Electro‐ and electroless composite coatings

Electro-and electroless composite coatings offer a cost-effective and efficient way to engineer the surface to achieve desirable qualities, such as hardness, wear and abrasion resistance and corrosion resistance. The present chapter provides an overview of electro- and electroless composite coatings, focusing on the scientific fundamental, mechanism of codeposition of particles, factors influencing particle incorporation, characteristics of composite coatings such as, structure, hardness, wear resistance, corrosion, tribocorrosion resistance, and key applications.