Interfacial effects on mobility and transport in thin films of filled and unfilled epoxy resins.

该项目旨在阐明支撑工业防腐涂料服务性能的基础科学。这涉及到使用薄膜技术进行结构研究，如椭偏仪和掠入射x射线散射模型膜，模型膜由含有颜料颗粒等颗粒的环氧树脂制成。利用正电子湮灭光谱对自由体积进行研究。利用石英晶体微天平和红外微探针技术对水和金属离子的进入速率进行研究。所得结果将从理论和仿真两方面加以解释。

The project aims to elucidate the underlying science underpinning the performance in service of industrial anti-corrosion coatings. This involves structural studies using thin film techniques such as ellipsometry and grazing incidence x-ray scattering of model films made with epoxy resins containing particles such as pigment particles. Studies of free volume will be undertaken using positron annihilation spectroscopy. Studies of the rate of ingress of water and metal ions will be carried out using quartz crystal microbalance and IR microprobe techniques. The results will be interpreted in the light of theory and simulation.