Innovative Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Alloy Surfaces

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion, Wear and Erosion".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 244

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Interests: corrosion; biomaterials; APS; bio-coatings; electrochemical; failure analysis

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Dear Colleagues,

Recent climate changes and severe pollution in large urban and industrial areas are causing a detrimental impact on the corrosion resistance of many materials, thus requiring novel and innovative corrosion protection systems to adapt to these new conditions. Therefore, it is necessary that the research and development of advanced coatings encompasses surface and interface science and engineering, incorporating cutting-edge technologies and synthetic routes that account for coating composition, structure, permeability, biodegradation, mechanical resistance, and corrosion and chemical attacks. The aforementioned properties can be achieved by developing organic and/or inorganic coatings functionalized through nanostructured elements, with a high degree of enthalpy; click chemistry; coordination compounds; the design of soft matter for additive processing; liquid crystals; colloids; gels and foams; smart, sustainable, hybrid coatings, etc.

We would like to invite you to submit papers on topics related to organic and inorganic coatings, whose application is directed to the field of the energy; infrastructure; sustainability; water resources; transportation; chemistry; petrochemistry; mining; automotive, aerospace, naval, biomedical, and medical industries; additive manufacturing; metal–mechanical manufacturing; and cultural heritage, among others. We aim to explore new developments in this field to improve their corrosion and material performance according to the current conditions of climate change, which are exacerbating global warming and causing a high degree of environmental pollution and degradation.

This Special Issue aims to publish original research papers and critical reviews pertaining, but not limited, to bio-coatings, organic and inorganic coatings alloyed with compounds that provide a cathodic and/or anodic protection mechanism, thermal spray coatings, functionalized coatings, multifunctional coatings, sustainable coatings, smart coatings, self-healing coatings, etc. Reviews that establish an in-depth review of frontier issues in the broader area of ​​coatings applied to energy, infrastructure, sustainability, transportation, naval, aerospace, and medical industries, water resources, cultural heritage, etc., are also welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Víctor Orozco Carmona
Dr. David M. Bastidas
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • bio-coatings
  • functionalized coatings
  • sustainable coatings
  • smart coatings
  • advanced coatings
  • self-healing coatings
  • multifunctional coatings
  • anodic coatings
  • cathodic coatings
  • thermal spray coating
  • hybrid coating

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Research Progress of the Coatings Fabricated onto Titanium and/or Titanium Alloy Surfaces in Biomaterials for Medical Applications for Anticorrosive Applications
by Qin Rao, Jinshuang Zhang, Yaqing Chen, Yujin Yang, Xu Chen, Donghao Liu, Ruilu Zhu, Ang Li, Yanping Lv and Shunli Zheng
Coatings 2025, 15(5), 599; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings15050599 - 17 May 2025
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Titanium (Ti) and its alloys have attracted more interest, as they are widely employed as biomaterials due to their great biocompatibility, excellent strength ratio, and lightweight. However, corrosion occurs slowly due to an electrochemical reaction once the Ti material has been placed in [...] Read more.
Titanium (Ti) and its alloys have attracted more interest, as they are widely employed as biomaterials due to their great biocompatibility, excellent strength ratio, and lightweight. However, corrosion occurs slowly due to an electrochemical reaction once the Ti material has been placed in the human body, contributing to infection and failure of implants in medical applications. Thus, the corrosion phenomenon has caused great concern in the biomedical field. It is desirable to make the surface modification to provide better corrosion resistance. The fabrication techniques of the coatings fabricated onto Ti and/or Ti alloy surfaces have been reported, including sol–gel, annealing, plasma spraying, plasma immersion ion implantation, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, anodization, and micro-arc oxidation. This review first describes the corrosion types, including localized corrosion (both pitting and crevice corrosion), galvanic corrosion, selective leaching, stress corrosion cracking (SCC), corrosion fatigue (CF), and fretting corrosion. In the second part, the effects of corrosion on the human body were discussed, and the primary cause for clinical failure and allergies has been identified as the excessive release of poisonous and dangerous metal ions (Co, Ni, and Ti) from corroded implants into bodily fluids. The inclusion and exclusion criteria during the selection of literature are described in the third section. In the last section, we emphasized the current research progress of Ti alloy (particularly Ti6Al4V alloy) coatings in biomaterials for medical applications involving dental, orthopedic, and cardiovascular implants for anticorrosive applications. However, there are also several problems to explore and address in future studies, such as the release of excessive metal ions, etc. This review will draw attention to both researchers and clinicians, which could help to increase the coatings fabricated onto Ti and/or Ti alloy surfaces for anticorrosive applications in biomaterials for medical applications. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Alloy Surfaces)
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