Photoinduced hydrophilicity and self-cleaning characteristics of silicone-modified soya alkyd/TiO2 nanocomposite coating

Autor: Sushil S. Pawar, Sangram K. Rath, R. Baloji Naik, Tapan Kumar Mahato, Balasubramanian Kandasubramanian
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Coatings Technology and Research. 17:719-730
ISSN: 1935-3804
1547-0091
DOI: 10.1007/s11998-019-00253-y
Popis: Nano-TiO2-dispersed polymeric coatings have been extensively studied in recent years owing to their photocatalytic-induced self-cleaning characteristics. However, durability and long-term retention of self-cleaning performance of such coatings remain a challenge for practical applications. In the present work, we report the self-cleaning properties of nano-TiO2/silicone soya alkyd-based coating formulations comprising 0.5–5 wt% of nanofiller as well as conventional additives of rutile TiO2 and BaSO4. The nanocomposites were prepared by an in situ process involving dispersion of nano-TiO2 in soya oil, soya alkyd synthesis by alcoholic process, followed by silicone modification. The coatings prepared from the nanofiller-dispersed resin showed significant UV radiation-induced hydrophilicity and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) solution. A coating formulation with 2 wt% of nano-TiO2 loading showed a decrease in water contact angle from 87° to
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