Surface Modification and Coatings Technology, Materials, and Applications

1. Introduction to Surface Engineering

Jinoop Arackal Narayananand Kanmani Subbu Subbian

2. Directed Energy Surface Modifications: Ion Beam, Electron Beam, and Laser Beam (Texturing, Shock Peening, and Nitriding)

Simson D., Shanmugapriyan V. G., Kaushal Gangwar, I. A. Palani, and Kanmani Subbu Subbian

3. Chemical Surface Modification Techniques: Thermochemical, Wet Chemical, and Electrochemical Processes

Mayank Srivastava, Shitanshu Arya, Gaurav Tripathi, and Arun Kumar

4. Physical Vapor Deposition: Review of Techniques, Current Trends, Future Prospects and Applications

S Jayachandran and M. A. Monclus

5. Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD): Techniques, Materials, and Applications in Modern Manufacturing

P. M. Ushasree and Abdul Wasy Zia

6. Spraying-Based Surface Coatings: Thermal Spraying, Plasma Spraying, Cold Spray

Balamurugan S., Pechimuthu Susai Manickam, and R. Christu Paul

7. Diffusion Coating: Technology, Materials, and Case Studies

Chris Weekes and John Smith

8. Electric Discharge Coatings: Fundamentals, Applications, and Advances

Rajeshkannan Radhamani, Muralidharan Balakrishnan, and Kanmani Subbu Subbian

9. Directed Energy Deposition-Based Surface Coatings

Praveen Ayyappan Susila, Nehem Tudu, Arun Sukumaran, and Arun Arjunan

10. Advanced Coating Technologies for Surface Modifications

Dhanesh G. Mohan

11. Advanced Techniques in Surface Characterization: Methods, Applications, and Future Trends

Arun Babu K and Arun S

12. Towards Intelligent Surface Modification: The Role and Relevance of AI

Abhilash Puthanveettil Madathil, Danish Ashraf, Olga Bylya, Andrew Sherlock, and Paul Bills

13. Surface Engineering of Nanoliposomes for Drug Delivery in Cancer Treatment

Maryam Zolghadrnasab Tahereh Zolhavarie, Nazanin Cheloei, Nastaran Hadizadeh, Azita Zahirnia, Mehdi Shamsara, Michael R Hamblin, Abbas Farmany, Sofia O. D. Duarte, and Pedro Fonte

14. Tailoring the Tribomechanical Properties of Commonly Used Automotive/Aerospace Materials

Daniel Toboła, Witold Brostow, and Puneet Chandran

15. Applications of Surface Engineering Techniques in the Food Industry

Balasubramani Kuppusamy, Subash Palanisamy, Surendhar Chinnusamy, Dharunkumar Shankaranarayanan, and Ruby Celsia Arul Selvaraj

Biography

Jinoop Arackal Narayanan is currently serving as Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies, Teesside University, UK. Prior to this role, he held positions as a research fellow in additive manufacturing at the Welding and Additive Manufacturing Centre, Cranfield University, UK, and as an industrial postdoctoral researcher at the Multiscale Additive Manufacturing Lab, University of Waterloo, Canada. He also worked as a DAE Research Fellow at the Laser Additive Manufacturing Laboratory at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, India. His research interests include additive manufacturing, laser surface engineering, material characterization, laser material processing, and sustainable manufacturing. He has more than 80 publications including journal papers in peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters, and international and national conference papers/presentations.

Kanmani Subbu Subbian is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Palakkad, India. After completing his Doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, he worked as Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology Warangal, India, for over four years. His area of expertise includes micromanufacturing, laser surface processing, composite fabrication and machining, and additive manufacturing. He has published more than 95 international journal publications and international conferences. He has executed projects from SERB-DST and CSR. He is a member of IEI, Laser Association, and ISME. He has conducted two GIAN workshops, two STTPs, one ATAL program, and one faculty development program.