Anti-Corrosion Materials and Coatings
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion, Wear and Erosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2026 | Viewed by 7
Special Issue Editors
Interests: research focuses on metal corrosion and protection, with particular emphasis on anti-corrosion applications of high-performance polymer-based composites, especially stimuli-responsive and self-healing systems
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Interests: self-healing coatings
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Corrosion under extreme service conditions—high salinity and humidity, large temperature gradients and thermal shocks, high pressure, radiation, microbial activity, erosive wear by sand/ice, and coupled electro-mechanical loading—continues to threaten the reliability and lifetime of metallic assets. Polymer-based coatings and polymer–inorganic hybrids offer unique opportunities to combine robust barrier performance with active protection functions such as stimuli-responsive release, damage sensing, and autonomous self-healing. This Special Issue aims to gather recent advances that connect molecular/materials design with rigorous durability assessments and mechanistic understanding, thereby accelerating the translation of smart protective systems from laboratory concepts to field-relevant applications.
We welcome original research, reviews, and communications on the following topics:
- Stimuli-responsive and self-healing coatings (capsule/vascular systems, dynamic covalent networks);
- Hybrid and nanocomposite barriers (graphene, MXene, LDH/MOF, sol–gel and ceramer films) with controlled microstructure and transport;
- Adhesion engineering and interfacial chemistry at metal–polymer interfaces to mitigate under-film corrosion and delamination;
- Transport phenomena (water/ion uptake, permeability, free-volume control) and quantitative correlations between condensed-state transitions and barrier properties;
- Multifunctional coatings for the marine/offshore, aerospace, automotive, energy, and infrastructure sectors (anti-fouling, anti-icing, erosion/wear resistance, flame retardancy, sensing);
- Accelerated testing and durability modeling, including EIS (breakpoint frequency, equivalent-circuit analysis), salt-spray/prohesion, immersion, cyclic corrosion, and coupled UV/thermal/humidity aging;
- Sustainable solutions, including low-VOC/solvent-free processing, recyclable matrices, and life-cycle assessment.
Submissions that integrate advanced characterization (e.g., DSC/DMA/rheology, XPS, XRD, EIS, neutron/synchrotron methods) with modeling or field validation are especially encouraged. We look forward to your contributions
Dr. Zhaolei Li
Dr. Meng Cheng
Dr. Lu Shen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- anti-corrosion coatings
- anti-fouling coatings
- biodegradable coatings
- self-healing coatings
- reliability coatings
- smart coatings
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