Hybrid sol-gel coatings doped with non-toxic corrosion inhibitors for corrosion protection on AZ61 magnesium alloy

Physiological human fluid is a natural corrosive environment and can lead to serious corrosion and mechanical damages to light Mg-Al alloys used in prosthetics for biomedical applications. In this work, organic-inorganic hybrid coatings doped with various environmentally friendly and non-toxic corro...

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Autores: Rodríguez Alonso, Luis, López Sánchez, Jesús, Serrano, Aída, Rodríguez De La Fuente, Óscar, Galván, Juan Carlos, Carmona Tejero, Noemí
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/71355
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71355
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Graphene oxide
Biocompatibility
Behavior
Composites
Sol-gel
Corrosion inhibitors
L-cysteine
Hanks' solution
AZ61 magnesium alloy
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:Physiological human fluid is a natural corrosive environment and can lead to serious corrosion and mechanical damages to light Mg-Al alloys used in prosthetics for biomedical applications. In this work, organic-inorganic hybrid coatings doped with various environmentally friendly and non-toxic corrosion inhibitors have been prepared by the sol-gel process for the corrosion protection of AZ61 magnesium alloys. Effectiveness has been evaluated by pH measurements, optical microscopy, and SEM during a standard corrosion test in a Hanks' Balanced Salt Solution. The results showed that the addition of an inhibitor to the sol-gel coating can improve significantly the corrosion performance, being an excellent barrier for the L-cysteine-doped hybrid sol-gel films. The incorporation of TiO2 nanoparticles, 2-Aminopyridine and quinine organic molecules slowed down the corrosion rate of the Mg-Al alloy. Graphene oxide seemed to have the same response to corrosion as the hybrid sol-gel coating without inhibitors.