Functional Coatings
Innovations and Challenges
1. Edition February 2024
624 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
FUNCTIONAL COATINGS
A must-own resource for understanding functional coatings and their revolutionary potential
Functional coatings are those which provide not only the protection and performance enhancement of a conventional coating, but also offer additional properties tailored to meet the specific requirements of a given industry or application. They have applications in a huge range of sectors, including automotive, aerospace, healthcare, energy, and more. Coatings with properties like fire retardancy, antimicrobial properties, or controlled drug release have the potential to revolutionize entire industries.
Functional Coatings offers a comprehensive resource for engineers and researchers looking to understand these coatings and the opportunities they provide. Beginning with an overview of the subject's foundations and industrial significance, the book analyzes numerous coating methods and their properties, with a particular focus on anticorrosion coatings. The result is an indispensable resource for professionals in virtually any technological industry looking to understand the benefits of a cutting-edge toolkit.
Functional Coatings readers will also find:
* Coverage of synthesis, durability, reproducibility, cost-effectiveness, specialized surface morphology, and environmental friendliness of each coating
* Detailed discussion of antimicrobial coatings, fire-retardant coatings, self-healing coatings, nanopowder coatings, coatings for marine applications, and many more
* Applications of additives, machine learning, and sophisticated characterizations, etc. as per industry requirements
Functional Coatings is ideal for researchers, engineers, and industry professionals working with any area of technology where coatings have purchase.
Part I: Introduction and Fundamentals
01 Introduction to Functional Coatings
02 Innovative Coating Methods for Industrial Applications
03 Coatings Research Institutes, Organizations, Associations, Societies, Academic Departments, and Centres
Part II: Functional Protective Coatings
04 Anticorrosion Coating: Protective Mechanism and Classifications
05 Advances in Corrosion-Resistant Coatings: Types, Formulating Principles, Properties, and Applications
06 Anticorrosion Coating Using Natural Biopolymers
07 Marine Coatings
08 Fire-Retardant Coatings for Modern Lightweight Materials: Contemporary and Future Perspectives
Part III: Other Type of Functional Coatings
09 Antimicrobial Coatings: Current Mechanisms, Challenges, and Opportunities
10 Synthesis Mechanism of Antimicrobial Polymeric Coatings
11 Superhydrophobic Coatings: Insights and Real-World Applications
12 Nature-Inspired Sustainable Superhydrophobic/Superoleophilic Coatings and Their Applications
13 Nanopowder Coatings: Manufacturing, Curing & Applications
14 Icephobic Coatings: Current Trends and Future Perspectives
15 Role of Wetting and Dispersing Additive in Coatings
16 Surface Defects: Causes, Prevention, and Remedies
17 Machine Learning in Commercialized Coatings
18 Advanced Characterization Techniques for Functional Coatings
19 Thermal Characterization of Passive Fire Protection Coatings Using Bayesian Inference
20 Sophisticated Characterization Techniques for Structure-Property Evaluation of Functional Coatings
George D. Verros, PhD, works as a Chemical Engineer for public sector environmental projects in Greece.
J. Paulo Davim, PhD, is a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.
