Fullerenes as anticorrosive coating materials

Due to the immense economic impact of corrosion, researchers and industry have worked to create more efficient coatings. These endeavors have resulted in the significant advancement of nanocomposite coatings made up of polymers and carbon nanostructures. Carbon-based nanoparticles have garnered considerable interest over the past two decades owing to their capability to exhibit superior tribological, mechanical, and electrical characteristics in numerous geometrical forms and proportions. The use of fullerene-C60 in the fabrication of nanocomposite coatings has lately gained widespread attention, assisting polymeric composites in enhancing their performance via the incorporation of nanofiller fortification into polymers as well as coatings. Fullerene-C60/polymer nanocomposites, in particular, exhibit improved anticorrosion and structural properties when compared to pure polymer components. Due to their distinctive aromatic nature and small diameter, in polymer reinforcement, fullerene C60 has been investigated as a nanofiller. Thus this chapter demonstrates how fullerene affects the mechanical characteristics of fullerene C60-epoxy nanocomposites, as well as the wear qualities of magnesium matrix composites. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.