Recent Developments on Microencapsulation for Autonomous Corrosion Protection

Calle, Luz M.; Li, Wenyan; Buhrow, Jerry W.; Fitzpatrick, Lilliana; Jolley, Scott T.; Surma, Jan M.; Pearman, Benjamin P.; Zhang, Xuejun

NASA NTRS · 20150000240

Recent Developments on Microencapsulation for Autonomous Corrosion Protection

Calle, Luz M.·Li, Wenyan·Buhrow, Jerry W.·Fitzpatrick, Lilliana·Jolley, Scott T.·Surma, Jan M.·Pearman, Benjamin P.·Zhang, Xuejun

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This work concerns recent progress in the development of a multifunctional smart coating based on microencapsulation for the autonomous control of corrosion. Microencapsulation allows the incorporation of desired corrosion control functionalities, such as early corrosion detection and inhibition through corrosion controlled release of corrosion indicators and inhibitors, as well as self-healing agent release when mechanical damage occurs.While proof-of-concept results have been reported previously, more recent efforts have been concentrated in technical developments to improve coating compatibility, synthesis procedure scalability, as well as fine tuning the release property of encapsulated active agents.

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Calle, Luz M., Li, Wenyan, Buhrow, Jerry W., Fitzpatrick, Lilliana, Jolley, Scott T., Surma, Jan M., Pearman, Benjamin P., Zhang, Xuejun. 2014-09-08. Recent Developments on Microencapsulation for Autonomous Corrosion Protection. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150000240

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