Chapter 4 - Thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings

Abstract

With the recent advancement in nanotechnology, thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings offer numerous potential advantages as compared to conventional macroscale coatings. Development of new functional nanomaterials such as CNTs, graphene, nanoclay, nano silica, TiO2, etc., lead to new potential routes to tailor and tune thermoset polymers for multifunctional applications where room for improvements in chemical and physical properties affecting, e.g., the antibacterial, antifouling, self-healing, anticorrosion, flame retardancy response, and other make them attractive candidates for next-generation coating systems. Thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings have the advantage of improved robustness and can be applied on field economically to assets and infrastructures as compared to thermoplastic-based polymer nanocoatings. This chapter discusses the thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings, the desirable characteristics of a thermoset polymer for coating, important thermoset polymers and their properties along with the state-of-the-art in thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings for various applications.