Review Papers Collection for Smart Coatings

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".

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Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Interests: anti-icing; icephobicity; hydrophobicity; antifouling; enhanced oil recovery; nanomechanics; nano energy

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Xuefeng Mountain Energy Equipment Safety National Observation and Research Station, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
Interests: smart coatings; self-healing; anti-icing; ionic liquids; chemical engineering; nano materials; surface fabrication

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to kindly contribute your work to the current Special Issue focusing on “Smart Coatings”.

Coatings with the capacities of responses to the environmental stimuli are highly desired for various applications. Such coatings are generally called “smart coatings”, with varied properties including self-healing, antifouling, passive icephobicity, super hydrophobicity, antimicrobial, photothermal effects, and many others. Under the strong driving force of materials nanotechnology in the last decade, the development of smart coatings is gaining an unprecedented speed. New smart coatings with strategically designed structures, or that incorporate ingredients responsive to light, pH, pressure, temperature, etc., are becoming popular in the literature, targeting various application fields.

This Special Issue is devoted to high quality research articles and review papers on the state-of-the-art of different smart coatings. Both theoretical and experimental studies on smart coatings, especially on their design, fabrication, characterization and applications, are the emphasis. Review work on current and future advances, highlighting new perspectives, of smart coatings also are highly welcome. The interested topics concerning smart coatings include, but are not limited to:

  • Design and preparation of self-healing coatings;
  • Passive anti-icing, anti-snow, and anti-adhesive coatings;
  • Temperature responsive coatings for various application purposes;
  • Photothermal effects in coatings;
  • Structure–property–function relationship in smart coatings.

Dr. Senbo Xiao
Dr. Yizhi Zhuo
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • smart coatings
  • surface functionality
  • surface mechanics
  • surface chemistry
  • surface fabrication and characterization

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Development and Application of Intelligent Coating Technology: A Review
by Xiaoyi Chen, Bingbing Zheng, Shujing Zhou, Chengyang Shi, Yiwei Liang and Lina Hu
Coatings 2024, 14(5), 597; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14050597 - 9 May 2024
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Coating technology, as a part of surface engineering, has shown remarkable potential in future industrial applications. With the continuous development and improvement of coating technology, coatings have gradually become an indispensable part of industrial manufacturing, possessing various excellent properties and characteristics, such as [...] Read more.
Coating technology, as a part of surface engineering, has shown remarkable potential in future industrial applications. With the continuous development and improvement of coating technology, coatings have gradually become an indispensable part of industrial manufacturing, possessing various excellent properties and characteristics, such as superhydrophobicity and self-cleaning, enhanced biological antibacterial properties, and improved corrosion resistance. Intelligent coatings are not only rigid barriers between substrates and the environment but also coatings designed to respond to the environment and improve coating life or achieve certain special functions through this response. Biomimetics is a discipline that studies the structure, function, and behavior of living organisms and applies them to engineering design. Combining bionics with intelligent coating materials can not only improve the performance and functionality of intelligent coatings but also create more intelligent coating materials. This paper includes advanced superhydrophobic intelligent coatings, anticorrosion intelligent coatings, biological antibacterial intelligent coatings, and other intelligent coatings with specific functions. We also provide a detailed overview of the preparation methods and technologies of various representative intelligent coatings, as well as their properties and applications, which will offer some valuable references for the development direction of future intelligent coatings. Full article
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Emerging Trends in Smart Self-Healing Coatings: A Focus on Micro/Nanocontainer Technologies for Enhanced Corrosion Protection
by Simpy Sanyal, SeonJu Park, Ramachandran Chelliah, Su-Jung Yeon, Kaliyan Barathikannan, Selvakumar Vijayalakshmi, Ye-Jin Jeong, Momna Rubab and Deog Hawn Oh
Coatings 2024, 14(3), 324; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14030324 - 8 Mar 2024
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Smart self-healing coatings offer a revolutionary approach to mitigating metal corrosion, a problem with significant economic and environmental impacts. Divided into intrinsic and extrinsic types, these coatings autonomously rectify the damage. Intrinsic variants utilize reversible bonds to achieve ongoing repair, while extrinsic ones [...] Read more.
Smart self-healing coatings offer a revolutionary approach to mitigating metal corrosion, a problem with significant economic and environmental impacts. Divided into intrinsic and extrinsic types, these coatings autonomously rectify the damage. Intrinsic variants utilize reversible bonds to achieve ongoing repair, while extrinsic ones incorporate micro/nanocontainers that activate upon environmental triggers to mend micro-cracks, their efficacy dictated by the encapsulated healing agents’ volume. This review dissects the rapidly evolving sector of stimuli-responsive self-healing coatings, emphasizing the progress in micro/nano container technology. It discusses the synthesis and encapsulation processes of different micro/nanocontainers and charts the transition from single to multistimulus-responsive systems, which enhances the coatings’ sensitivity and functionality. The addition of multifunctional traits such as self-reporting and anti-microbial actions further broadens their industrial applicability. The review provides a succinct overview of the field’s current state and future potential, envisioning a paradigm shift in corrosion protection through advanced smart coatings. Full article
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