Core/shell emulsion micro- and nanocontainers for self-protecting water based coatings

Gradual substitution of anticorrosive coating formulations revealing hazardous effects on the environment by eco-friendly ones is nowadays an ongoing trend in the coating industry. The main pathways here are the exchange of environmentally toxic anticorrosive pigments by less toxic components and reduction of content of volatile organic compounds used as solvents and thinners by increasing usage of waterborne coating formulations. The side effect is the decrease of the total corrosion protection performance of new coatings. A possible solution of this problem could be incorporation of tiny polymeric micro- and nanocontainers loaded with green corrosion inhibitors into protective coatings. In this work, the detailed description of container syntheses via emulsion route and their comprehensive characterization are followed by numerous examples of containers' successful application in the novel anticorrosive coatings showing the significant improvement of corrosion protection performance. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights