Hardness and Wettability Characteristics of Electrolytically Produced Copper Composite Coatings Reinforced with Layered Double Oxide (Fe/Al LDO) Nanoparticles
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The lab-made ferrite-aluminium layered double oxide (Fe/Al LDO) nanoparticles were used as reinforcement in the production of copper matrix composite coatings via the electrodeposition route in this study. The Cu coatings electrodeposited galvanostatically without and with low concentrations of Fe/Al LDO nanoparticles were characterized by SEM (morphology), AFM (topography and roughness), XRD (phase composition and texture), Vickers microindentation (hardness), and the static sessile drop method (wettability). All Cu coatings were fine-grained and microcrystalline with a (220) preferred orientation, with a tendency to increase the grain size, the roughness, and this degree of the preferred orientation with increasing the coating thickness. The cross-section analysis of coatings electrodeposited with Fe/Al LDO nanoparticles showed their uniform distribution throughout the coating. Hardness analysis of Cu coatings performed by application of the Chicot-Lesage (C-L) composite hardness model showed that Fe/Al LDO nanoparticles added to the electrolyte caused a change of the composite system from “soft film on hard cathode” into “hard film on soft cathode” type, confirming the successful incorporation of the nanoparticles in the coatings. The increase in roughness had a crucial effect on the wettability of the coatings, causing a change from hydrophilic reinforcement-free coatings to hydrophobic coatings obtained with incorporated Fe/Al LDO nanoparticles.
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OpenAlex topics: Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings · Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures · Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
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Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Njegoševa 12, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
Department of Chemical Dynamics, and Permanent Education, “VINČA” Institute of Nuclear Sciences—National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
Faculty of Physics, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
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Ministry of Science, Technological Development, and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia
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