This review article is written on the investigations of nanomechanical properties of coatings by using nanoindentation techniques. The focus is on the studies that were conducted on epoxy polymer, silicones and their hybrid materials. The article describes a large number of developmental studies that are conducted on coatings. Materials properties such as nanoindentation hardness, modulus, scra...

Self-healing materials with dual interpenetrating microvascular networks enable two-part healing chemistries and repeated healing of damage in a localized region. [ 1 ] However, due to slow healing kinetics, multiple days are required between damage events to recover mechanical performance under ambient conditions. By directly writing a third interdigitated microvascular network within these ep...

The improvement of electrical conductivity of carbon-fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) has been investigated by conductive silver nano-particles coating for the purpose of aircraft lightning protection. Silver nano-particles in colloid were sprayed on the surface of carbon fibers, which were then impregnated by epoxy resin to form a CFRP specimen. Electrical resistance was measured by contact re...

bstract Solid lubricating coatings comprise a large segment of tribological materials and under a spherical contact the coating/substrate interface xperiences cyclic shear stress that leads to delamination of the coatings from the substrate and premature failure. The polymeric solid lubricating oating used in this study is an expanded PTFE/epoxy composite. The coatings experience cumulative dam...

Epoxy coating is a commonly used anticorrosive on metal surfaces. Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been reported to be able accelerate the corrosion of materials, but its effect resistance epoxy coatings rarely reported. In this work, accelerated deterioration carbon steel caused by marine was investigated. The immersion tests in sterile and P. aeruginosa-inoculated culture media with 100%, 10%, 0% n...