Smart Multifunctional Coatings for Corrosion Detection and Treatment

Siva Tamilvanan · Ananthakumar Ramadoss · Kalim Deshmukh · Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

Mar 2026 · Woodhead Publishing

Ebook

600

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Eligible

This book will become available on March 1, 2026. You will not be charged until it is released.

About this ebook

This book 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.• 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

About the author

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 is an assistant professor at the Advanced Research School for Technology & Product Simulation (ARSTPS), Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Technology (CIPET), Chennai, India. His research interests mainly focus on developing nanostructured materials and their applications in supercapacitors, nanogenerators, self-powered systems, thin films, corrosion protection, and bio-implants.

Dr. Kalim Deshmukh is a Senior Researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 15 years of research experience in the field of synthesis, characterization and structure-property relationships in a wide variety of polymeric materials, polymer blends and nanocomposites for various technological applications. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization and property investigations of polymer nanocomposites reinforced with different nanofillers including nanoparticles and carbon allotropes such as carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene and its derivatives for potential electronic applications.

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), 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 150 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas.

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