Smart Composite Coatings and Membranes: Transport, Structural, Environmental and Energy Applications

Smart Composite Coatings and Membranes: Transport, Structural, Environmental and Energy Applications provides the latest information on the increase in demand for new smart materials for a wide array of different technological applications.

The book comprehensively reviews the latest developments in smart composite materials used as membranes, barriers, and coatings, with a special focus on corrosion protection, transportation, structure, and the wide range of applications.

Part one examines the properties, processing, and manufacture of smart composite materials, along with techniques for modeling the behavior of these materials, while other sections review the use of smart composite coatings in aerospace, marine, and metal structural applications, examine the protective properties and applications of smart composite coatings, and introduce specific low environmental impact and energy efficient applications, such as energy generation and storage, water management, and stone conservation.

Explores the use of smart composite materials for coatings, barriers and membranesComprehensively reviews the latest developments in smart composite materials, with a special focus on corrosion protection, transportation, structure, and the wide range of applicationsExamines the properties, processing, manufacture and behavior modeling of smart composite materialsFocuses on applications that have an impact on more effective energy savings and efficiency, green-house emissions, and environmental protection

Preface

Part 1 Processing and characterization of smart composites

1 Properties of smart adaptive composite materials

2 Smart and composite inorganic coatings obtained by sputtering: a promising solution for numerous application fields

3 Modeling the behavior of smart composite materials

Part 2 Smart Composite Coatings for Aerospace, Marine and Structural Applications

4 Smart composite coatings for corrosion protection of aluminium alloys in aerospace applications

5 Smart anti-biofouling composite coatings for naval applications

6 Smart corrosion protection by multi-action self-healing polymeric coatings

7 Hybrid nanocontainer-based smart self-healing composite coatings for the protection of metallic assets 

Part 3 Smart composite coatings for the protection of materials and other applications

8 Smart multiphase polymer coatings for the protection of materials

9 Smart anti-microbial composite coatings for textiles and plastics

10 Smart hydrophobic and soil repellent protective composite coatings for textiles and leather

11 New smart environmentally-friendly composite coatings for wood protection

Part 4 Smart composite materials for environmental and energy applications

12 Smart composite reverse-osmosis membranes for energy generation and water desalination processes

13 Smart multifunctional hybrid coatings with adjustable permeability for migration barriers