Surface Modification and Coatings

This book offers an overview of surface engineering, encompassing a diverse array of techniques (in surface modifications and surface coatings), applications, and emerging trends. Further, it provides insights into various materials, applications, process modeling, and optimization strategies. Key themes covered in the book include surface modification and coating techniques, applications, recent advances in materials employed, emerging trends, process modeling and optimization in surface engineering, sustainability and industry 4.0 applications.

Provides fundamental understanding of different surface engineering techniques and modernization to attain novel application requirements
Includes recent advances and case studies from academia and industries on the application of surface engineering for repair, remanufacturing, and corrections
Features modeling, optimization, materials, characterization, process monitoring, and sustainability in surface engineering
Exemplifies surface engineering of additive manufactured components, implants, aerospace parts, cutting tools, and power transmission
Discusses high power applications in modern surface engineering

This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in surface engineering, materials processing, and advanced manufacturing.