Development and Characterization of Coatings and Surface Treatments for Corrosion, Wear, and Tribocorrosion Protection of Materials in Hostile Environments
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion, Wear and Erosion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 4254
Special Issue Editors
Interests: corrosion; tribocorrosion; tribology; metals; surface treatments; coatings; offshore; bio-tribocorrosion; materials characterization
Interests: corrosion; tribocorrosion; tribology; metals; surface treatments; coatings; offshore; bio-tribocorrosion; materials characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
One of the greatest current concerns in corrosion science and surface engineering is the reduction and/or inhibition of materials deterioration in harsh working environments. Metallic materials are susceptible to specific atmospheres that can lead to great material losses due to corrosion in a wide range of applications and industrial sectors (materials processing, transportation, offshore technologies for renewable energy, aerospace, biomedicine, etc.). In fact, the costs of corrosion in developed countries are estimated to be around the 3–4% of the GNP. The situation is considerably aggravated when mechanical solicitations are combined to aggressive environments, which may involve a synergistic effect that results in unpredictable premature failures of materials and components. This is the case of tribocorrosion, which involves the simultaneous action of mechanical (wear) and electrochemical (corrosion) processes, resulting in a total material loss that is greater than the sum of the two processes taking place alone.
That is why the development of materials with increased durability through the modification of their surface properties by means of surface modification techniques or the development of protective coatings of different nature is of great interest in the field of corrosion science and engineering. In fact, it is well known that the employment of corrosion-control measurements can reduce up to one third of the costs associated to corrosion.
This Special Issue will serve as a forum for papers in the following concepts:
- Theoretical and experimental research, knowledge, and new ideas in protective coatings and surface treatments for the protection against wear, corrosion, and/or tribocorrosion;
- Recent developments in multifunctional organic, inorganic, hybrid coatings;
- Understanding the degradation mechanisms of new materials and/or coatings through friction, wear, corrosion, and/or tribocorrosion;
- The latest development of test methods considering the interplay between mechanical, chemical, and electrochemical interactions for the assessment of protective coatings;
- Correlation of laboratory scale accelerated testing and in-field performance of materials and/or protective coatings;
- Computer modeling and simulation to predict the performance of materials and/or protective coating and their durability in real service conditions.
Dr. Raquel Bayón
Dr. Ainara López-Ortega
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Protective coatings
- Wear, corrosion and tribocorrosion
- Multifunctional coatings
- New testing methods
- Performance modeling
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