The development of smart coatings with potential for active anticorrosion and self-healing
protection of metals is essential for long-term performance of metallic structures in …

Coating technologies are a commonly used way to protect metals against corrosion.
However, with more and more severe service environments of materials, many protective …

In this study, a novel corrosion protective coating with an excellent barrier, and superior
active anti-corrosion characteristics was constructed through a one-pot synthesis method of …

With the recent progress in nanotechnology and material engineering, nano-based coatings
have become multifunctional, smarter, efficient, versatile and durable. Superhydrophobic …

Metal corrosion causes huge economic losses, environmental pollution and industrial
disasters. Application of smart self-healing coatings for the active corrosion protection of …

Coatings containing corrosion inhibitors are effective materials for hindering corrosion of
metals and alloys structures. However, shortcomings of these coatings include an …

Self-healing coating is a new strategy for improving the service life of the anticorrosion
coating, however, remaining a challenge to achieve stable, multiple cyclic, and long-term …

During the last few years, different kinds of autonomic and non-autonomic self-healing
materials have been prepared using diverse techniques for a number of applications. The …

Abstract Development of a new environmentally safe coating for corrosion protection of
metallic surfaces attracted great interest in material science through the past few years …

Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is a widely used tool for engineering materials and coatings.
In this Perspective, dedicated to the memory of ACS Nano associate editor Prof. Dr. Helmuth …