Graphene explored for use in anticorrosive coatings
AUG 03, 2015
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029089
Financial Times Magazine : Among the many extraordinary properties of graphene, it may now serve to inhibit rust on oil rigs, bridges, and other large-scale industrial structures. Such corrosion, which is caused by long-term exposure to weather and chemicals, has been estimated to cost the global economy some $3 trillion a year. Now researchers at Manchester University and AkzoNobel, an Amsterdam-based paints and coatings company, have teamed up to develop an ultrastrong and noncorrosive coating made from graphene oxide. “It can be applied to virtually any kind of material and is transparent,” according to Simon Gibbon of AkzoNobel.
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