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 …

A comprehensive and integrated review of thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) applied to turbine
components is provided. Materials systems, processes, applications, durability issues …

Porosity in plasma-sprayed coatings is vital for most engineering applications. Porosity has
its merits and demerits depending on the functionality of the coating and the immediate …

The review is focused on the latest achievements in the field of plasma-assisted fabrication
of biocompatible CaP-based coatings for medical implants with the emphasis on the …

In this work, different Al 2 O 3–TiO 2 coatings, ie, Al 2 O 3, Al 2 O 3-13 wt.% TiO 2 and Al 2 O
3-40 wt.% TiO 2, produced by various thermal spray processes, namely:(i) atmospheric …

Plasma spraying is often assumed to be a mature technology in which all the important
phenomena have been observed and described adequately. However, the intricate …

Bioactive glasses are promising biomaterials for bone and tissue repair and reconstruction,
as they were shown to bond to both hard and soft tissues stimulating cells towards a path of …

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 …