3. What is coating?
A coating is a covering that is applied to the surface of
an object, usually referred to as the substrate.
In many cases coatings are applied to improve surface
properties of the substrate, such as appearance,
adhesion, wettability, corrosion resistance, wear
resistance, and scratch resistance.
In other cases, in particular in printing processes and
semiconductor device fabrication (where the substrate
is a wafer), the coating forms an essential part of the
finished product.
4. Coating
Coatings are usually applied as multi-layered systems
that are composed of primer and topcoat. However, in
some cases – for example automotive coating systems,
this may vary from four to six layers.
Each coating layer is applied to perform certain specific
functions, though its activities are influenced by the
other layers in the system.
The interactions among different layers and the
interfacial phenomenon play an important role in the
overall performance of the multi-coat systems
5. Type of coating
Inorganic Coating- Coating with silicate based
materials (eg.- zinc silicate based coating) or
metal/ceramic based coating (hard coating of
Chromium, TiN, Si3N4, alumina etc.)
Organic Coating- Coating with organic
binders (organic based materials- eg. Zinc
epoxy based coating, zinc rich phenoxy, etc.)
6. Inorganic Coating
Silicone (polysiloxane) hard coatings are finishes of superior
abrasion resistance and inertness to hostile chemical and
environmental conditions.
They consist of several monomers and other ingredients, and the
makeup of the formulations varies from manufacturer to
manufacturer.
Among the highly varied components are monomeric silanes,
dimerized silanes, silane hydrozylates, silaceous materials,
leveling agents, flow control agents, cross-linking agents, and
catalysts of various types.
Silicone coatings are solvent-borne coatings. Some of the
possible solvents are alcohols and glycol ethers. This includes
such alcohols as isopropanol, propanol, ethanol, n-butanol,
isobutanol, and methanol.
7. Inorganic Coating
Polysiloxane coatings are applicable to many substrates,
but the majority of applications are on nonmetallic
surfaces, especially plastics.
Silicone coatings can be dyed or pigmented, but for the
most part these coatings are used as clear top coatings.
They have excellent light transmission and actually
improve the optical properties of the material that is
coated.
Some of the plastics that are used with polysiloxane
coatings are polycarbonate, acrylic, polyarylate,
polysulfone, vinyls, nylons, polyester, cellulose acetate,
cellulose acetate-butyrate, and polyolefins, etc.
8. Inorganic Coating
Hard silicone coatings are useful as antifog,
antistatic photochromic, color-dyed, pigmented,
UV absorbing, UV stabilized for exterior exposure,
chemical resistance, 5-min curing, and tinted
coatings.
Many of these properties can be combined in one
coating.
The coatings are used in such diverse areas as
the automotive, electronic, computer hardware,
architectural and architectural glazing, recreation,
sporting goods, protective eyewear, safety, and
optical industries.
9. Organic Coating
Organic coatings are essentially pigment dispersed in a
solution of a binding medium.
Binding medium or resin - decide the basic physical
and chemical properties of the coating but these will be
modified by the nature and proportion of pigments
present.
Sole function of volatile component -to control the
viscosity of the paint for ease of manufacture and for
subsequent application.
Not possible to forecast -what combination of
properties a particular formulation will possess and the
formulation of paints for specific purpose remain very
much a technological art.
10. Nanomaterials in Coating
The appearance and appliance of
nanomaterials brings new opportunities to the
coating industry.
Addition of nano-materials to the coatings
improves the properties of the conventional
coatings and produces new multi-functional
coating due to their tiny particle size.
11. Category of Coating
Coatings are mainly applied on surfaces for
decorative, protective or functional purposes,
but in most cases it is a combination of these.
3 category:
Decorative Coating
Functional coating
Self-Assembled Nanophase Coating
12. Functional coating
Functional coatings- systems which possess, besides the
classical properties of a coating (i.e., decoration and
protection), an additional functionality
This additional functionality may be diverse, and depend
upon the actual application of a coated substrate.
Typical examples of functional coatings are:
self-cleaning
easy-to clean (anti-graffiti)
antifouling
soft feel
antibacterial
14. Functional coating
Functional coatings perform by means of physical,
chemical, mechanical, thermal and properties.
Chemically active functional coatings perform their
activities either at
film–substrate interfaces (anticorrosive coatings),
in the bulk of the film (fire-retardant or intumescent
coatings), or
at air–film interfaces (antibacterial, self-cleaning)
38. Nanoparticles in Sol-Gel
Possible to increase the coating thickness, without
increasing the sintering temperature.
Eg. Electrophoreticdeposition of commercial SiO sol on
AISI 304 stainless steel substrates leads to coatings as
thick as 5 mm with good corrosion resistance
Incorporation of nanoparticles in the hybrid sol–gel
systems increases the corrosion protection properties
due to lower porosity and lower cracking potential
Can be a way to insert corrosion inhibitors, preparing
inhibitor nano reservoirs for self repairing pretreatments
with controlled release properties
39. Example of Nanoparticles in Sol-
Gel
Studies showed that sol–gel films containing zirconia
nanoparticles present improved barrier properties.
Doping this hybrid nanostructured sol–gel coating with
cerium nitrate brings additional improvement to
corrosion protection.
Zirconia particles present in the sol–gel matrix act as
nano reservoirs providing a prolonged release of the
cerium ions
The recent discovery of a method of forming
functionalized silica nanoparticles in situ in an aqueous
sol–gel process, and then cross linking the
nanoparticles to form a thin film