Date of Award

2-17-2022

Document Type

Masters Project

Abstract

The material revolution that so many engineers have longed for has at last reached public forethought. Nanomaterials, characterized by having at least one dimension in the size of one to hundreds of nanometers, have properties that differ from their bulk material properties. The number of materials that engineers have available for synthesis of designs has greatly increased in the last ten years, and they can now tailor the material with choices from the macro to the nanoscale, and everything in between. Conventional coatings, consisting of a binder and particles, can have improved properties by the inclusion of particles in the nanoscale regime. Ultraviolet resistance, corrosion inhibition, and toughness are just a few of the ways that nanomaterials can improve conventional materials. Disparate fields of mechanical engineering have already seen improvement due to nanomaterials, including heat transfer, lubricity, and mechanical strength; the field for applying nanomaterials is fast growing and cross discipline, nanoscale coatings are sure to have huge impacts on computing, aerospace design, pollution, and a myriad of other applications. This project was conducted to examine the effects of including anatase titanium dioxide nanoparticles into a polystyrene layer through capillary rise infiltration and the improvement of corrosion resistance compared to a conventional polymer coating.

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/14570

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