In recent years thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), the demand for the development of
miniaturized and wearable sensors has skyrocketed. Among them, novel sensors for …

The surface modification of textile fabrics and therefore, the development of advanced textile
materials featuring specific implemented and new properties, such as improved durability …

To meet modern society's requirements for sustainability and environmental protection,
innovative and smart surface coatings are continually being developed to improve or impart …

In the past few years, corrosion protection of metal materials has become a global
challenge, due to its great economic importance. For this reason, various methods have …

Asphaltene precipitation/deposition is considered a problem of formation damage, which
can reduce the oil recovery factor. In addition, asphaltenes can be deposited in pipelines …

Biofouling has destructive effects on shipping and leisure vessels, thus producing severe
problems for marine and naval sectors due to corrosion with consequent elevated fuel …

This paper describes the combined detection of coating and rust damages on painted metal
structures through the multiclass image segmentation technique. Our prior works were …

Over the past decade, inorganic fillers and sol–gel-based flame-retardant technologies for
textile treatments have gained increasing research interest as useful alternatives to …

In recent years, many researchers have focused on designing hydrogels with specific
functional groups that exhibit high affinity for various contaminants, such as heavy metals …

Water quality and disposability are among the main challenges that governments and
societies will outside during the next years due to their close relationship to population …