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Surface Treatment and Coatings

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
S. M. Afonin
National Research University of Electronic Technology
2
Basiru Philip Aramide
Tshwane University of Technology
3
M. N. Erokhin
Moscow State Agroengineering University named after V.P. Goryachkin
4
Sandra Gajević
University of Kragujevac
5
Deepesh Sharma
Manipal University Jaipur
6
Yongjie Cheng
Anhui University of Science and Technology
7
Kunpeng Han
Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
8
Qin Xu
Yangzhou Polytechnic Institute
9
Latchoumi Thamarai Pugazhendhi
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
10
Mohammad Roostaei
University of Tabriz

Rising Stars Papers

1
Multi-Objective Optimization of Tribological Characteristics for Aluminum Composite Using Taguchi Grey and TOPSIS Approaches
Lubricants|2024
55 cit.
2
PCS: Property-composition-structure chain in Mg-Nd alloys through integrating sigmoid fitting and conditional generative adversarial network modeling
Scripta Materialia|2025
44 cit.
3
Optimization of Dry Sliding Wear in Hot-Pressed Al/B4C Metal Matrix Composites Using Taguchi Method and ANN
Materials|2024
41 cit.
4
Evolution and anti-fatigue mechanism of surface characteristics of Ti60 alloy induced by ball burnishing and shot peening during tensile-compression fatigue
Engineering Failure Analysis|2024
12 cit.
5
DAC electro elastic engine for nanomedicine
MOJ Applied Bionics and Biomechanics|2024
9 cit.
6
Two-layer optimal scheduling of distribution network-multi-microgrids based on master–slave game
Frontiers in Energy Research|2024
8 cit.
7
Structural scheme of piezoactuator for astrophysics
Physics & Astronomy International Journal|2024
6 cit.
8
Parallel and coded control of multi layered longitudinal piezo engine for nano biomedical research
MOJ Applied Bionics and Biomechanics|2024
6 cit.
9
A novel multimodal feature fusion convolutional neural network to predict the mechanical properties of magnesium alloys
Materials Letters|2024
6 cit.
10
Comparative study on lubrication properties of biodiesel and bio-lubricant trans-esterified from desert seed oil with conventional lubricants
Frontiers in Chemical Engineering|2024
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
С. А. Кусманов
Kostroma State University named after N A Nekrasov
2
А. А. Skaptsov
Saratov State University
3
Andrii Velychkovych
Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas
4
GM Imran
Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology
5
Maksym Shovkoplias
Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas
6
Turan Gürgenç
Fırat University
7
Qingkun He
Shandong University of Science and Technology
8
A. N. Zhukov
Sumy National Agrarian University
9
K. A. Bondareva
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
10
R. G. Chizhikov
Far Eastern Federal University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Development of Analytical Model of Threaded Connection of Tubular Parts of Chrome-Plated Metal Structures
METALLOFIZIKA I NOVEISHIE TEKHNOLOGII|2022
41 cit.
2
Analytical Model of Deformation of a Functionally Graded Ceramic Coating under Local Load
Ceramics|2023
29 cit.
3
Analytical Model of Structural Damping in Friction Module of Shell Shock Absorber Connected to Spring
Shock and Vibration|2023
24 cit.
4
Numerical Model for Studying the Properties of a New Friction Damper Developed Based on the Shell with a Helical Cut
Applied Mechanics|2025
24 cit.
5
Increase in Hardness and Corrosion Resistance of a Medium-Carbon Steel Surface Using Cathodic Plasma Electrolytic Nitriding
Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry|2022
21 cit.
6
Surface roughness prediction of wire electric discharge machining (WEDM)-machined AZ91D magnesium alloy using multilayer perceptron, ensemble neural network, and evolving product-unit neural network
Materials Testing|2022
16 cit.
7
Wear Resistance Increase in Ti6Al4V Titanium Alloy Using a Cathodic Plasma Electrolytic Nitriding
Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry|2022
15 cit.
8
Increasing Hardness and Wear Resistance of Austenitic Stainless Steel Surface by Anodic Plasma Electrolytic Treatment
Metals|2023
14 cit.
9
Automated fault classification of asynchronous motor using mobile phone accelerometer and Parallel Residual CNN-GRU
Measurement|2025
12 cit.
10
Numerical model of interation of package of open shells with a weakly compressible filler in a friction shock absorber
Engineering Solid Mechanics|2022
10 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
A. Matthews
University of Manchester
2
С. В. Гнеденков
Institute of Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3
Guoyi Tang
Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development of Guizhou Province
4
Y. Zhou
University of Science and Technology Beijing
5
Sanjeev Puri
Panjab University
6
Christian Coddet
Université de technologie de belfort-montbéliard
7
H.K. Kansal
Panjab University
8
H.‐J. Fecht
Universität Ulm
9
J. Pou
Universidade de Vigo
10
Paul T. Williams
University of Leeds

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
On the significance of the H/E ratio in wear control: a nanocomposite coating approach to optimised tribological behaviour
Wear|2000
3k cit.
2
Torrefaction of reed canary grass, wheat straw and willow to enhance solid fuel qualities and combustion properties
Fuel|2007
898 cit.
3
Composition of products from the pyrolysis of polyethylene and polystyrene in a closed batch reactor: Effects of temperature and residence time
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis|2009
662 cit.
4
Characterisation of oxide films produced by plasma electrolytic oxidation of a Ti–6Al–4V alloy
Surface and Coatings Technology|2000
651 cit.
5
Spectroscopic study of electrolytic plasma and discharging behaviour during the plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) process
Journal of Physics D Applied Physics|2010
614 cit.
6
Nanocrystalline metals prepared by high-energy ball milling
Metallurgical Transactions A|1990
610 cit.
7
Comparison of products from the pyrolysis and catalytic pyrolysis of rice husks
Energy|2000
599 cit.
8
The influence of temperature and heating rate on the slow pyrolysis of biomass
Renewable Energy|1996
569 cit.
9
An electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study of the corrosion behaviour of PVD coated steels in 0.5 N NaCl aqueous solution: Part II.
Corrosion Science|2003
543 cit.
10
The mechanism of formation of nanostructure and dissolution of cementite in a pearlitic steel during high pressure torsion
Acta Materialia|2003
463 cit.

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