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Effect of ceria and zirconia nanoparticles on corrosion protection and viscoelastic behavior of hybrid coatings

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Organic–inorganic hybrid nanocomposite coatings contain inorganic particles that are dispersed in organic phase in nanometric dimensions. Ceria and zirconia colloidal dispersions are uniformly distributed in the epoxy silica-based hybrid nanocomposite by sol–gel method and coated on 1050 aluminum alloy substrate with spin-coating technique. The hybrid sol is prepared by organic–inorganic precursors formed by hydrolysis and condensation of 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) in acidic solution using bisphenol A as networking agent and 1-methylimidazole as initiator in the presence of various ratios of ZrO2 and CeO2 colloidal nanoparticles. Particle size distribution, surface morphology and inorganic components distribution were determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and EDXA techniques. SEM and Si, Zr, Ce mapping micrographs proved the uniform distribution of nanoparticles in the coatings. Transmission electron microscopy indicated that the nanoparticles dimension stay at the nanoscale level. The glass transition temperature (T g) and loss properties (damping) of coatings were evaluated by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis. The corrosion protection of the coatings on the 1050 AA substrate was studied by potentiodynamic measurements. The results indicated that by introducing ceria nanoparticles in 1:1 molar ratio to TEOS in coating composition, corrosion protection was improved. However, the simultaneous presence of two nanoparticles (i.e., ceria and zirconia in 1:1 molar ratio) in the coating compositions increased the corrosion protection efficiency up to 99.8 %. The multiple glass transitions and shifting to higher and wide range of temperatures by adding ceria and zirconia nanoparticles indicated a better network interaction between inorganic nanoparticles and organic molecular chains which also led to better corrosion protection of the coating in this composition.

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Ershad-Langroudi, A., Rahimi, A. Effect of ceria and zirconia nanoparticles on corrosion protection and viscoelastic behavior of hybrid coatings. Iran Polym J 23, 267–276 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-014-0222-2

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