Special issue featuring papers from the international thermal spray conference (ITSC) 2019

This special issue of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology presents a selection of articles that were delivered at the International Thermal Spray Conference 2019 (ITSC 2019), which were expanded into full-length, peer-reviewed articles. The conference was held in Yokohama, Japan, on May 26-29, 2019, and was organized by the ASM International Thermal Spray Society (TSS) and the Japanese Thermal Spray Society.