Corrosion is a significant challenge across all industrial sectors. It causes weakening of equipment and structures that may lead to potential failures, costing about $2.5 trillion per year globally. Implementing appropriate preventive measures, such as paint, could save $375–875 billion per year.¹

Paint helps prevent corrosion by slowing the ionic transfer between the anodic and cathodic sites, for example, in steel, which corrodes in the presence of water and oxygen.² Ion permeability through paint limits its effectiveness, but engineering paint to modify anodic reactions can improve its protection.³