Functional Coatings by Incorporating Nanoparticles

摘要

Use of nanoparticle addition in coatings has been described to formulate selfhealing and antifouling coatings. The first step in both these cases was to create a hydrophobic surface for which a highly reactive fluoro silane was used. The second property in each case was achieved by the addition of nano-particles. In self-cleaning coatings, easy sliding of water droplet was achieved by the addition of nano-ZnO and nano-silica, while, in the case of anti-fouling coating, this was achieved by addition nano silica, which provided a nano-roughness surface, which was so smooth to avoid sticking any barnacles or seaweeds.