Surface Engineering, Vol. 37, No. 9, released

Various methodologies and their effects on surfaces are considered in this issue.

This new issue contains the following articles, which are available to members via My IOM3.

Nitriding behaviour of Mg-Li alloy with surface mechanical nano-alloying pretreatment

Y. Li, X. C. Zhu, J. Sun, Q. T. Yao, X. D. Du & Y. C Wu

Pages: 1075-1083

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2020.1840693

Influence of tool materials on surface modification using μEDC process

Shalini Mohanty, Alok Kumar Das & Amit Rai Dixit

Pages: 1084-1097

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2021.1900518

Effect of Cu on microarc oxidation coated Al–xCu alloys

Weibing Dai, Changyou Li, Ce Zhang, Liaoyuan Chen, Zhenyuan Li, Hongzhuang Zhang & Yimin Zhang

Pages: 1098-1109

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2021.1942413

Study on the modified effect of polyvinylidene fluoride membrane by remote argon plasma

Ru Li, Yu Zhang, Qian Li & Huixiang Niu

Pages: 1110-1119

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2021.1951511

Synthesis and characterisation of ZnS thin films obtained without complexing agent by the chemical bath technique

I. J. González-Chan, A. Pat-Herrera, A. I. Trejo-Ramos & A. I. Oliva

Pages: 1120-1132

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2021.1926828

A facile and combined methodology to fabricate sputtered thin film micro-patterns for heater/sensor applications utilizing CO2 laser-cut masks

Mohammed Adnan Hasan, K. Prajwal, Dwarika Nath Sahu, Arpana Prasad, Arjun Dey & A. Rajendra

Pages: 1133-1142

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2021.1942610

Effect of microstructural evolution on mechanical and electrical properties of Ag–Mo thin films

Baolong Gao, Lingping Zhou, Chao Zhang, Jiajun Zhu, Licai Fu, Wulin Yang & Deyi Li

Pages: 1143-1154

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2021.1963626

Study on amorphous surface modification of iron-based alloys and their epoxy wettability

Qiang Zou, Ruru Bai, Zhenghou Zhu, Qi Zhong & Wei Zhou

Pages: 1155-1162

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2021.1940801

Substantial electrode life enhancement in resistance spot welding of galvanised steels through nanolayered multi-layer CrN/(Cr,Al)N coating

Mahdi Malmir, Mohsen Sheikhi, Yousef Mazaheri, Hassan Elmkhah & Gholam Reza Usefifar

Pages: 1163-1175

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2021.1951512

Electrophoretic deposition of alginate coatings from different alcohol-water mixtures

Morteza Farrokhi-rad, Somayeh Emamalipour, Faezeh Mohammadzadeh, Younes Beygi-Khosrowshahi, Hossein Hassannejad & Ashkan Nouri

Pages: 1176-1185

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2020.1866794

Electrodeposition of micro-nano hierarchically structured fluoridated hydroxyapatite coating on AZ31B alloy

Wentao Yu, Huachun Wang, Ruixue Sun & Kezheng Chen

Pages: 1186-1193

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2020.1815485

Electroless Ni–B–MMT nanocomposite on magnesium alloy

T. Miri, D. Seifzadeh & Z. Rajabalizadeh

Pages: 1194-1205

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2021.1959287

Influence of carbide particle size on the wear performance of cryogenically treated H13 die steel

Tarang Shinde

Pages: 1206-1214

DOI: 10.1080/02670844.2019.1701858