized
during this time. It has become nowadays a reliable and cost-efficient method to deposit …

Considerable progress has been made over the last decades in thermal spray technologies,
practices and applications. However, like other technologies, they have to continuously …

The thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) provide insulation to the components of gas turbine by
providing higher amount of thermal energy and also reduce the cooling requirement of the …

As one of the promising methods that can be employed to fabricate high-performance
thermal barrier coatings (TBCs), suspension plasma spraying (SPS) or solution precursor …

Thermal barrier coating is a crucial thermal insulation technology that enables the
underlying substrate to operate near or above its melting temperature. Such coatings bolster …

From the pioneering works of McPherson in 1973 who identified nanometre-sized features
in thermal spray conventional alumina coatings (using sprayed particles in the tens of …

Abstract Dense, crack-free, uniform, and well-adhered environmental barrier coatings
(EBCs) are required to enhance the environmental durability of silicon (Si)-based ceramic …

Thermal spray coatings from liquid feedstock such as suspensions and solution precursors
have received increasing interest due to the unique coating properties obtainable by these …

Nano-structured coatings should exhibit better properties than micro-structured coatings
because of a high volume fraction of internal interfaces. Since the mid-nineties a large body …