Corrosion and Wear of Materials in Extreme Environments
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 2026 | Viewed by 491
Special Issue Editors
Interests: corrosion protection; superalloy; rare earth steel
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern engineering systems increasingly operate under extreme conditions—such as high temperatures, aggressive chemical exposure, intense mechanical stresses, and high pressures—where materials are subjected to simultaneous and synergistic degradation from corrosion and wear. This combined damage accelerates failure, compromises safety, and imposes significant economic costs across critical industries including energy, aerospace, marine, and chemical processing. While corrosion and wear are often studied separately, their interaction in extreme environments remains a complex and underexplored frontier, demanding integrated research approaches.
This Special Issue aims to address this gap by providing a dedicated platform for cutting-edge research on the concurrent and interactive mechanisms of corrosion and wear (tribocorrosion) in extreme service conditions. We seek to advance the fundamental understanding, predictive modelling, and practical mitigation of material degradation where traditional models and data are insufficient. This Issue will highlight innovative strategies encompassing advanced materials design, protective coatings and surface engineering, lubrication, corrosion inhibitors, and multi-scale computational simulations tailored to extreme environments.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Fundamental studies on the synergistic mechanisms of corrosion–wear interactions under extreme conditions (e.g., high temperature/pressure, erosion–corrosion).
- Development and performance evaluation of novel materials, coatings, and surface treatments for enhanced tribocorrosion resistance.
- Experimental and theoretical assessment of material application limits and degradation pathways in extreme service envelopes.
- Advanced monitoring, characterization, and lifetime prediction methodologies for materials under combined degradation.
- Computational modelling and simulation of tribocorrosion processes and the efficacy of protection strategies.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Dr. Xintong Lian
Dr. Na Guo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- corrosion and wear
- extreme environments
- protective coatings
- novel materials
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