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Carbon Nanotube Electronic Structures As Anti-Corrosion Coatings, Sreeya Sreevatsa
Carbon Nanotube Electronic Structures As Anti-Corrosion Coatings, Sreeya Sreevatsa
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A new concept of corrosion prevention is considered in this study. Diode-like and transistor-like structures have been fabricated and analyzed in the study of ionic flow through the resulting potential barriers. The structures were made of functionalized carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes are known for many remarkable properties among which is being chemically inert. Taking advantage of this property, a study of corrosion of steel was undertaken.
In the first case study, successive layers of functionalized carbon nanotubes were deposited to form p-n junctions on steel substrates. It was demonstrated that the corrosion was indeed impeded by the potential barrier formed …