The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

Silicon-based polymers are outstanding materials for coating applications. These
compounds have excellent properties, such as strong adhesion to most substrates, and high …

Coatings tailored to corrosion protection of metallic substrates are of the utmost relevance to
ensure reliability and long-term performance of coated parts as well as the product value of …

The application of surface treatments in concrete has been widely investigated over the past
decades. Surface treatment technology has become more important in concrete structures …

Epoxy resins are very important and widely used thermosetting polymers that find many
practical applications. Very often their properties can be effectively modified by an addition …

Surfaces that can passively mitigate ice accretion have recently attracted significant interest
as an alternative to cost-intensive, active, de-icing technologies. After decades of research …

The main objective of this review is to describe some of the important topics related to the
use of marine and protective coatings for anticorrosive purposes. In this context,“protective” …

The mechanical and thermal properties of Kevlar fiber reinforced polymer composites are
favorable. Researchers have extensively studied to improve these composites' mechanical …

Icephobic surfaces have a critical footprint on human daily lives ranging from aviation
systems and infrastructures to energy systems, but creation of these surfaces for low …

Epoxy-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) nanocomposite coatings loaded with different
concentrations (ranged from 2 to 8%(w/w)) of ZnO nanoparticles have been successfully …