Enhanced anti-aging property of UV-curable coatings
A new study describes an improvement of the anti-aging property of UV-curable coatings by silica-coated TiO2.
A series of SiO2 coated TiO2 particles (TiO2@SiO2) were prepared by depositing SiO2 layer on the surface of TiO2 particles via an in-situ hydrolysis condensation of tetraethyl silicate, which was used as UV-shielding fillers to prepare UV-curable coatings. The effect of SiO2 layer on the photocatalytic activity, UV-shielding ability and dispersibility of TiO2 particles was systematically explored. The anti-aging property of the UV-cured coating was determined by color change, surface gloss loss, and surface morphology via accelerated UV aging test.
Enhanced anti-aging property
It was found that the presence of a continuous and dense SiO2 layer on TiO2 surface could not only improve the dispersibility of TiO2, but also effectively inhibit the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 without sacrificing its UV-shielding ability, thereby significantly enhancing the anti-aging property of UV-curable coatings. Salt spray test shows that the aged UV-cured coating with TiO2@SiO2 exhibited better corrosion protection behavior than the aged pure resin coating as well as the aged TiO2 coating.
The study has been published in Progress in Organic Coatings, Volume 179, June 2023.
