Innovative Pre-Treatment Techniques to Prevent Corrosion of Metallic Surfaces

Silane films for pre-treatment of aluminium: Film formation and curing; EIS investigation of the behaviour in 0.1 M NaCl of a double layer cerium - silane pre-treatment on Al 2024-T3; Deposition of ZrO2 on Al 1050 alloy as an adhesion promoter: Two preparation routes; Sol-gel coatings for pitting corrosion resistance of AA 2024-T3 aluminium alloy; Mg-rich primer for chromate-free protective systems on Al 2024 and Al 7075; Importance of the near-surface region in the surface pre-treatment of rolled recycled aluminium; Corrosion studies and analytical characteristics of galvanised steel substrates pretreated with doped silane solutions; Electrochemical evaluation of protection methods for galvanised steel using passivation treatments without hexavalent chromium; The effect of cerium nitrate on the corrosion behaviour of electrogalvanised steel substrates, evaluated by XPS and SVET; Inhibition of corrosion of zinc by Cr(VI) and Cr(III) treatments; Use of surfactant to develop an aqueous conversion coating: Zinc heptanoate Zn(C7)2; Effect of silane solution concentration on the anticorrosive protection of pretreatments applied on steel; In situ monitoring of dissolution-precipitation mechanisms using coupled quartz crystal microbalance/atomic emission spectroelectrochemistry; Silane pretreatments on copper to improve the adhesion of organic coatings; Improvement of corrosion resistance of Mg alloys by physical and chemical surface treatment; Electrochemical behaviour of Mo, MoTi and MoNb thin films obtained by PVD.