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 Magnesium alloys – Corrosion fundamentalAndrej Atrens2. Mg metal-matrix composites – Types and fabrication approachesK. Ponappa, S. Aravindan, P.V. Rao3. Surface modifications and protective coatings – Types and approachesA. S. Khanna PART II: Mg Metal-matrix Composites4. Magnesium based metal-matrix composites by solid-state and liquid-state processing5. Additive manufacturing for Mg alloys and compositesShrinivas Kulkarni, Vijay Sisarwal, Kai-Rui Wang, Asma Lamin, Xiao-Bo Chen6. Carbon nanotubes-reinforced magnesium metal-matrix compositesSong-Jeng Huang, Sathiyalingam Kannaiyan7. Mg metal-matrix composites reinforced with rare earth elementsG. Vedabouriswaran, S. Aravindan8. Calcium phosphate/hydroxyapatite based Mg metal-matrix compositesXuhui Tang, Di Mei, Shijie Zhu, Liguo Wang, Shaokang Guan9. Mg matrix hybrid composites: A case study with WC and graphite reinforcementsPrasanta Sahoo, Sudip Banerjee10. Advancements in magnesium metal-matrix composites for degradable implant applicationsShebeer A. Rahim, V. P Muhammad Rabeeh, Sharath Babu, M. A. Joseph, T. HanasPart III: Protective coatings11. Sol-gel nanocomposite coatingsYou Zhang, Kai Wei, Dahai Gao, Zhe Zhang, Yujie Yuan, Liang Wu12. Hydrothermal and layered double hydroxide coatingsLiang Wu, Yonghua Chen, Wenhui Yao, Jiaxin Li, Yuhan Zhang, Jiahao Deng, Fusheng Pan13. Green chemicals-assisted chemical conversion coatingsThiago Ferreira da Conceição, Carlos Henrique Michelin Beraldo, Augusto Versteg14. Electrochemical anodic oxidation/micro-arc oxidation-based composite coatingsT.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran15. Electrodeposited metallic/nanocomposite coatingsLiju Elias, A. C. Hegde16. Electroless nanocomposite coatingsT. S. N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran17. Electrophoretic (EPD) coatingsViswanathan S. Saji18. Physical and chemical vapor deposition (PVD & CVD) coatingsAkeem Yusuf Adesina, Nasirudeen Ogunlakin19. Thermal and cold spray coatingsMohamed Abdrabou Hussein20. Polymer nanocomposite coatingsA. Madhan Kumar21. Superhydrophobic coatingsViswanathan S. Saji22. Self-healing coatingsWenhui Yao, Liang Wu, Fusheng Pan23. Biocompatible coatings on biodegradable Mg alloysMuhammad Rabeeh, KS Akshay, KS Surendramohan, TS Sampath Kumar, T. Hanas24. Multilayer coating strategies for Mg alloysYibo Ouyang, Enyu Guo, Xiao-Bo Chen, Tongmin Wang

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 Magnesium alloys – Corrosion fundamentalAndrej Atrens2. Mg metal-matrix composites – Types and fabrication approachesK. Ponappa, S. Aravindan, P.V. Rao3. Surface modifications and protective coatings – Types and approachesA. S. Khanna PART II: Mg Metal-matrix Composites4. Magnesium based metal-matrix composites by solid-state and liquid-state processing5. Additive manufacturing for Mg alloys and compositesShrinivas Kulkarni, Vijay Sisarwal, Kai-Rui Wang, Asma Lamin, Xiao-Bo Chen6. Carbon nanotubes-reinforced magnesium metal-matrix compositesSong-Jeng Huang, Sathiyalingam Kannaiyan7. Mg metal-matrix composites reinforced with rare earth elementsG. Vedabouriswaran, S. Aravindan8. Calcium phosphate/hydroxyapatite based Mg metal-matrix compositesXuhui Tang, Di Mei, Shijie Zhu, Liguo Wang, Shaokang Guan9. Mg matrix hybrid composites: A case study with WC and graphite reinforcementsPrasanta Sahoo, Sudip Banerjee10. Advancements in magnesium metal-matrix composites for degradable implant applicationsShebeer A. Rahim, V. P Muhammad Rabeeh, Sharath Babu, M. A. Joseph, T. HanasPart III: Protective coatings11. Sol-gel nanocomposite coatingsYou Zhang, Kai Wei, Dahai Gao, Zhe Zhang, Yujie Yuan, Liang Wu12. Hydrothermal and layered double hydroxide coatingsLiang Wu, Yonghua Chen, Wenhui Yao, Jiaxin Li, Yuhan Zhang, Jiahao Deng, Fusheng Pan13. Green chemicals-assisted chemical conversion coatingsThiago Ferreira da Conceição, Carlos Henrique Michelin Beraldo, Augusto Versteg14. Electrochemical anodic oxidation/micro-arc oxidation-based composite coatingsT.