Advances in Corrosion Protection for Steel

Dear Colleagues,

The corrosion of steel remains one of the most critical challenges across key sectors such as energy, transportation, infrastructure, and marine applications, leading to significant economic losses and potential safety and environmental risks. In this context, the development of innovative and sustainable corrosion protection strategies has become a major priority both in scientific research and in industrial practice.

This Special Issue, “Advances in Corrosion Protection for Steel,” aims to gather together original research articles and comprehensive reviews addressing recent progress in the understanding of corrosion mechanisms and the development of more efficient protection technologies. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit contributions related to, but not necessarily limited to, the following topics:

• Development and characterization of advanced coatings (organic, inorganic, hybrid, and nanostructured);
• Corrosion inhibitors, including environmentally friendly (“green”) compounds;
• Electrochemical techniques for corrosion evaluation (EIS, polarization methods, and electrochemical noise, among others);
• Electrochemical protection methods, such as cathodic and anodic protection;
• Surface modification and treatment of steel;
• Modeling and simulation of corrosion processes using artificial intelligence to predict properties, performance, durability, and reliability in different environments;
• Emerging materials with enhanced corrosion resistance, including high-entropy alloys and metallic glasses;
• Corrosion in specific environments (marine, industrial, biological, and CO₂/H₂S-containing systems).

This Special Issue seeks to promote the exchange of knowledge and foster innovative solutions that contribute to extending material service life, reducing maintenance costs, and advancing sustainable technologies for corrosion mitigation. 

Prof. Dr. Araceli Espinoza-Vázquez
Dr. Ricardo Orozco-Cruz
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Corrosion and Materials Degradation is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.