Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Sol–Gel Materials for Corrosion Mitigation
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2022) | Viewed by 12186
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sol–gel; materials; corrosion; coatings; materials for sensing applications
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Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on “Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Sol–Gel Materials for Corrosion Mitigation”. The wide application range of organic–inorganic hybrid (OIH) materials has attracted significant attention over the past decades. The combination of inorganic materials and organic polymers in a single phase allows one to tailor the electrical, optical, and mechanical properties for numerous applications. This unrestricted design concept has led to the development of multifunctional coatings for several applications, such as mitigation of mechanical abrasion, erosion, and corrosion. OIH materials can be easily obtained using the sol–gel method under mild synthesis conditions. Furthermore, the large variety of available chemical precursors allows a wide range of coatings to be produced with tuned physicochemical properties. Currently, the development of OIH sol–gel materials is focused on green, safe, smart, and economic approaches. Ideally, these OIH sol–gel materials should be smart with the ability to act according to certain needs, i.e., be stimuli-responsive in a defined environment.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest experimental and theoretical developments in this field, combining original research papers and review articles from leading groups worldwide.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- OIH sol–gel coatings for corrosion mitigation of metallic alloys;
- Sol–gel materials for corrosion mitigation of metallic devices for energy and environmental applications;
- Hybrid sol–gel nanostructured materials for smart coatings;
- Multifunctional OIH sol–gel coatings for corrosion protection including self-healing, anti-fouling, and superhydrophobic functions.
Dr. Rita Bacelar Figueira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- corrosion
- sol–gel
- multifunctional materials
- superhydrophobic
- self-healing
- anti-fouling
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