Best Paper Award

Dear Colleagues,

As the editor-in-chief of Coatings, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Coatings 2019 Best Paper Awards.

The awards have been granted to:

  1. State of the Art in Directed Energy Deposition: From Additive Manufacturing to Materials Design
    Adrita Dass at al.
    Coatings 2019, 9(7), 418; doi:10.3390/coatings9070418
  2. Encapsulation of Organic and Perovskite Solar Cells: A Review
    Ashraf Uddin et al.
    Coatings 2019, 9(2), 65; doi:10.3390/coatings9020065
  3. Poly (Lactic Acid)/Thermoplastic Starch Films: Effect of Cardoon Seed Epoxidized Oil on Their Chemicophysical, Mechanical, and Barrier Properties
    Rosa Turco et al.
    Coatings 2019, 9(9), 574; doi:10.3390/coatings9090574
  4. Physical and Morphological Characterization of Chitosan/Montmorillonite Films Incorporated with Ginger Essential Oil
    Victor Gomes Lauriano Souza et al.
    Coatings 2019, 9(11), 700; doi:10.3390/coatings9110700
  5. Application and Evaluation of a Pectin-Based Edible Coating Process for Quality Change Kinetics and Shelf-Life Extension of Lime Fruit (Citrus aurantifolium)
    Neda Maftoonazad et al.
    Coatings 2019, 9(5), 285; doi:10.3390/coatings9050285

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive a certificate and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Coatings.

On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Coatings, and thank the Award Committee for voting and hel** with these awards.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Wei Pan, Coatings

 
Coatings 2019 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Coatings will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

22 pages, 996 KiB  
Review
Structure and Applications of Pectin in Food, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Industry: A Review
by Cariny Maria Polesca Freitas, Jane Sélia Reis Coimbra, Victor Gomes Lauriano Souza and Rita Cássia Superbi Sousa
Coatings 2021, 11(8), 922; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11080922 - 1 Aug 2021
16 pages, 6577 KiB  
Article
Fabrication of Thermal Plasma Sprayed NiTi Coatings Possessing Functional Properties
by Sneha Samal, Ondřej Tyc, Jan Cizek, Jakub Klecka, František Lukáč, Orsolya Molnárová, Esther de Prado, Zdeněk Weiss, Jaromír Kopeček, Luděk Heller, Petr Šittner and Tomáš Chráska
Coatings 2021, 11(5), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11050610 - 20 May 2021

Winner

Clara Silvestre
Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IPCB/CNR) Via Campi Flegrei 34, Naples 80078, Italy paper link: https://mdpi.longhoe.net/2079-6412/6/1/4
Cedric Vuye
EMIB Research Group, Faculty of Applied Engineering, University of Antwerp, Rodestraat 4, Antwerp B-2000, Belgium paper link: https://mdpi.longhoe.net/2079-6412/6/2/21
Naba Kumar Dutta
Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia paper link: https://mdpi.longhoe.net/2079-6412/6/2/17
Maria-Beatrice Coltelli
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, Pisa 56122, Italy paper link:https://mdpi.longhoe.net/2079-6412/6/1/1
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