SECM Imaging of Interfacial Processes in Defective Organic Coatings Applied on Metallic Substrates Using Oxygen as Redox Mediator

Autor: Luis Fernández-Mérida, Ricardo M. Souto, Sergio González
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Electroanalysis. 21:2640-2646
ISSN: 1521-4109
1040-0397
Popis: Operation of the SECM in feedback mode over a coated metal allows changes in the state of the surface to be monitored using dissolved oxygen in the test environment as redox mediator. The system investigated consisted in mild steel samples coated with a polyurethane film in which a defect was deliberately introduced into it. Accurate approach curves under negative-feedback condition were obtained using a platinum microelectrode over regions of the intact coating. Imaging experiments were also carried out over the artificial defect on the coating. Under these conditions, corrosion of the exposed metal substrate at the defects could be monitored.
Databáze: OpenAIRE