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Smart Multifunctional Coatings for Corrosion Detection and Treatment

  • 1st Edition - December 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ananthakumar Ramadoss, Kalim Deshmukh, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Siva Tamilvanan
  • Language: English

Smart Multifunctional Coatings for Corrosion Detection and Treatment investigates the impact smart multifunctional coatings in corrosion sensing, self-healing, superh… Read more

Description

Smart Multifunctional Coatings for Corrosion Detection and Treatment investigates the impact smart multifunctional coatings in corrosion sensing, self-healing, superhydrophobic, anti-fouling, and self-cleaning applications. The book focuses on smart multifunctional materials, their special synthesis techniques, applications, and commercial challenges, and provides a comprehensive analysis of smart materials-based coatings, from the fundamentals to industrial-scale exploratory research. The book sets out the components and performance-governing parameters of multiple applications of smart coatings, identifying the challenges, trends and limitations involved in their implementation. It is ideal for advanced students and research scholars, as well as industry professionals working in sustainable coatings for various fields, including textiles and the automobile industry.

Key features

  • Explains the corrosion inhibition mechanisms, fabrication methods, characterizations, properties, and applications of smart materials-based coatings
  • Considers the application of corrosion-inhibiting smart coatings in various emerging applications, including aerospace, automotive, defense, and construction
  • Explores current challenges and opportunities in the development and commercial application of corrosion-inhibiting smart coatings

Readership

Students, researchers, and industrialists working in the field of smart materials development and multiple coatings, specifically those dealing with anti-corrosion applications

Table of contents

1. 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. Analytical tools for monitoring anticorrosive smart coatings

5. Intelligent polymers and polymer composites in smart multifunctional coatings for corrosion detection and treatment

6. Micro- and nanocontainer-based smart coatings

7. Micro and nanocapsules-based smart coatings

8. Intelligent thin layer - Based smart coating

9. Nature-inspired materials for smart coatings

10. Smart superhydrophobic coatings

11. Engineered superhydrophobic coatings for anticorrosive and antiicing applications

12. Smart self-cleaning coatings

13. Smart self-healing coatings

14. Smart antifouling coatings

15. Smart tribological coatings

16. Multifunctional stimuli-responsive smart coatings

17. Smart coating in aerospace and automotive application

18. Smart coatings in defence applications

19. Smart coatings in building materials application

20. Advancements and future perspectives in smart coatings: innovations in corrosion protection, self-healing, and multifunctional solutions for sustainable applications

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

Ananthakumar Ramadoss

Editor
Ananthakumar Ramadoss is a Scientist at the Advanced Research School for Tech nology and Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engi neering & Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India. He was a Scientist (Jr) at CIPET: SARP-LARPM, Bhubaneswar; Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz, Germany; a Postdoctoral Fellow at KAIST, Korea; and a Research Fellow at CSIR-CECRI, 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 bioimplants. He has over 100 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, 4 edited books, and >30 book chapters with renowned international publishers, and is currently coediting books with international publishers. He has also received various awards and prestigious fellowships. Besides, he has completed and ongoing various sponsored projects in the respective areas.

Affiliations and expertise
Scientist, Advanced Research School for Technology & Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Kalim Deshmukh

Editor

Siva Tamilvanan was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Advanced Research School for Technology and Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India. He completed his PhD on Self-Healing Coatings in 2016 from Bharathidasan University. His fields of specialization were corrosion control by intelligent coatings, conducting polymer-based coatings, corrosion inhibitors, and corrosion monitoring. He published more than 30 articles and 5 book chapters and was granted two patents. He was an Assessor & Trainer of Paint and Coatings Skill Council of India. He has received various awards on national and international levels, including SERB, CSIR Fellowships, NACE, and Berger awards.

Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, New Technologies Research Centre, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

Editor

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 is focused on 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 several reputable publishers including Elsevier.

Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor and Director of Laboratories, Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, United States

Siva Tamilvanan

Editor
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Research School for Technology & Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India