AUTHOR=Chen Wei , Fan Juanjuan , Jiang Yueyue , Li Shouting , Ying Ye , Yang Haifeng TITLE=Facile Construction of Self-Healing Polydopamine-Based Composite Coating Protection of Copper From NaCl Solution JOURNAL=Frontiers in Materials VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2022 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/materials/articles/10.3389/fmats.2022.850362 DOI=10.3389/fmats.2022.850362 ISSN=2296-8016 ABSTRACT=The self-healing composite coating is successfully constructed on the copper surface by embedding 8-hydroxyquinoline into polydopamine (denoted as PDA@8-HQ). The composition of coating is confirmed with XPS, FTIR and Raman methods. The inhibition efficiency and self-healing capability of PDA@8-HQ coating are evaluated by using electrochemical techniques and FE-SEM. As a result, PDA coating embedded with 0.02 M 8-HQ exhibits the best protection of copper from salt corrosion. In case of damage to such coating by external force, it demonstrates excellent self-healing capability through the reaction of the released 8-HQ and the exposure copper to generate the complex product.