Functional Coatings for Corrosion Protection and Biofouling Mitigation
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 137
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Corrosion and biofouling pose significant global challenges in industrial and maritime sectors. Harsh environmental conditions accelerate metallic corrosion, leading to material failures, maneuverability inefficiencies, and safety concerns. Concurrently, the undesired surface colonization of marine organisms on submerged surfaces increases hydrodynamic drag and boosts fuel consumption, thereby escalating maintenance demands and operational costs. Moreover, diverse microorganisms foster corrosion via microenvironment gradients of oxygen and pH, known as microbiologically influenced corrosion. Among various anti-corrosion and antifouling techniques, protective surface coatings are regarded as one of the most effective and feasible approaches, having become a research focus.
This Special Issue aims to delve into the cutting-edge advancements in functional coatings for corrosion protection and biofouling mitigation. Topics of interest include state-of-the-art fabrication methods, sustainable and non-toxic technologies, recent discoveries in anti-corrosion and antifouling mechanisms, durable coatings with mechanical stability, bioinspired designs based on special wettability or protective structures, and intelligent coatings featuring self-healing or stimulus-responsive attributes. We also welcome submissions on new characterization methods and computational simulations to analyze corrosion and biofouling processes.
It is my pleasure to invite you to contribute original research papers (experiments or simulations) and comprehensive reviews to this Special Issue.
Dr. Xiangyu Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biofilms
- microbiologically influenced corrosion
- anti-corrosion
- antifouling
- coatings
- surface engineering
- coating/metal interface
