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Abstract: Organosilanes are incorporated into a commercial cathodic electrophoretic paint, resulting in significant improvement in the long-term corrosion protective properties of the paint. The addition of organosilanes have strengthened mechanical properties, improved hydrophobicity, lowered water uptake and less decrease in glass transition temperature of the coatings, suggesting the enhancement in bulk structure of the polymeric coatings. In addition, silane-enriched layer preferentially forms at the metal/coating interface during the electrophoresis process, leading to better adhesion between the substrate and the coating. The structural enhancement in both the coating and the metal/coating interface explains the improved corrosion performance of silane-incorporated electrophoretic coatings. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

In the present work, a pragmatic painting system with promising active protection property is proposed using electrodeposited silica (e-SiO 2 ) interlayer as the nanocontainer of inhibitors. A 10 μm thick, highly porous and well adherent sol-gel silica film was prepared at mild steel substrate under the aid of electro-assist technique. Such film was capable of embedding desired amount of corrosion inhibitors (polyvinylpyrrolidone and zinc gluconate), upon which the epoxy coating was covered. Both the accelerated corrosion tests on the scratched coating and the in-situ electrochemical measurements of intact sample revealed the significantly improved corrosion resistance of the novel coating system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]