Issue 28, 2024

Self-healing, antibiofouling and anticorrosion properties enabled by designing polymers with dynamic covalent bonds and responsive linkages

Abstract

Coating metal structures with a protective material is a popular strategy to prevent their deterioration due to corrosion. However, maintaining the barrier properties of coatings after their mechanical damage is challenging. Herein, we prepared multifunctional coatings with self-healing ability to conserve their anticorrosion performance after damage. The coating was formed by blending synthesized redox-responsive copolymers with the ability to release a corrosion inhibitor upon the onset of corrosion with synthesized self-healing polyurethanes containing disulfide bonds. The corrosion rate of steel substrates coated with a blend is approximately 24 times lower than that of steel coated with only self-healing polyurethane. An exceptional healing efficiency, as high as 95%, is obtained after mechanical damage. The antibiofouling property against bacterial and microalgal attachments on coatings is facilitated by the repellent characteristic of fluorinated segments and the biocidal activity of the inhibitor moieties in the copolymer.

Graphical abstract: Self-healing, antibiofouling and anticorrosion properties enabled by designing polymers with dynamic covalent bonds and responsive linkages

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Apr 2024
Accepted
06 Jun 2024
First published
07 Jun 2024

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024,12, 6827-6839

Self-healing, antibiofouling and anticorrosion properties enabled by designing polymers with dynamic covalent bonds and responsive linkages

J. Sokjorhor, T. Yimyai, R. Thiramanas and D. Crespy, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12, 6827 DOI: 10.1039/D4TB00736K

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