Binbin Zhang
Qixin Zhou
Lingwei Ma
Xiaoqiang Fan
Dake Xu- 1CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Corrosion and Bio-fouling, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
- 2Department of Chemical, Biomolecular, and Corrosion Engineering, the University of Akron, Akron, OH, United States
- 3National Materials Corrosion and Protection Data Center, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
- 4Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
- 5Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Editorial on the Research Topic
Advances in Materials Toward Anti-Corrosion and Anti-Biofoulings
Corrosion and biofoulings are intractable problems triggered by complex chemical/electrochemical/hybrid interactions between materials and surrounding environments (Hou et al., 2017; Zhang and Xu, 2021), threatening a variety of fields such as marine engineering facilities, port wharfs, offshore platforms, coastal structures, chemical industries, and military equipment. In the past decades, great efforts have been devoted to design novel materials for enhancement of anti-corrosion and anti-biofouling performance, including corrosion inhibitors (Jain et al., 2020; Bhardwaj et al., 2021), organic/inorganic/nano-composite/waterborne protective coatings (Hosseinpour et al., 2021; Lazorenko et al., 2021), surface/coatings construction with special wettability (Zhang et al., 2021; Zhang et al., 2022) etc. This Research Topic collected 11 original research papers from 65 contributors of the relevant fields, presenting latest advances of corrosion/biofouling mechanism and novel anti-corrosion and anti-biofouling materials including crevice corrosion, microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), hydrogen permeation, corrosion inhibitors, organic anti-corrosion coatings, superhydrophobic coating, pH-responsive coating, and waterborne epoxy coating.
For advances of corrosion and biofouling mechanisms, Wang et al. investigated crevice corrosion behaviors of a typical pearlitic high-speed rail steel U75V based on a visualized In situ monitoring system, providing important information regarding the effect of pearlitic microstructure refinement on crevice corrosion. Li et al. used carbon source starvation to vary the sulfate-reducing bacterium (SRB)-elevated MIC severity for investigating subsequent MIC impacts on deterioration of the mechanical properties of X80 carbon steel. Zhang et al. investigated and estimated the hydrogen permeation behavior (hydrogen permeation efficiency and hydrogen embrittlement) of carbon steel during corrosion in highly pressed saturated bentonite by electrochemical and extrapolation analyses. Yu et al. investigated the corrosion behavior of Ti6Al4V alloy in the Presence of HCl through surface analysis and electrochemical measurements, presenting novel and useful information of the temperature-dependence corrosion mechanism for Ti corrosion-related failures.
For advances of anti-corrosion and anti-biofouling materials, Cao et al. experimentally and theoretically studied the effective inhibition properties of imidazo (Hou et al., 2017; Zhang and Xu, 2021) pyrimidine derivatives (namely, 2,4-diphenylbenzo (Jain et al., 2020; Lazorenko et al., 2021)imidazo (Hou et al., 2017; Zhang and Xu, 2021)pyrimidine and 2-(4-octylphenyl)-4-phenylbenzo (Jain et al., 2020; Lazorenko et al., 2021)imidazo (Hou et al., 2017; Zhang and Xu, 2021)pyrimidine) as corrosion inhibitors against mild steel corrosion in HCl solution. Guo et al. studied the corrosion inhibition effect of 3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole (AMT) inhibitor on AA2024 aluminium alloy in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution, indicating that the efficient adsorption of corrosion inhibitor molecules significantly enhanced the anti-corrosion performance. Guo et al. prepared a graphene modified epoxy surface tolerant coating on rusty carbon steel substrate, then studied its corrosion resistant performance and phytic acid-rust conversion mechanism. Minhas et al. developed a novel active protective surface based on epoxy coating and underlying lithium carbonate (Li2CO3)-treated anodized aluminum alloy 2024-T3. Zhang et al. fabricated an eco-friendly and mechanical robust superhydrophobic coating with low adhesion force, superior corrosion resistance and easy adaptability based on fluorine-free chemical reagents. Furthermore, the deliquescence behaviors of NaCl salt particles and the instantaneous self-coalescence phenomenon were recorded under high atmospheric humidity, demonstrating a promising marine atmospheric anti-corrosion utilizations. Hao et al. reported the design and fabrication of pH-controlled releasing behaviors of polydopamine/tannic acid-allicin@chitosan (PDA/TA-ALL@CS) multilayer coatings to realize antibacterial and antifouling effects in marine environments. Zhou et al. developed a simple and effective method to prepare graphene oxide (GO) hybridized waterborne epoxy (GOWE) coating to simultaneously improve anti-corrosion and anti-bacterial functions, which provides new insight into the multifunctional marine applications of polymer composite coatings based on 2D nano-materials.
Although some significant progress has been achieved in this Research Topic, many challenges remain for improving the long-term durability, environmental sustainability, easy applicability etc. As guest editors, we hope the 11 original research papers collected in this Research Topic can provide the readers with some new insights and perspectives for the design and development of advanced anti-corrosion and anti-biofouling materials.
Author Contributions
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Funding
The authors acknowledge the financial supports from the Project of Innovation Development Joint Funds supported by the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. ZR2021LFG004); and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. 2021207).
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Hosseinpour, A., Rezaei Abadchi, M., Mirzaee, M., Ahmadi Tabar, F., and Ramezanzadeh, B. (2021). Recent Advances and Future Perspectives for Carbon Nanostructures Reinforced Organic Coating for Anti-corrosion Application. Surfaces Interfaces 23, 100994. doi:10.1016/j.surfin.2021.100994
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Zhang, B., and Xu, W. (2021). Superhydrophobic, Superamphiphobic and SLIPS Materials as Anti-corrosion and Anti-biofouling Barriers. New J. Chem. 45, 15170–15179. doi:10.1039/D1NJ03158A
Zhang, B., Xu, W., Xia, D.-H., Fan, X., Duan, J., and Lu, Y. (2021). Comparison Study of Self-Cleaning, Anti-icing, and Durable Corrosion Resistance of Superhydrophobic and Lubricant-Infused Ultraslippery Surfaces. Langmuir 37, 11061–11071. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01684
Keywords: corrosion, biofouling, microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), inhibitors, surface and coating
Citation: Zhang B, Zhou Q, Ma L, Fan X and Xu D (2022) Editorial: Advances in Materials Toward Anti-Corrosion and Anti-Biofoulings. Front. Mater. 9:968100. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2022.968100
Received: 13 June 2022; Accepted: 17 June 2022;
Published: 08 July 2022.
Edited and Reviewed by:
Guang-Ling Song, Xiamen University, ChinaCopyright © 2022 Zhang, Zhou, Ma, Fan and Xu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Binbin Zhang, zhangbinbin11@mails.ucas.ac.cn