TY - JOUR AU1 - Khajouei, Ahmad AU2 - Jamalizadeh, Effat AU3 - Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Ali AB - Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to study the corrosion resistance of AA2024 alloy using surfactant-modified halloysite nanocapsules capable of holding benzotriazole (BTA) as the corrosion inhibitor and discharging it into the solution. Design/methodology/approach – The effect of surfactant shells was studied by surfactant-modified halloysite nanotubes fabricated through assembly of two types of cationic surfactants. The zeta potential and size distribution measurements were performed using a Zetasizer Nano. The concentration of BTA during release into the solution was detected by using a UV–vis spectrophotometer. The anti-corrosion activity of nanocapsules as free agents with respect to the AA2024 alloy was investigated using the potentiodynamic scan (PDS) method. An epoxy resin doped with nanocapsules was used as an anti-corrosion coating deposited on the AA2024 alloy. The corrosion protection performance of coatings was studied by using the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) method. Findings – The results indicate that the release of the inhibitor from nanocapsules depends on the surfactant shell components. The PDS results confirmed the feasibility of developing “smart” corrosion protection by inhibitor-loaded nanocapsules. The results of EIS measurements showed that the coating with the nanocapsules exhibited enhanced corrosion protection in comparison with the undoped coating. Originality/value – The findings of this paper indicate that surfactant-modified halloysite nanocapsules can be added to epoxy resin coatings to improve their corrosion protective properties for the AA2024 alloy. TI - Corrosion protection of coatings doped with inhibitor-loaded nanocapsules JF - Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials DO - 10.1108/ACMM-11-2013-1317 DA - 2015-03-02 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/corrosion-protection-of-coatings-doped-with-inhibitor-loaded-7TuhCfXCX6 SP - 88 EP - 94 VL - 62 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -