Nano-Al ₂ O ₃ particles and graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets were modified by 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (KH550), and then dispersed in epoxy resin, and finally modified-Al ₂ O ₃ /epoxy, modified-GO/epoxy and modified-Al ₂ O ₃ @GO/epoxy composite coatings were prepared on steel sheets by the scraping stick method.

Nickel–phosphorus (Ni–P) film was deposited by electroless process on the surface of p-type polycrystalline silicon at the temperature of 60–80 °C and pH value of 10.0. The effect of plating temperature on morphology, crystallographic structure, chemical composition and deposition rate of Ni–P film was studied. Microstructure and morphology of surface and cross section of the film were examined by a scanning electron microscopy and optical microscopy. The crystallographic structure and chemical composition of the film were determined by X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive spectroscopy, respectively. The results show that electroless Ni–P films were composed of the amorphous phase. The stable value P-content of the film was maintained at about 12 wt% with increasing bath temperature. The film surface was dense, and no cracking was found at 60 and 80 °C. However, the film deposited at 70 and 80 °C had a poor adherence to the substrate with evidence of delamination. The deposition rate of the film was increased with increasing plating temperature. At the same time, the deposition mechanism of the film on silicon substrate in the alkaline bath solution was addressed.

In this study, the graphene incorporated into epoxy–polyamide coatings were successfully obtained on carbon steel substrates by spraying process. The corrosion resistance properties of the coatings were investigated, including salt spray corrosion, sea water corrosion and electrochemical corrosion resistance. The results show that the addition of graphene could improve the corrosion resistance properties of the epoxy–polyamide coatings. The coatings in the presence of graphene had better salt spray corrosion than that in the absence of graphene. The surface of the epoxy–polyamide coating exhibited lots of pitting corrosion. The coatings with the addition of graphene showed better sea water corrosion than the coating without graphene. After drying, the epoxy–polyamide coating in the absence of graphene was broken and failed. The coating with 1 wt-% graphene exhibited the best anticorrosion capability as evidenced by the highest corrosion potential and the lowest corrosion current density. The graphene incorporated into epoxy–polyamide coatings were shown to effectively protect carbon steel against corrosion because the graphene nanosheets could be acted as the good chloride ions, oxygen and water molecules barrier.