1. Thanks to Our Guest Editors and Reviewers for Their Critical Contributions in 2010

   Announcement 03 February 2011 Pages: 379 - 380

2. Calendar of Events

   Calendar of Events 15 January 2011 Pages: 381 - 384

3. Selected Patents Related to Thermal Spraying

   News 13 January 2011 Pages: 385 - 390

4. Plasma and Particle Temperature Measurements in Thermal Spray: Approaches and Applications

   • Georg Mauer
   • Robert Vaßen
   • Detlev Stöver

   Peer Reviewed Open access 23 November 2010 Pages: 391 - 406

   

5. Microstructure of Interfacial Region Between Cold-Sprayed Copper Coating and AlN Substrate Coated with Sputtered Titanium and Copper

   • Hiromi Nakano
   • Motohiro Yamada
   • Eiji Yamaguchi

   Peer Reviewed 24 June 2010 Pages: 407 - 411

   

6. WC-Co and Cr₃C₂-NiCr Coatings in Low- and High-Stress Abrasive Conditions

   • Michaela Kašparová
   • František Zahálka
   • Šárka Houdková

   Peer Reviewed 19 June 2010 Pages: 412 - 424

   

7. Theoretical and Experimental Particle Velocity in Cold Spray

   • Victor K. Champagne
   • Dennis J. Helfritch
   • Phillip F. Leyman

   Peer Reviewed 06 August 2010 Pages: 425 - 431

   

8. Improvement of In-Flight Alumina Spheroidization Process Using a Small Power Argon DC-RF Hybrid Plasma Flow System by Helium Mixture

   • Hidemasa Takana
   • Juyong Jang
   • Hideya Nishiyama

   Peer Reviewed 09 September 2010 Pages: 432 - 439

   

9. Nanocrystalline NiAl Coating Prepared by HVOF Thermal Spraying

   • M. H. Enayati
   • F. Karimzadeh
   • A. Tahvilian

   Peer Reviewed 30 October 2010 Pages: 440 - 446

   

10. Effect of Mn on the Formation of Oxide Buildups Upon HVOF-Sprayed MCrAlY-Ceramic-Type Cermet Coatings

    • Tsai-Shang Huang

    Peer Reviewed 15 July 2010 Pages: 447 - 455

    

11. Experimental Study on Surface Characteristics of Laser Cladding Layer Regulated by High-Frequency Microforging

    • Xiang Fang Fan
    • Ju Zhou
    • Zhengqing Pi

    Peer Reviewed 04 August 2010 Pages: 456 - 464

    

12. Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Gas Flows, Powder Transport and Heating in Coaxial Laser Direct Metal Deposition (DMD) Process

    • O. B. Kovalev
    • A. V. Zaitsev
    • I. Smurov

    Peer Reviewed 21 August 2010 Pages: 465 - 478

    

13. Preparation and Microstructure Characterization of Mullite Coatings Made of Mullitized Natural Andalusite Powders

    • Yulong An
    • Guang Liu
    • Guoliang Hou

    Peer Reviewed 11 August 2010 Pages: 479 - 485

    

14. Mechanical Property Mapping of Cold Sprayed Ti Splats and Coatings

    • Dina Goldbaum
    • Richard R. Chromik
    • Jean-Gabriel Legoux

    Peer Reviewed 02 September 2010 Pages: 486 - 496

    

15. Manufacturing and Macroscopic Properties of Cold Sprayed Cu-In Coating Material for Sputtering Target

    • Young-Min Jin
    • Jin-Hyeon Cho
    • Kee-Ahn Lee

    Peer Reviewed 07 October 2010 Pages: 497 - 507

    

16. Effect of Sealing Treatment on Corrosion Resistance of Plasma-Sprayed NiCrAl/Cr₂O₃-8 wt.%TiO₂ Coating

    • Jingjing Zhang
    • Zehua Wang
    • Shaoqun Jiang

    Peer Reviewed 23 July 2010 Pages: 508 - 513

    

17. Supersonic Nozzle Flow Simulations for Particle Coating Applications: Effects of Shockwaves, Nozzle Geometry, Ambient Pressure, and Substrate Location upon Flow Characteristics

    • Jung-Jae Park
    • Min-Wook Lee
    • Jungho Ryu

    Peer Reviewed 06 August 2010 Pages: 514 - 522

    

18. The Influence of the Substrate on the Deposition of Cold-Sprayed Titanium: An Experimental and Numerical Study

    • D. K. Christoulis
    • S. Guetta
    • M. Jeandin

    Peer Reviewed 19 December 2010 Pages: 523 - 533

    

19. Numerical Modelling of Ar-N₂ Plasma Jet Impinging on a Flat Substrate

    • B. Selvan
    • K. Ramachandran
    • D. Subhakar

    Peer Reviewed 30 October 2010 Pages: 534 - 548

    

20. Influence of Plasma Intensity on Wear and Erosion Resistance of Conventional and Nanometric WC-Co Coatings Deposited by APS

    • V. Bonache
    • M. D. Salvador
    • E. Bannier

    Peer Reviewed 21 October 2010 Pages: 549 - 559

    

21. Bioactive Glass-Ceramic Coatings Synthesized by the Liquid Precursor Plasma Spraying Process

    • Yanfeng Xiao
    • Lei Song
    • Fang Wu

    Peer Reviewed 19 November 2010 Pages: 560 - 568

    

22. Corrosion of Magnesium-Aluminum Alloys with Al-11Si/SiC Thermal Spray Composite Coatings in Chloride Solution

    • R. Arrabal
    • A. Pardo
    • E. Matykina

    Peer Reviewed 21 October 2010 Pages: 569 - 579

    

23. Reactive Atmospheric Plasma Spraying of AlN Coatings: Influence of Aluminum Feedstock Particle Size

    • Mohammed Shahien
    • Motohiro Yamada
    • Masahiro Fukumoto

    Peer Reviewed 30 October 2010 Pages: 580 - 589

    

24. Multiobjective Optimization of Atmospheric Plasma Spray Process Parameters to Deposit Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Coatings Using Response Surface Methodology

    • C. S. Ramachandran
    • V. Balasubramanian
    • P. V. Ananthapadmanabhan

    Peer Reviewed 04 December 2010 Pages: 590 - 607

    

25. Study on Process Optimization of Cold Gas Spraying

    • H. Tabbara
    • S. Gu
    • P. H. Shipway

    Peer Reviewed 21 October 2010 Pages: 608 - 620

    

26. Transient Oxide Formation on APS NiCrAlY After Oxidation Heat Treatment

    • Philip Puetz
    • Xiao Huang
    • Z. Tang

    Peer Reviewed 03 December 2010 Pages: 621 - 629

    

27. Numerical Study to Examine the Effect of Porosity on In-Flight Particle Dynamics

    • S. Kamnis
    • S. Gu
    • M. Vardavoulias

    Peer Reviewed 01 January 2011 Pages: 630 - 637

    

28. Hexaferrite/Polyester Composite Coatings for Electromagnetic-Wave Absorbers

    • Darja Lisjak
    • Marion Bégard
    • Miha Drofenik

    Peer Reviewed 24 December 2010 Pages: 638 - 644