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  "abstract": "UV aging, corrosion and wear resistance of epoxy (EP) coatings are all critical for their long-term service in outdoor environments. In this work, graphene oxide (GO) was used as a multifunctional additive in epoxy coatings to improve these properties. Owing to its two-dimensional sheet-like nanostructure and abundant oxygen-containing functional groups, which enable a favorable interface with the epoxy matrix, incorporating GO into epoxy coatings endows the coating with multiple enhanced performances, including anti-corrosion performance, UV resistance, wear resistance, and adhesion to metal substrates. The resulting GO/EP composite coating exhibits higher adhesion strength (15.08 MPa) than that of neat epoxy coating (12.02 MPa), and delivers excellent corrosion resistance, with a corrosion current density of 4.69 × 10−11 A·cm−2 which is as low as 1/3 that of the neat epoxy coating after 25 days of immersion in NaCl solution. Notably, after multiple cycles of thermal cycling testing, the coating maintains an impedance ~40 times higher than that of neat epoxy coating. After UV aging testing, comparing to neat EP coating, the GO/EP coating experiences far less degradation in gloss, water resistance, corrosion resistance and bonding strength to steel substrates. In addition, tribological tests confirmed that GO/EP has improved wear resistance compared with neat epoxy coating and the wear rate of epoxy coating was reduced by ~30% with incorporation of only 0.1%wt GO. This study provides a promising strategy for developing durable protective coatings for practical applications.",
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    "School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China",
    "Gansu Changda Highway Co., Ltd., Lanzhou 730000, China",
    "Institute of Advanced Wear & Corrosion Resistant and Functional Materials, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China",
    "National Joint Engineering Research Center of High Performance Metal Wear Resistant Materials Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China"
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      "name": "Fujun Zhang"
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  "published": "2026-10-01",
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  "title": "Facile Enhancement of Corrosion, Wear and UV Aging Resistance of Epoxy Composite Coatings via Graphene Oxide Incorporation",
  "title_text": "Facile Enhancement of Corrosion, Wear and UV Aging Resistance of Epoxy Composite Coatings via Graphene Oxide Incorporation",
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