Table of Contents
Section I: Fundamentals of Smart Coatings1. An Introduction and Basic Concepts of Smart Coatings
2. Materials and Fabrication Methods of Smart Coatings
3. Anticorrosion Mechanism and Environmental Conditions of Smart Coatings
4. Influencing Factors and Process Optimization of Smart Coatings
5. Analytical Tools for Monitoring Anticorrosive Smart Coatings
Section II: Materials Design of Smart Coatings
6. Intelligent Polymers and Polymer Composites for Smart Coatings
7. Micro and Nanocontainers Based Smart Coatings
8. Micro and Nanocapsules Based Smart Coatings
9. Intelligent Thin Layer Based Smart Coatings
10. Nature-Inspired Materials for Smart Coatings
Section III: Functional Types of Smart Coatings
11. Smart Superhydrophobic Coatings
12. Smart Self-Cleaning Coatings
13. Smart Self-Healing Coatings
14. Smart Anti-Fouling Coatings
15. Smart Triobological Coatings
16. Multifunctional Stimuli Responsive Smart Coatings
Section IV: Application of smart coatings
17. Smart Coatings in Aerospace and Automotive Applications
18. Smart Coatings in Defence Applications
19. Smart Coatings in Building Materials Application
20. Commercial Aspects, Challenges and Future Perspectives of Smart Coatings
Authors
Siva Tamilvanan Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Research School for Technology & Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India. Siva Tamilvanan is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Advanced Research School for Technology & Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India. His fields of specialization are corrosion control by intelligent coatings, conducting polymer-based coatings, corrosion inhibitors, and corrosion monitoring. Ananthakumar Ramadoss Scientist, Advanced Research School for Technology & Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India.Ananthakumar Ramadoss is a Scientist at the Advanced Research School for Technology & Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India. He has over 15 years of research expertise in developing various nanostructured materials for applications in supercapacitors, nanogenerators, self-powered systems, 3D printing, thin films, corrosion protection, and bio-implants. He has over 100 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, >25 book chapters and edited 1 book with renowned international publishers. Also, he has received various awards (>15), prestigious fellowships (Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship), and a Top 2% Scientist. In addition, he has completed and ongoing various sponsored projects in the respective areas.
Kalim Deshmukh Senior Researcher, New Technologies - Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic.Kalim Deshmukh is a senior researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization, and property investigations of novel polymer nanocomposites reinforced with different nanofillers, including various nanomaterials including carbon-based materials such as carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene and its derivatives, and MXenes for energy storage, energy harvesting, gas sensing, EMI shielding and high-k dielectric applications.
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain Adjunct Professor and Director of Chemistry & EVSC Labs, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA.Prof. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research focuses on sustainability, the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.
