“…Coatings based on metallic nanoparticles (NPs) films, NPs dispersed in host dielectric or conductive matrices or barrier layers and hierarchical three-dimensional nanomaterials, are attracting a lot of interest due to their applicability in fields spanning from electro-catalysis [1], fuel cells [2], to antimicrobial coatings [3,4,5,6] and nanojoining [7,8]. However, to tailor the properties of nanostructured systems, the synthesis of nanoparticle-matrix nanocomposite coatings may require complex multi-step approach, even after the NPs synthesis, where matrix embedding may require colloidal stabilization, cross-linking growth and substrate functionalization [9].…”