**4. Conclusions**

This work investigates the microstructure, mechanical properties, and electrochemical corrosion resistance of a NiTi-based intermetallic coating in-situ synthesized by LMD. The main findings are presented as follows.


**Author Contributions:** C.D.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft, Funding acquisition. M.J.: Methodology, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing—review & editing. D.W.: Writing—review & editing. Y.Y.: Conceptualization, Resources, Funding acquisition, Writing—review & editing. V.T.: Writing—review & editing. L.H.: Writing— review & editing. C.H.: Conceptualization, Validation, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, gran<sup>t</sup> number U2001218; the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, gran<sup>t</sup> number 2020A1515110699; the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, gran<sup>t</sup> number 2021A1515110527; National Engineering Research Center of Near-Net-Shape Forming for Metallic Materials Open Fund, SCUT, gran<sup>t</sup> number 2020003.

**Data Availability Statement:** Not applicable.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
