Advanced Functional Coatings for Corrosion Protection
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 471
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Effectively prolonging the service life of metal materials in industrial applications is still a significant and urgent issue and one of great challenge. Functional coatings, such as self-healing coatings, superhydrophobic coatings, and lubricant-infused coatings, have attracted great attention in the field of corrosion protection in recent decades. In addition, the investigation of corrosion monitoring and corrosion protection mechanisms can fundamentally help us to improve the corrosion protection performance of the aforementioned coatings. The topics of interest for this Special Issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Anti-corrosive coatings;
- Self-healing coatings;
- Superhydrophobic coatings;
- Lubricant-infused coatings
- Corrosion monitoring;
- Surface and interface characterization;
- Corrosion protection mechanism;
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yu Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- self-healing coatings
- superhydrophobic coatings
- lubricant-infused coatings
- corrosion monitoring
- corrosion protection mechanism
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