1. Editorial

   • Dongming Zhu
   • Robert Vaßen
   • Katherine T. Faber

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 3

2. Editorial team expanded

   EditorialNotes Pages: 4 - 5

3. Calendar of events

   Events Pages: 7 - 9

4. In the news

   News Pages: 10 - 12

5. News from institutes and research centers around the world

   News Pages: 13 - 20

6. Discussion topics and threads on thermal spray

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 23

7. Selected patents related to thermal spraying

   Announcement Pages: 24 - 32

8. Arc torch JTST historical patent #33

   • John S. Kane
   • Clifford W. Hill

   Historical Patents Pages: 33 - 36

9. Thermally sprayed wear resistant coatings with nanostructured hard phases

   • Stephan Siegmann
   • Oliver Brandt
   • Michael Dvorak

   Technical Note Pages: 37 - 43

10. Depth-penetrating temperature measurements of thermal barrier coatings incorporating thermographic phosphors

    • Jeffrey I. Eldridge
    • Timothy J. Bencic
    • David L. Beshears

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 44 - 50

11. Tantalum oxide coatings as candidate environmental barriers

    • Monica Moldovan
    • C. M. Weyant
    • K. T. Faber

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 51 - 56

12. Superior thermal barrier coatings using solution precursor plasma spray

    • E. H. Jordan
    • L. Xie
    • P. E. C. Bryant

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 57 - 65

13. Improved oxidation life of segmented plasma sprayed 8YSZ thermal barrier coatings

    • James L. Smialek

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 66 - 75

14. New material concepts for the next generation of plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coatings

    • D. Stöver
    • G. Pracht
    • R. Vaßen

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 76 - 83

15. Furnace cyclic oxidation behavior of multicomponent low conductivity thermal barrier coatings

    • Dongming Zhu
    • James A. Nesbitt
    • Robert A. Miller

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 84 - 92

16. Sliding wear evaluation of hot isostatically pressed thermal spray ceramet coatings

    • V. Stoica
    • R. Ahmed
    • S. Tobe

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 93 - 107

17. Feedback control of HVOF thermal spray process accounting for powder size distribution

    • Mingheng Li
    • Panagiotis D. Christofides

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 108 - 120

18. Thermal spray vitrification process for the removal of lead-based paint from steel structures: An applications note

    • A. Kumar
    • J. Boy
    • L. D. Stephenson

    Reviewed Papers Pages: 121 - 125