The SICT 2027 topics/ themes include:
Advanced Coating Technologies, Characterisation & Surface Manufacturing
- Advanced PVD, CVD, ALD, plasma, thermal/cold spray, and emerging deposition technologies
- Additive, hybrid, multilayer, graded, and architected coatings
- AI-assisted coating design, process optimization, and digital manufacturing
- In-situ monitoring and intelligent process control
Smart, Nano & Functional Surfaces
- 2D materials, nanostructured, nano-textured, and hierarchical surfaces
- Smart, self-healing, stimuli-responsive, and adaptive coatings
- Superhydrophobic, antifouling, optical, electrical, magnetic, and sensing surfaces
- AI-guided design and discovery of functional surfaces
Sustainable & Circular Surface Engineering
- Green, low-carbon, water-based, solvent-free, and bio-derived coatings
- PFAS-free, Cr(VI)-free, and environmentally benign surface technologies
- Design for durability, repair, recycling, and circularity
- AI-driven sustainable materials and process design
Extreme-Environment Protection, Tribology & Reliability
- High-temperature, corrosion-, oxidation-, erosion-, and radiation-resistant coatings
- Advanced tribological and low-friction surfaces
- Coatings for aerospace, energy, nuclear, and other extreme environments
- AI, modeling, and digital twins for degradation, failure, and lifetime prediction
Energy, Electrification & Advanced Electronic Coatings
- Coatings for batteries, hydrogen, fuel cells, electrolyzers, and renewable energy
- Semiconductor, microelectronics, photonic, and electromagnetic coatings
- Thermal-management and functional electronic surfaces
- Computational and AI-assisted design of energy and electronic interfaces
Biointerfaces, Biomedical & Emerging Surface Technologies
- Bioactive, biocompatible, antibacterial, antifouling, and therapeutic coatings
- Surface engineering for implants, medical devices, biosensors, and bioelectronics
- Bio-inspired and biomimetic surfaces
- AI-assisted design of biointerfaces and emerging surface technologies
