Sol-gel pre-treatments and coatings are an important class of passive protective coatings, which can effectively prevent corrosion of various metallic substrates through adhesion improvement and barrier protection. Recently, sol-gel chemistry has been proposed as an appropriate method for implementation of self-healing functionality in coatings via extrinsic concepts. In this review we will analyze the most relevant existing works on self-healing sol-gel coatings, including new work done in the direction of implementing intrinsic healing capabilities to sol-gels. The development of active sol-gel coatings is due to the broad chemical versatility of precursors and low processing temperature of this type of chemistry.
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