Smart Coatings: Fundamentals, Developments, and Applications

This book focuses on fundamentals, technology, synthesis, and characterizations and applied techniques from a practical point of view of coatings. The first three chapters offer a rigorous review of the application of these coatings to corrosion protection in various aerospace and oil and gas industries, and the subsequent chapters present a quick critical review of the state-of-the-art protection techniques of these coatings to novel biomedical applications such as clinical translations and tissue-engineered materials. Environmental, ergonomics, and aesthetic aspects and future perspectives are also explained at the end.

Features:

• Explores the synthesis and application techniques of novel smart coatings in various research areas
• Presents a concise, critical, and state-of-the-art review of existing research on various types of smart coatings
• Ascertains the different mechanisms associated with the stimuli response of smart coatings
• Includes an exclusive chapter on real-time applications in the biomedical field
• Covers self-healing, self-cleaning, pH balance, early corrosion detection, and triggering mechanisms

This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students specifically in smart coatings and thin films and corrosion, including chemical, materials science engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and nanotechnology.

Vaibhav Sanjay Kathavate, PhD, landed at the North Carolina State University (NCSU), USA in May 2022 after his first postdoctoral research at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). He earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore). At NCSU, he is associated with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Prior to joining IIT Indore, he served as Project Scientist at the National Institute of Ocean Technology Chennai (NIOT) under the aegis of Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. His research interests lie at the intersection of experimental mechanics and micro/nanotechnology, electrochemistry at surfaces and inter-faces of advanced crystalline materials, and stimuli-responsive smart coatings for clinical translation and water/oil repellent applications. With a continuing motivation from ＂nature＂, he is keen to correlate his research with natural activities, thereby serving the emerging needs of the society. He has authored various scientific articles of an international repute. When Dr. Kathavate is not researching, he attempts to sing classical songs involving different Indian languages. He is also enthusiastic about experiencing different cultural and regional activities across the nooks and corners of the globe.

Dr. Pravin Pralhad Deshpande is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, College of Engineering Pune (COEP) INDIA. He completed number of research projects sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO), Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and University of Pune (UoP). He has authored many referred international publications, guided PhD students from diverse background and worked as a consultant for many industries. He is an active member of a study group on Metallurgical Heritage of India, Indian National Academy of Engineering, India. He served as a Visiting Professor at Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), Russia during 2016 and 2017. His hobbies include playing electrical banjo and reading literature on ancient metallurgy.