In situ electrochemical synthesis of polyaniline/f-MWCNT nanocomposite coatings on mild steel for corrosion protection in 3.5% NaCl solution

By A. Madhan Kumar and Zuhair M. Gasem
Published in Progress in Organic Coatings NULL 2015

Abstract

Nanostructured composites increase their sensitivity and performance when employed as coating material in corrosive environments. This present study was conducted to elucidate the use of functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as reinforcement to enhance the corrosion and mechanical behavior of polyaniline (PANI) coatings for the protection of mild steel (MS) structures. Different techniques like Raman spectroscopy, ATR-IR and \FESEM\ analysis were used to evaluate their structure and morphology. \FESEM\ images of the fabricated PANI/f-CNT composites suggest excellent dispersion of \CNTs\ in \PANI\ matrix with one-dimensional core

Read Article » Back