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Rational Construction of SiO 2 /MoS 2 /TiO 2 Composite Nanostructures for Anti‐Biofouling and Anti‐Corrosion Applications
Author(s) -
Steffi Alexander Pinky,
Balaji Ramachandran,
Chen ShenMing,
Prakash Natarajan,
Narendhar Chandharasekar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.202004263
Subject(s) - materials science , composite number , corrosion , ternary operation , chemical engineering , nanoparticle , coating , scanning electron microscope , composite material , nanocomposite , dynamic light scattering , nanotechnology , computer science , engineering , programming language
We have prepared MoS 2 /SiO 2 /TiO 2 ternary heterojunction composite for the anti‐corrosion and anti‐fouling applications. The molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) adorned silica (SiO 2 ) nanoparticles are synthesized through the wet chemical process. The prepared MoS 2 /SiO 2 composites is subjected for dynamic light scattering (DLS) analysis to understand the particle size, then the X‐Ray diffraction (XRD) to determine the crystal structure and Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM) to characterize its morphology. The TiO 2 nanoparticles are prepared through stober process. The prepared TiO 2 nanoparticles along with MoS 2 /SiO 2 composites are fused together in the natural resin for the construction of primary coating mixture (MoS 2 /SiO 2 /TiO 2 ). The primary composite coating mixture is coated on the mild steel panels for the analysis. The contact angle analysis is done for the coated mild steel samples to get the insight on its hydrophobicity and the surface smoothness. Further, to perform the corrosion studies, the salt spray analysis is done on the mild steel panels. The MoS 2 /SiO 2 /TiO 2 ternary heterojunction composite mixture performed well on the anti‐biofouling and anti‐corrosion investigation.