Handbook of Modern Coating Technologies

Handbook of Modern Coating Technologies

Dr. Mahmood Aliofkhazraei is an expert in corrosion, coatings, and surface engineering (University of South Florida). His research interests include nanotechnology and its use in surface and corrosion science. His main interests are multilayered electrodeposition and plasma electrolysis, and he has published more than 180 papers and 7 books in related sub­jects. He has presented invited lectures and keynotes in several countries. His works have been recognized by the Khwarizmi award, IMES medal, and INIC award. He is on the advi­sory editorial board of several materials science and nanotechnology journals. He is also a member of the International Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE International) and the Materials Research Society (MRS).

Dr. Nasar Ali is currently the scientific director of NANOSMAT Global, an international orga­nization involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology. Further, he is the founder and chair of Young Professionals Society (www.ypsociety.uk)—a global organization helping young people with personal and professional development. His research interests are in carbon-based nano/microscale materials, such as polycrystalline diamond, diamond-like car­bon, carbon nanotubes, and carbon-based nanocomposite materials. He has published over 100 papers, book chapters, and books in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He was the recipient of the prestigious 2002 Bunshah prize for presenting his work on the novel time-modulated chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process used for depositing CVD diamond thin films at the ICMCTF in San Diego, United States. He has served in the past as the Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology (United Kingdom).

Mircea Chipara obtained the BS from the University of Bucharest (Romania), Faculty of Physics, and completed a master's degree in Polymer Physics within the same faculty. He received a PhD in Solid State Physics from the Institute for Atomic Physics (Bucharest Romania) with a thesis on "Hyperfine Interaction in Solids” (1996). After receiving the mas­ter's degree, he was hired as a researcher by the National Institute for Materials Physics, Bucharest, Romania. He accepted a postdoctoral position in 1999 at the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) in nanomaterials. He was a scientist at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility and Indiana University Bloomington (Chemistry Department) before accepting a position of Assistant Professor in Physics at the University of Texas-Pan American (Edinburg campus), in 2006. He is now Professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Edinburg campus), within the Physics and Astronomy department. His research is focused on nanomaterials, with emphasis on polymer-based nanocomposites and polymer nanofi­bers. He was involved in the organization of some symposia to Materials Research Society, the organization of NANOSMAT-USA conferences, and guest editor to some professional journals. He is acting editor for Surfaces and Interfaces.

Dr. Nadhira Bensaada Laidani is Senior Researcher at Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK). She received her degree in Petrochemistry Engineering from the "Hydrocarbons and Chemistry National Institute” (Algeria) and her PhD in Plasma Chemistry at Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris, France). Her expertise includes low-pressure plasma thin film deposition and surface treatment; atomic layer deposition; nanocomposite films and multinanolayers; chemical—structural characterization with X-ray photoelectron spectros­copy; FT-IR spectroscopy;and optical, electrical, and mechanical characterization of thin films and surfaces. Her recent research interests cover materials science for energy applica­tions (photon converters and transparent electrodes), protective coatings, and catalysis.

Prof. Jeff Th.M. De Hosson holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands (with honors and highest distinction), and after his postdoctoral years in the United States (Northwestern University and UC-Berkeley), he was appointed in 1977 by the Crown. His passion is to carry out innovative and precompetitive research in the field of nanoscience with particular emphasis on advances in in situ electron microscopy, nanostruc­tured coatings, coatings on elastomers (rubbers), high-entropy alloys, nanofoams, and high- power lasers for applications in transportation, communications, and data processing. He published more than 1000 scientific papers and so far he supervised 87 PhD theses. He is elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities, editor of two international journals, member of editorial boards of numerous journals, and Elected Fellow of various foreign scientific socie­ties, including TMS-USA and ASM-USA. He acts as Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University-Beijing, UST-Beijing, and Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (formerly University of Port Elizabeth), Port Elisabeth, South Africa. He holds several patents and received a number of prestigious international awards, including the European Materials Gold Medal in 2005, the Nanostructured Materials Prize, and NANOSMAT Prize 2009. In 2019 he was knighted by the Crown of the Netherlands (Knighthood Netherlands Lion).

Preface

Coating technology is an emerging field that is constantly evolving due to the development in advanced materials, in particular due to recent achievements in nanoscience and nano­technology. Smart coatings can respond to environmental factors, for example, external and internal stress state, gradients in temperature, pH, biomarkers, and radiation. Modern coat­ings open new avenues of applications such as waterproof systems, self-cleaning, and self­healing systems. New coatings are developed for biological and medical applications, with emphasize on antibacterial features. The progress affects also coating manufacturing and related technologies. In addition to modern coating fabrication technologies, new methods for their analysis and characterization of materials are introduced which increase our abili­ties to better study their micro and nanostructure including different properties at various length and time scales. It is worth noting here that wear/corrosion resistance and therefore the coating performance is a property, not an intrinsic of materials, but of systems and the responses to the extrinsic factors should be understood in detail.

Demands for coatings increase continuously as new applications require stringent con­straints (e.g., in microelectronics industry). Smart phones and other electronic devices also require self-shielding and self-healing coatings. Alongside there are investments in R&D that will lead to market growth in the near future. There are several types of coatings currently on the market, including wear/corrosion resistant coatings, self-cleaning coatings, and biomedi­cal coatings. Industries dedicated to personal health, aerospace, food packaging, home appli­ances, automotive, and information technology will have the largest impact onto the market.

The global paints and coatings market are anticipated to reach around $286 billion by 2026. It is expected to grow significantly over the forecast period from 2020 onward due to numerous advancements that are driven by a strong rebound in worldwide building, con­struction, and manufacturing primarily in Western Europe, North America, and Japan. In addition, new coating methods are introduced everyday with higher efficiencies and clean processes. The overall importance and progress of coatings make it necessary to provide a reference book for coating technologies. Hence we have prepared this collection with the input of well-known researchers both from academic and industrial centers. We like to appreciate all of the contributions to this collection and thank them for their high-quality manuscripts. We wish that the publication will benefit all researchers and may act as a source of inspiration to this sparkling and sprightly field of research.

1. Aliofkhazraei, N. Ali, N. Laidani, M. Chipara, J.Th.M. DeHosson