Smart inhibitor systems towards anti-corrosion: design and applications

Abstract

Smart corrosion inhibitor systems have been a hot research topic in recent years. Compared with conventional corrosion inhibitors or coatings, corrosion inhibitors can be released according to specific tasks to achieve more precise corrosion protection for metals. Such smart inhibitor systems are generally based on environmental stimuli such as pH, light, ions, etc., which save the cost of corrosion inhibitors and additives, and therefore improve the effectiveness of corrosion inhibition applications. Herein, the research progress on smart corrosion inhibitors in the past decade will be summarized, including the design, synthesis, smart release, and applications of different smart inhibitor systems.

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Article type
Review Article
Submitted
29 Nov 2024
Accepted
02 Feb 2025
First published
12 Feb 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Appl. Polym., 2025, Advance Article

Smart inhibitor systems towards anti-corrosion: design and applications

D. Li, Z. Zhang, B. Sukhbat, X. Wang, X. Zhang, J. Yan, J. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Y. Li, H. Wang and Y. Yan, RSC Appl. Polym., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D4LP00351A

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