journal article·2025-05-22Open access

Self-Healing Anti-Corrosion Coatings: Challenges and Opportunities from Laboratory Breakthroughs to Industrial Realization

Wei Tian, Jiajia Deng, Shimaa Anwer Higazy, Mohamed Sayed Selim, Huichao Jin

Coatings· Volume 15· Issue 6

Abstract

Global economic losses due to corrosion exceed $700 billion annually, representing more than 3% of the world’s GDP [...]
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: Polymer composites and self-healing · Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition · Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

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Affiliations

Tribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China

Petroleum Application Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City 11765, Egypt

Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

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