Construction of smart halloysite nanocontainers for active long-term anticorrosion of epoxy coatings
Researchers found that the use of halloysite nanotubes (HNT) coated with chitosan (CS) and loaded with pH-responsive releasing corrosion inhibitors (BTA), as in the case of HNT-CS@BTA, significantly improves the long-term anti-corrosion properties of epoxy coatings. With the increasing severity of metal corrosion damage, preparing coatings with long-term anticorrosion properties is attracting more attention. Herein, halloysite nanotubes (HNT) encapsulated by chitosan (CS) with pH-responsive release of corrosion inhibitors (BTA) are prepared, which is denoted as…