Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Anti-corrosion Applications

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

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Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulation, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
Interests: materials; advanced materials; nanomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,

 It is known that superhydrophobic surfaces with corrosion resistance play important roles in many fields, such as in the textile industry, naval architecture, special materials, building protection, among others. The anti-corrosion property has been proven to be associated with many interface factors, including micro/nano hierarchical structures, surface energy, interface pinning effect, etc. Many interesting and exciting results and applications of anti-corrosion surfaces have been reported; however, more experimental phenomena/roles and theoretical mechanisms remain to be explored, which will facilitate further development of superhydrophobic modification technology. Inspired by this, we are compiling a Special Issue on ‘Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Anti-corrosion Applications’, to encourage researchers to present their novel research and results pertaining to this topic. We would like to cordially invite you to contribute to this Special Issue. The theme of this issue broadly includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) Synthesis of superhydrophobic organic/inorganic materials;

(2) Preparation of micro/nano hierarchical or biomimetic structures;

(3) Superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic applications;

(4) Anti-corrosion applications in industry, transportation, daily life, lab, etc.;

(5) Novel or special superhydrophobic modification;

(6) Surface energy control under macro/micro scale.

Dr. Jing Yu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • superhydrophobic structure
  • anti-corrosion applications
  • surface and interface engineering
  • wettability modification
  • surface energy control

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Improving the Processability of a One-Step Hydrophobic Coating for Hot-Dipped Galvanised Steel for Industrial Applications
by Jamie Williams, Christian Griffiths, Tom Dunlop and Eifion Jewell
Coatings 2022, 12(7), 895; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12070895 - 24 Jun 2022
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Abstract
Hydrophobicity on steel-based metallic surfaces provides an advantage in limiting corrosion and debris buildup on the surface, thereby, improving the substrate performance. An experimental investigation was conducted on the development of zinc stearate and silicon dioxide coatings on the surface of hot-dipped galvanised [...] Read more.
Hydrophobicity on steel-based metallic surfaces provides an advantage in limiting corrosion and debris buildup on the surface, thereby, improving the substrate performance. An experimental investigation was conducted on the development of zinc stearate and silicon dioxide coatings on the surface of hot-dipped galvanised zinc-coated steel substrates, which could be used to induce superhydrophobicity. Under optimal formulation and processing conditions, a contact angle of 146° could be produced within a 120-min processing window. This represents a reduction in processing time of 67% over previous literature using similar chemistry. In addition, we proved that costly nano silicon dioxide can be replaced by lower cost micro silicon dioxide without decreasing the performance of the coating contact angle. Under standard accelerated exposure tests, the coating was shown to reduce oxide build up by a factor of 3 compared to uncoated galvanized steel. Full article
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