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Luminescent coatings may provide low-cost techniques for studying the corrosion mechanism of coatings and for getting an early indication of corrosion processes. Here, a series of conducting copolymers and their nanocomposites has been synthesized and the effect of adding bulky moieties and/or nanocomposite formation on the solubility, thermal stability, corrosion inhibition, and photoluminescence of these copolymer coatings has been investigated. A significant enhancement in both solubility and thermal stability of the copolymers has been demonstrated upon the nanocomposite formation or presence of bulky groups. The nanocomposites displayed an inhibition efficiency of 97% for mild steel corrosion in an acidic environment which is much higher than that of the corresponding copolymers. Interestingly, the as-prepared copolymers and nanocomposites with tert-butyl group displayed an aggregation-induced emission with quantum yields higher than analogs without the tert-butyl group. Quantum chemical calculations attributed this enhancement in the quantum yields to the change in the degree of π-π interactions between the polymer chains. Moreover, aggregation-controlled luminescence has been demonstrated for the prepared copolymers.

The corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in 1.0 M HCl using the Aloes leaves extract has been studied. Three electrochemical different techniques have been utilized for studying the corrosion inhibition efficiency behavior of Aloe vera Gel as green corrosion inhibitor in addition to Scanning electron microscopy- Energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM-EDX) technique. The four techniques which are potentiodynamic polarization, Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), Electrochemical frequency modulation (EFM) and SEM-EDX were used for evaluation at room temperature 25 ᵒC. The results show a good efficiency with low concentration of inhibitor, where the electrochemical methods show that 52 % efficiency with low concentration 100 ppm, in addition to surface morphology of carbon steel show a protected surface compared with noninhibited specimen due to formation of inhibitor layers on surface. EDX show that more concentration of chemical elements of gel extract chemical components adsorbed on inhibited specimen compared with non-inhibited specimen. The inhibition efficiency increases with the increasing of the aloe vera gel concentration.

In this work, new nanoclay composites were prepared through in situ polymerization for reported conducting polyarylidenes based on cyclopentanone and cyclohexanone moieties in the main chain. Additionally, a novel conducting polymer (CP), based on cycloheptanone, was synthesized along with its nanoclays. The studied materials were characterized via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The main objective was to study the effect of nanoclay modification and ring size on CP solubility, thermal behavior, optical properties, and corrosion inhibition effects. The obtained results showed enhanced solubility and thermal stability of the nanocomposites compared to their original CPs. Moreover, all materials emitted efficiently in the solid state with luminescence enhancement and dependence on aggregation. Furthermore, these CPs and their nanoclays were checked as corrosion inhibitors against mild steel dissolution in acidic media. Cycloheptanone nanocomposites showed the highest inhibition efficiency (95.92%), confirming that the presence of nanoclays can enhance the CP’s ability to retard the corrosion by covering more surface area of the metal. This study presents ways to enhance the solubility, thermal stability, and corrosion inhibition efficiency of CPs using nanoclay modification. Additionally, these nanoclays may be used as solid-state luminescent materials and mixed inhibitors. Conducting polymers were synthesized via in situ polymerization, using nanoclay bentonite sodium and its modified form. The polymer nanoclay modified form showed enhanced solubility compared to the original polymers and improved thermal stability, along with higher corrosion inhibition efficiency and aggregation-induced emission with luminescence dependent on the aggregate structure.

The present work investigates some triazene compound's anti-corrosion properties as novel corrosive inhibitors by experimental and theoretical studies. Different electrochemical and morphological techniques were used to study the compound's corrosion inhibition. The experiments were performed in 1 M H2SO4 at different inhibitor concentrations and temperatures. The results showed that triazene compounds are effective inhibitors for mild steel corrosion in an acidic medium. Gaussian 09W software was used to calculate the compound's quantum chemical data, and there was an excellent approval between the experimental and quantum chemical calculations.

In this work, we have successfully designed a new simple salicylaldehyde azine-functionalized benzoxazine (Azine-BZ−CH3) monomer via Mannich condensation reaction of 1,2-bis(2,4-dihydroxybenzylidene)hydrazine and paraformaldehyde with p-toluidine. FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy were carried to confirm the chemical structure of Azine-BZ−CH3. Based on DSC analyses, our BZ monomer showed the lowest maximum exothermic peak (237 °C) compared with 3-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzooxazine monomer (263 °C), which ascribed to the basic characteristics of phenolic groups (OH) and the presence of the azine group in the benzoxazine monomer. Furthermore, the anticorrosion behavior of mild steel electrodes coated by Azine-BZ−CH3, poly(Azine-BZ−CH3), poly(Azine-BZ−CH3)/nanoclay and poly(Azine-BZ−CH3)/ E-SBO (epoxidized soybean) and E-bpc (epoxy resin of bisphenol-C) exposed to 1.0 M H2SO4 aqueous solution is studied by the potentiodynamic polarization. The results show decrease in both anodic and cathodic slopes of Tafel plots of the used inhibitors than a mild steel bar exposed to acidic media to indicate that these inhibitors act as mixed type inhibitors. Moreover, these inhibitors can be used as hybrid inhibitors where the anode and cathode slope of their Tafel curves used were lower than those of mild steel exposed to acidic media. In addition, the mild steel coated by epoxy E-SBO with poly(Azine-BZ−CH3)/nanoclay has more efficient corrosion protection (99.63%) than other used inhibitors. SEM images also confirmed that the protective layer of that inhibitor on the mild steel surface retards the corrosion when the electrodes are exposed to acidic media.

The effect of some mono-,bis -and tris-azo dyes compounds on the dissolution of mild steel in 1.0 M HCl solution was studied using weight loss and potentiodynamic polarization measurements. The inhibition efficiency was found to increase with increasing concentration of the inhibitors and with decreasing temperature. The adsorption of different azo dyes on the mild steel surface obeys the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. Polarization studies indicate that the compounds used are mixed type inhibitors. The thermodynamic functions of adsorption processes were calculated from weight loss at different temperatures data and were used to analyze the inhibitor mechanism. The surface morphology of the mild steel specimens was evaluated using SEM and EDAX analysis. To provide an evidence for the formation of the complex, UV-VIS spectra of solutions were investigated. From previous results (I.E.%, �Gads. , SEM, EDAX and UV-VIS spectra) are likely to get into the possiblity of configure the complex on the mild steel surface.