I-Corps: Tri-Cure Hybrid Organo-Silicon Coatings for Surface Preservation

I-Corps：用于表面保护的 Tri-Cure 混合有机硅涂料

• 批准号: 2327701
• 负责人: Joseph Furgal
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Bowling Green State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2327701&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Tri; Cure; Hybrid; Organo

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of coatings for preservation, architecture, masonry, marine, aerospace, and automotive industries. Currently employed protective coatings often have long curing times leading to debris contamination, and typically have a short pot life. The proposed technology is designed to provide more rapid curing as well as storage as a one-pot solution for over one year with repeated usage. There is a need to preserve and protect bronze plaques and lithography on headstones. In addition, anti-fouling capabilities are of interest in the protective and marine coatings industries. For architecture and masonry, the proposed technology may prevent and/or reduce environmental effects on surfaces and provide flame resistance for wooden structures ensuring future generations will have access to these cultural experiences. For the marine industry, the proposed coating may increase fuel efficiency by reducing adhesion and transport of invasive marine organisms, and its graffiti resistance may limit offensive content and decrease maintenance needs.This I-Corps project is based on the development of silicon-based, tri-cure coating technology. The proposed technology uses three distinct curing methodologies to undergo a rapid (30-minute) non-impressionable surface upon exposure to UV light (lamp or sun) that is quickly followed by secondary and tertiary cures that occur more slowly, enhancing adhesion and stability. Test results show that upon application, sunlight produces a non-sticky surface within 30 minutes, with complete protection within 24 hours that lasts more than 2 years using a single coat. In addition, the stability of the base coating solution and its recyclability reduce wasted resources. The proposed coating has been found to provide these characteristics to a treated surface: hydrophobicity, flame resistance and self-extinguishing, efflorescence and oxidation resistance, fungal and Mollusca growth/attachment resistance, microbial inhibition, anti-graffiti, and photo, thermal, and chemical stability. It also has been shown to adhere strongly to most surfaces, is non-toxic, comes in a single container, requires no mixing, is stable for multiple years, and may be applied by dipping, spraying, or wiping on numerous surfaces. This may offer a highly versatile coating to expand preservation methods.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发用于保护，建筑，砌体，海洋，航空航天和汽车行业的涂料。目前使用的防护涂层通常会长期固化，从而导致碎片污染，通常锅寿命短。 该提出的技术旨在提供更快的固化和存储，作为一锅解决方案，可以重复使用一年以上。 有必要在墓碑上保存和保护古铜色斑块和光刻。此外，防污功能对保护性和海洋涂料行业感兴趣。 对于建筑和砌体，提出的技术可以预防和/或减少对表面的环境影响，并为木结构提供阻力，以确保子孙后代能够获得这些文化经验。 对于海洋工业而言，拟议的涂层可能通过减少侵入性海洋生物的粘附和运输来提高燃油效率，其涂鸦耐药性可能会限制进攻性内容并减少维护需求。该I-Corps项目基于基于硅的发展，即基于硅的发展三固化涂料技术。 拟议的技术使用三种不同的固化方法在暴露于紫外线（灯或太阳）时会经历快速（30分钟）的非印象表面，然后迅速进行较慢的二级和三级疗法，从而增强了粘附和稳定性。 测试结果表明，在应用后，阳光在30分钟内产生非粘性表面，并在24小时内完全保护，使用一层涂层持续2年以上。 此外，基础涂料解决方案及其可回收性的稳定性减少了浪费的资源。已发现所提出的涂层为处理的表面提供了这些特征：疏水性，火焰抗性和自我降解，废水和氧化耐药性，真菌和软体动物的生长/附着耐药性，微生物抑制，抗graffiti，抗graffiti，抗毛发和热量，以及照片，热量，照片，以及照片，以及照片，以及照片，以及照片，以及照片，以及照片，以及照片化学稳定性。 还显示它强烈地粘附在大多数表面上，无毒，单个容器中，不需要混合，稳定了多年，并且可以通过在许多表面上浸入，喷涂或擦拭来应用。 这可能会提供高度用途的涂层来扩展保存方法。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评论标准来评估值得支持的。