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Intelligent corrosion control 2024

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This Collection provides updated research from the Intelligent corrosion control 2023 Collection.

The emergent materials genome engineering research field has spurred development in materials intelligent technologies that are transforming the corrosion research paradigm. For example, advanced computation has become essential in elucidating corrosion mechanisms at atomic and molecular levels which are not yet possible by conventional experimental techniques. High-throughput and automated experiments are employed to substantially accelerate the screening of corrosion-resistant materials and the evaluation of corrosion behaviors under complex/combinatorial influencing factors. Artificial intelligence is revealing its power to predict corrosion behaviors and efficiently discover optimized materials composition out of large search spaces, thereby reducing the time and cost associated with traditional ‘trial-and-error’ corrosion evaluation methods. Relying on these revolutionary technologies, next-generation corrosion-resistant materials that could adapt and respond to environmental attacks are being created towards more durable, sustainable, yet cost-effective corrosion protection.

This new themed Collection of npj Materials Degradation aims to report important advances for intelligent corrosion control (inclusive of intelligent systems in corrosion) in the broadest sense of the term, by gathering original research articles, review papers and perspectives including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Advanced computation for mechanistic corrosion modeling at atomic and molecular scales;
  • High-throughput/automated experiments for corrosion evaluation and materials design;
  • Machine learning and artificial intelligence for corrosion detection, diagnosis and prediction; 
  • Smart corrosion resistant materials with self-healing, corrosion-sensing or other functional properties.

All submissions will be subject to the same rigorous peer-review process and editorial standards as regular npj Materials Degradation articles. Review articles and perspectives are by invitation only. The Guest Editors declare no competing interests with the submissions which they have handled through the peer-review process.    

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Editors

Dawei Zhang, PhD, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
Dawei Zhang is a professor and Director of Office of International Affairs of University of Science and Technology Beijing. He is Deputy Director of National Materials Corrosion and Protection Data Center and Associate Director of Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering. He also serves as the Chair of International Advisory Council of Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). His research interests are intelligent design of corrosion-resistant materials and data-driven corrosion evaluation. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers and serves on editorial boards of several journals on corrosion and protection including npj Materials Degradation, Corrosion Science, Corrosion Communications and Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology.

Nick Birbilis, PhD, Deakin University, Australia
Professor Nick Birbilis has expertise in the area of materials durability, including corrosion, corrosion protection, electrochemical materials science and the design of corrosion resistant light alloys. More broadly, he has worked on materials characterization, and the use of advanced manufacturing for the development of more sustainable and durable materials, including bio-inspired and hybrid materials. Previously he was Head of the Materials Science and Engineering department at Monash University, where he also obtained his PhD and Bachelor's degrees. He has significant editorial experience, having previously been an editor for a number of corrosion-focused journals. 

Ivan Cole, PhD, RMIT University, Australia
Professor Cole's focus is on the discovery of new materials & processes using rapid & innovative methods. These methods combine computational materials modelling & high-throughput experimental research. The foci are on corrosion protection systems, biocompatible surfaces, nanostructures for sensing and catalytic activity, and both the refinement of metal additive manufacturing processes and the surface & surface functionalities of additive components. Professor Cole has over 30 years’ experience in research in Academia, Industry, and CSIRO, and is a recognised world leader in corrosion science & multiscale modelling of corrosion & inhibition. Prof. Cole formed & grew the Rapid Discovery & Fabrication Team (RDF) to provide the critical mass to drive this research agenda. As such, Prof. Cole is extremely active in higher degree supervision and in the development of research projects & programmes. Professor Cole’s current work on corrosion focuses on the discovery of new inhibitors & microbially induced corrosion (MIC). 

Mikhail Zheludkevich, PhD, Institute of Surface Science, Germany
Mikhail Zheludkevich is currently Director of Institute of Surface Science at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany. He is also a full professor at University of Kiel. He is chairman of Aerospace Working Party at European Federation of Corrosion and vice-chair of Division 4 of ISE (International Society of Electrochemistry). He has published above 300 SCI papers. H-index – 70, above 20000 citations; delivered about 65 plenary, invited, and key-note talks. Prof. Zheludkevich has also received Tajima price of International Society of Electrochemistry in 2016. His research interests are focused on multi-functional surfaces and active protection, electrochemistry, AI in corrosion.