Hybrid nanocomposite from aniline and CeO2 nanoparticles: Surface protective performance on mild steel in acidic environment

By Y. Sasikumar and A. Madhan Kumar and Zuhair M. Gasem and Eno E. Ebenso
Published in Applied Surface Science NULL 2015

Abstract

This present work contributes to the development of a new generation of active corrosion inhibitors composed of CeO2 nanoparticles covered with polyaniline that are able to release entrapped nanoparticles in acidic medium. Nanocomposites of aniline and CeO2 nanoparticles have been chemically synthesized by in-situ polymerization. The structural evolutions and morphological characteristics of PANI/CeO2 nanocomposite (PCN) have performed using various techniques such as XRD, IR, XPS, \SEM\ and \TEM\ analysis. It was illustrated from \SEM\ and \TEM\ observation that the \PCN\ has globular particle with core

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