Professor Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. He is a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India. He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. He is the Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The H index of Professor Thomas is 163 and he has more than 133,000 citationsMs. Jesiya Susan George is research scholar at School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University. She completed her masters in biopolymer science from Cochin University of Science and technology. She received prestigious DST INSPIRE fellowship, Gov. of India. Her research interest involves anticorrosive coatings, epoxy resin, hybrid nanostructures and polymer blends. She published several articles in high-impact journals. She has two edited books to her credit.

• 1 Introduction to coatings and surface preparation2 Nanomaterials and nanocomposites for surface protection3 Thermoplastic polymer-based nanocoatings4 Thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings5 Elastomeric nanocoatings6 Theory, modeling, and simulation in nanoscale polymer coatings7 Rheology of nanoscale polymer-based coatings8 Spectroscopy characterizations of nanoscale polymer-based coatings9 XPS and SIMS studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings10 Nanoscale surface coatings based on plant phenolics11 Contact angle studies of nanoscale polymer based coatings12 NDT studies of nanoscale polymeric coatings13 Mechanical properties of nanoscale polymer coatings14 Thermal properties of nanoscale polymer-based coatings15 Diffusion and transport through nanoscale polymer-based coatings16 Light scattering, X-ray scattering, and microscopy studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings17 Neutron scattering studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings18 Electrochemical characterizations of the anticorrosive nanoscale polymer-based coatings19 Aging studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings20 Nanoscale polymer coatings for biomedical implants21 Self-healing of nanoscale polymer-based coatings22 Superhydrophobic nanoscale materials for surface coatings23 Nanoscale polymer-based coatings for applications in marine antifouling24 Corrosion resistant nanoscale polymer-based coatings25 Photocatalytic nanoscale polymer-based coatings26 Life cycle assessment of nanoscale polymer-based coatings