The role of the fiber/bead hierarchical microstructure on the properties of pvdf coatings deposited by electrospinning
Fecha
2021Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa
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10.3390/polym13030464
Resumen
Among the various polymeric options employed for the deposition of electrospun coat-ings, poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) has been widely investigated thanks to its excellent mechanical properties, high chemical resistance, and good thermal stability. In this work, the electrospin-ning technique is used for the fabrication of functional PVDF fibers in order to identify and evaluate the influence ...
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Among the various polymeric options employed for the deposition of electrospun coat-ings, poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) has been widely investigated thanks to its excellent mechanical properties, high chemical resistance, and good thermal stability. In this work, the electrospin-ning technique is used for the fabrication of functional PVDF fibers in order to identify and evaluate the influence of the experimental conditions on the nanofiber properties in terms of optical trans-mittance, wettability, corrosion resistance, and surface morphology. Some of these properties can play a relevant role in the prevention of ice formation in aircrafts. According to this, a matrix of 4 × 4 samples of aluminum alloy AA 6061T6 was successfully coated by controlling two operational input parameters such as the resultant applied voltage (from 10 up to 17.5 KV) and the flow rate (from 800 up to 1400 µL/h) for a fixed polymeric precursor concentration (15 wt.%). The experimental results have shown a multilevel fiber-bead structure where the formation of a fiber mesh directly depends on the selected operational parameters. Several microscopy and surface analysis techniques such as confocal microscopy (CM), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), UV/vis spectroscopy, and water contact angle (WCA) were carried out in order to corroborate the morphology, transmittance, and hydrophobicity of the electrospun fiber composite. Finally, the corrosion behavior was also evaluated by electrochemical tests (Tafel curves measurement), show-ing that the presence of electrospun PVDF fibers produces a relevant improvement in the resultant corrosion resistance of the coated aluminum alloys. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. [--]
Materias
Electrospinning,
PVDF,
Corrosion,
Superhydrophobicity
Editor
MDPI
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Polymers 2021, 13, 464
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ingeniería /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ingeniaritza Saila /
Universidad Pública de Navarra/Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics - INAMAT2
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Entidades Financiadoras
This research was funded by the Spanish ministry of science and innovation (Project RTI2018-096262-B-C41-MAITAI, Multidisciplinary Approach for the Implementation of new Technologies to prevent Accretion of Ice on aircraft), and by the Public University of Navarre (Project PJUPNA1929).