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran15. Electrodeposited metallic/nanocomposite coatingsLiju Elias, A. C. Hegde16. Electroless nanocomposite coatingsT. S. N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran17. Electrophoretic (EPD) coatingsViswanathan S. Saji18. Physical and chemical vapor deposition (PVD & CVD) coatingsAkeem Yusuf Adesina, Nasirudeen Ogunlakin19. Thermal and cold spray coatingsMohamed Abdrabou Hussein20. Polymer nanocomposite coatingsA. Madhan Kumar21. Superhydrophobic coatingsViswanathan S. Saji22. Self-healing coatingsWenhui Yao, Liang Wu, Fusheng Pan23. Biocompatible coatings on biodegradable Mg alloysMuhammad Rabeeh, KS Akshay, KS Surendramohan, TS Sampath Kumar, T. Hanas24. Multilayer coating strategies for Mg alloysYibo Ouyang, Enyu Guo, Xiao-Bo Chen, Tongmin Wang

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 Magnesium alloys – Corrosion fundamentalAndrej Atrens2. Mg metal-matrix composites – Types and fabrication approachesK. Ponappa, S. Aravindan, P.V. Rao3. Surface modifications and protective coatings – Types and approachesA. S. Khanna PART II: Mg Metal-matrix Composites4. Magnesium based metal-matrix composites by solid-state and liquid-state processing5. Additive manufacturing for Mg alloys and compositesShrinivas Kulkarni, Vijay Sisarwal, Kai-Rui Wang, Asma Lamin, Xiao-Bo Chen6. Carbon nanotubes-reinforced magnesium metal-matrix compositesSong-Jeng Huang, Sathiyalingam Kannaiyan7. Mg metal-matrix composites reinforced with rare earth elementsG. Vedabouriswaran, S. Aravindan8. Calcium phosphate/hydroxyapatite based Mg metal-matrix compositesXuhui Tang, Di Mei, Shijie Zhu, Liguo Wang, Shaokang Guan9. Mg matrix hybrid composites: A case study with WC and graphite reinforcementsPrasanta Sahoo, Sudip Banerjee10. Advancements in magnesium metal-matrix composites for degradable implant applicationsShebeer A. Rahim, V. P Muhammad Rabeeh, Sharath Babu, M. A. Joseph, T. HanasPart III: Protective coatings11. Sol-gel nanocomposite coatingsYou Zhang, Kai Wei, Dahai Gao, Zhe Zhang, Yujie Yuan, Liang Wu12. Hydrothermal and layered double hydroxide coatingsLiang Wu, Yonghua Chen, Wenhui Yao, Jiaxin Li, Yuhan Zhang, Jiahao Deng, Fusheng Pan13. Green chemicals-assisted chemical conversion coatingsThiago Ferreira da Conceição, Carlos Henrique Michelin Beraldo, Augusto Versteg14. Electrochemical anodic oxidation/micro-arc oxidation-based composite coatingsT.S.N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran15. Electrodeposited metallic/nanocomposite coatingsLiju Elias, A. C. Hegde16. Electroless nanocomposite coatingsT. S. N. Sankara Narayanan, K. Ravichandran17. Electrophoretic (EPD) coatingsViswanathan S. Saji18. Physical and chemical vapor deposition (PVD & CVD) coatingsAkeem Yusuf Adesina, Nasirudeen Ogunlakin19. Thermal and cold spray coatingsMohamed Abdrabou Hussein20. Polymer nanocomposite coatingsA. Madhan Kumar21. Superhydrophobic coatingsViswanathan S. Saji22. Self-healing coatingsWenhui Yao, Liang Wu, Fusheng Pan23. Biocompatible coatings on biodegradable Mg alloysMuhammad Rabeeh, KS Akshay, KS Surendramohan, TS Sampath Kumar, T. Hanas24. Multilayer coating strategies for Mg alloysYibo Ouyang, Enyu Guo, Xiao-Bo Chen, Tongmin Wang