Applications of nanomaterials in corrosion inhibitors

Recently, searching a useful approach to effectively slow down the corrosion rate of material was still a challenge due to the exceptional requirements of environmentally friendliness and keeping compromising performance in corrosion inhibition. Nanomaterials have attracted immense interest in corrosion inhibition owing to its environment friendliness and high-efficiency corrosion inhibition performance. The excellent efficacy of the nanomaterials was governed by the increase of their surface-to-volume ratio, effectively providing the anticorrosive ability. Thus, various types of nanomaterials such as nanoparticles, nanotube, 2D materials have been studied and investigated for corrosion inhibition applications. This chapter summarized the potential applications of nanomaterials as inhibitors in corrosion inhibition fields, as well as corrosion inhibition mechanisms.