Description
Polymer-Based Nanoscale Materials for Surface Coatings presents the latest advances and emerging technologies in polymer-based nanomaterials for coatings, focusing on novel materials, characterization techniques, and cutting-edge applications. Sections present the fundamentals of surface preparation and nanocoatings, linking materials and properties, explaining the correlation between morphology, surface phenomena, and surface protection mechanism, and covering theory, modeling and simulation. Other presented topics cover characterization methods, with an emphasis on the latest developments in techniques and approaches. Aging and lifecycle assessment of coated surfaces and coatings are also discussed.Final sections explore advanced applications across a range of fields, including intelligent coatings for biomedical implants, self-healing coatings, syper-hydrophobicity, electroluminescence, sustainable edible coatings, marine antifouling, corrosion resistance, and photocatalytic coatings.- Explains the fundamentals of coatings and surface protection, mechanisms, materials and properties, and modeling and simulation- Presents detailed information on the latest characterization techniques to prepare nanoscale polymer coatings with enhanced properties- Explores a broad range of state-of-the-art applications and considers aging and lifecycle assessments of coatings
Table of Contents
1 Introduction to coatings and surface preparation2 Nanomaterials and nanocomposites for surface protection3 Thermoplastic polymer-based nanocoatings4 Thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings5 Elastomeric nanocoatings6 Theory, modeling, and simulation in nanoscale polymer coatings7 Rheology of nanoscale polymer-based coatings8 Spectroscopy characterizations of nanoscale polymer-based coatings9 XPS and SIMS studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings10 Nanoscale surface coatings based on plant phenolics11 Contact angle studies of nanoscale polymer based coatings12 NDT studies of nanoscale polymeric coatings13 Mechanical properties of nanoscale polymer coatings14 Thermal properties of nanoscale polymer-based coatings15 Diffusion and transport through nanoscale polymer-based coatings16 Light scattering, X-ray scattering, and microscopy studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings17 Neutron scattering studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings18 Electrochemical characterizations of the anticorrosive nanoscale polymer-based coatings19 Aging studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings20 Nanoscale polymer coatings for biomedical implants21 Self-healing of nanoscale polymer-based coatings22 Superhydrophobic nanoscale materials for surface coatings23 Nanoscale polymer-based coatings for applications in marine antifouling24 Corrosion resistant nanoscale polymer-based coatings25 Photocatalytic nanoscale polymer-based coatings26 Life cycle assessment of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
