Viswanathan S. Saji is Research Scientist II/Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Advanced Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. Before that, he was an Endeavour Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide, a Research Professor at Korea University, Senior Research Scientist at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Research Professor at Chosun University, Postdoctoral Researcher at Sunchon National University and Yonsei University, and Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Science and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Dr. Saji received his PhD degree from the University of Kerala. He has authored 90 journal publications and contributed to 11 books and 20 book chapters. His research interest lies in electrochemistry, corrosion science, and smart materials.

Contents

PART I: Fundamentals

1. Magnesium alloys - Corrosion fundamental

Andrej Atrens

2. Mg metal-matrix composites - Types and fabrication approaches

K. Ponappa, S. Aravindan, P.V. Rao

3. Surface modifications and protective coatings - Types and approaches

A. S. Khanna

PART II: Mg Metal-matrix Composites

4. Magnesium based metal-matrix composites by solid-state and liquid-state processing

5. Additive manufacturing for Mg alloys and composites

Shrinivas Kulkarni, Vijay Sisarwal, Kai-Rui Wang, Asma Lamin, Xiao-Bo Chen

6. Carbon nanotubes-reinforced magnesium metal-matrix composites

Song-Jeng Huang, Sathiyalingam Kannaiyan

7. Mg metal-matrix composites reinforced with rare earth elements

G. Vedabouriswaran, S. Aravindan

8. Calcium phosphate/hydroxyapatite based Mg metal-matrix composites

Xuhui Tang, Di Mei, Shijie Zhu, Liguo Wang, Shaokang Guan

9. Mg matrix hybrid composites: A case study with WC and graphite reinforcements

Prasanta Sahoo, Sudip Banerjee

10. Advancements in magnesium metal-matrix composites for degradable implant applications

Shebeer A. Rahim, V. P Muhammad Rabeeh, Sharath Babu, M. A. Joseph, T. Hanas

Part III: Protective coatings

11. Sol-gel nanocomposite coatings

You Zhang, Kai Wei, Dahai Gao, Zhe Zhang, Yujie Yuan, Liang Wu

12. Hydrothermal and layered double hydroxide coatings

Liang Wu, Yonghua Chen, Wenhui Yao, Jiaxin Li, Yuhan Zhang, Jiahao Deng, Fusheng Pan

13. Green chemicals-assisted chemical conversion coatings

Thiago Ferreira da Conceição, Carlos Henrique Michelin Beraldo, Augusto Versteg

14. Electrochemical anodic oxidation/micro-arc oxidation-based composite coatings

T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran

15. Electrodeposited metallic/nanocomposite coatings

Liju Elias, A. C. Hegde

16. Electroless nanocomposite coatings

T. S. N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran

17. Electrophoretic (EPD) coatings

Viswanathan S. Saji

18. Physical and chemical vapor deposition (PVD & CVD) coatings

Akeem Yusuf Adesina, Nasirudeen Ogunlakin

19. Thermal and cold spray coatings

Mohamed Abdrabou Hussein

20. Polymer nanocomposite coatings

A. Madhan Kumar

21. Superhydrophobic coatings

Viswanathan S. Saji

22. Self-healing coatings

Wenhui Yao, Liang Wu, Fusheng Pan

23. Biocompatible coatings on biodegradable Mg alloys

Muhammad Rabeeh, KS Akshay, KS Surendramohan, TS Sampath Kumar, T. Hanas

24. Multilayer coating strategies for Mg alloys

Yibo Ouyang, Enyu Guo, Xiao-Bo Chen, Tongmin Wang