Abstract
ABSTRACTIrradiation effect of low-energy ion beam has been investigated on nanocoating developed with silica, titania and silica–titania core–shell nanoparticles embedded in an organic binder for nanopaint application. In this work, we have taken polyurethane as a model organic binder. Silica nanoparticles have been prepared through sol–gel synthesis with a particle size of 85 nm. Titania and core–shell nanoparticles have been prepared through both sol–gel and peptization process. Particle sizes obtained were 107 nm for titania and 240 nm for core–shell nanoparticles prepared through sol–gel process and 75 nm for TiO2 and 144 nm for core–shell nanoparticles prepared through peptization process. The coating formulations were developed with the above nanoparticles individually and nanoparticle concentration was varied from 1 to 6 wt% and the best performance in terms of hydrophobicity was obtained with 4 wt % of the nanoparticles in polyurethane coating formulation. All the coating formulations prepared were applied on a glass substrate and dried at 100°C. The dry film thickness obtained was around 100 µm in each case. These films dried on glass substrate were irradiated by nitrogen and argon ion beam with energy of 26 keV at fluences of 1014 to 1016 ions/cm2. The anti-algal property of the irradiated samples was improved and hydrophobicity was reduced.
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