Recent Surface Treatments of Metals and Their Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Corrosion and Protection".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 4760
Special Issue Editors
Interests: organic chemistry; anticorrosion; plasma electrolytic oxidation; corrosion inhibitor
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Interests: corrosion; plasma electrolytic oxidation; organic chemistry; theoretical chemistry (DF and MD simulations)
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, considerable effort has been expended in the search for green anti-corrosion compounds that can protect metals against mechanical and chemical attacks. New ways of designing metallic materials with specific functionality have already highlighted the potential of eco-friendly corrosion inhibitors with respect to the variety of coating methods. Owing to its positive impact on the electrochemical and catalytic responses, nature-friendly compounds are considered a promising class of surface treatments, and their interfacial mechanisms are critical in exploring corrosion behavior, property changes and surface modification. The combination of experimental and theoretical approaches is crucial to obtain more accurate, complete and detailed information about the functionalization of organic compounds on metallic surfaces. This Special Issue is dedicated to providing comprehensive insight into the preparation and characterization of organic corrosion inhibitors, including surface/interface characterization and interfacial mechanism studies. Therefore, we would like to invite researchers worldwide to submit their original research articles, reviews, and communications covering the experimental and theoretical aspects of metal-organic materials.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Surface treatment of metal;
- Functionalization of metallic surfaces;
- Electrochemical corrosion mechanisms;
- Corrosion behavior;
- Catalytic performance;
- Computational contributions;
- Green corrosion inhibitors;
- Bio-related activity;
- Light-related performance.
Prof. Dr. Wail Al Zoubi
Prof. Dr. Chaouiki Abdelkarim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- surface modification
- corrosion inhibitor
- surface characterization
- metal
- catalyst
- eco-friendly approach
- theoretical modeling
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