Advances in Anti-corrosion Polymeric and Paint Coatings on Metals: Preparation, Adhesion, Characterization and Application

Dear Colleagues,

Metals play a critical role in people’s lives, and metal products have a number of useful properties. However, despite the numerous advantages of metal products, they also have significant drawbacks, the most important being the fact that they are destroyed under the influence of the environment, a phenomenon also known as corrosion, the fight against which is one of the oldest technical problems of humankind. Indeed, the rapid increase in the amount of metal produced is accompanied by a rapid increase in economic losses from corrosion.

Currently, the most common method of anticorrosion protection of materials is the use of paint and polymeric coatings, accounting for up to 90% of all corrosion protection costs. Corrosion control via coatings is also very important, especially for objects exposed to corrosive operating environments. A major difficulty for coating users is assessing the present state of protection against corrosion in a coated system after it has been exposed to its environment because visual observation is often difficult for many parts of objects.

Therefore, fundamental research on corrosion control via coatings should address the issues of new materials and new test methods. In order to ensure the reliable functioning of a metal structure, it is necessary to constantly monitor adhesion and its resistance to the action of the surrounding environment, permeability of the coating in relation to corrosive substances, the rate of underfilm corrosion, etc., as well as the characteristics of metal–polymer joints.

This Special Issue provides a thorough introduction to the various types of coatings that can be used to protect against corrosion. Physical, mechanical, adhesion, and anticorrosion properties of coatings and novel test methods—as well as areas of application—will be provided for each type of material.

Dr. Maksim A. Petrunin
Guest Editor

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• Organic coating
• Paint
• Adhesion
• Corrosion
• Corrosion deadhesion
• Cathodic delamination
• Underfilm corrosion
• Corrosion inhibitor
• Adhesion promoter
• Inhibiting coating
• Surface pretreatment