Papers presented within the auspices of the 7th RIPT conference (invited, oral and poster contributions) will be published after normal peer-review process in “Surface and Coatings Technology“, an international journal devoted to the science and application of advanced surface treatments for improvement of material properties.The articles must go beyond the technical recipe format and gain new understanding and insight based on detailed characterization of coatings and processes. Experimental papers should provide complete information on the process parameters and an appropriate microstructural characterization.

Manuscripts must be written in good English and should contain adequate / up-to-date references, formatted according to the
guide-for-authors document.

Further details about journal can be found on-line:
http://ees.elsevier.com/surfcoat

Surface & Coatings Technology
SPCTS, Centre Européen de la Céramique
12 rue Atlantis
87068 LIMOGES CEDEX – FRANCE
Tel. (+33) 587 50 24 12
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