A concise review of the most up to date coatings and surface treatments, their applications, principles of operation, strengths and weaknesses.

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Advanced surfaces enriches the high-throughput engineering of physical and chemical phenomenon in relatin to electrical, magnetic, electronics, thermal and opti

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