Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 44 Issue 5

The influence of urea on composition, microstructure and electrochemical properties of nitrogen-enriched carbon based on polyvinylpyrrolidone/melamine formaldehyde resin

Qiang Li, Jiahuan Du, Xugang Zhang, Chuanli Qin, Zheng Jin, Xuduo Bai

The purpose of this paper is to develop porous nitrogen-enriched carbon (NC-U) with high nitrogen concentration and high specific capacitance (Cpe) as the electrode material for…

BisGMA/EPDM/amine functionalised MWCNTs based nanocomposites

Ankita Pritam Praharaj, Dibakar Behera, Tapan Kumar Bastia, Arun Kumar Rout

This paper aims to focus on the development and study properties of bisphenol-A glycidyldimethacrylate (BisGMA) and ethylene–propylene–diene monomer (EPDM) blend-based…

New eco-friendly anticorrosive core-shell pigments

Nivin M Ahmed, Walaa M. Abd El-Gawad, Elham A. Youssef, Eglal R. Souaya

The purpose of this paper is to present the preparation of core-shell ferrites/kaolin pigments and comparing their efficiency in protecting metal substrates to original ferrites…

Effect of substituents moiety in organic sensitiser based on carbazole on the performance of nanostructure dye-sensitised solar cells

Kamaladin Gharanjig, Mozhgan Hosseinnezhad

The purpose of this paper is to prepare new organic dyes and use them as sensitisers in dye-sensitised solar cells. These dyes were synthesised and purified and then characterised…

Investigation on the modification to solvent-containing two-component polyurethane coating by carbon nanotubes

X. Jiang, L. Lin, X. Bai, S. Wang, C. Wang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the mechanical, thermal and colour properties of solvent-containing two-component…

Polyurethane-tetraaniline conducting composites: synthesis and their anti-corrosion performance

A. Ravi, T. Praveen, Chepuri R.K Rao, Ramanuj Narayan, K.V.S.N. Raju

The purpose of this paper is to get the insulating polyurethane (PU) as conductive type polymer by compositing with oligoanilines, namely, tetraaniline (TANi) with an implication…

Weathering of wood-polypropylene and wood-wollastonite-polypropylene composites containing pigments in Finnish climatic conditions

Svetlana Butylina, Marko Hyvärinen, Timo Kärki

– The purpose of this paper is to study the resistance of wood-polypropylene and wood-wollastonite-polypropylene composites containing pigments to natural weathering.

Indole-3-carbaldehyde and 2-methylindole as corrosion inhibitors of mild steel during pickling

Shabnam Ashhari, Ali Asghar Sarabi

– This paper aims to investigate the corrosion inhibition effects of indole-3-carbaldehyde and 2-methylindole on mild steel in 1 M HCl solution.