1) The document discusses the effect of a ceramic coating on the thermal buckling of functionally graded plates under a non-uniform temperature rise. It presents a model to analyze the buckling behavior of plates with an initial geometric imperfection and a ceramic coating. 2) The model uses nonlinear stability equations and considers the plates as thin with simply supported boundary conditions. It derives an expression for the critical temperature of buckling in terms of the plate properties and dimensions. 3) The results show that increasing the thickness of the ceramic coating or decreasing the size of the initial geometric imperfection improves the stability of the functionally graded plate by increasing its critical buckling temperature. The analysis provides useful information for designing functionally graded plates