A Comparison Study on Corrosion Resistance of 430 Stainless Steel Surfaces Modified by Alkylsilane and Fluoroalkylsilane SAMs

The self-assembly monolayers （SAMs） of n-dodecyltriethoxysilane （DTES） and 1 H, 1 H, 2H, 2H-perflu- orodecyltriethoxysilane （PFDS） on the surface of the 430 stainless steel （430SS） were prepared and their corrosion protection performance was investigated by potentiodynamic polarization, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR） -attenuated total reflection （ATR）, static contact angle and atomic force microscopy （AFM）. The results showed that the alkali pretreatment and the water added into the self-assembly solution could generate more hydrox- yls on the 430SS surface, and then enhanced the adsorption of the SAMs. A suitable temperature of the self-assem- bly solution is important for the formation of the SAMs. The silane SAMs were chemically adsorbed on the 430SS substrates by Fe-O-Si bonds. In all cases tested, PFDS has a better inhibition effect compared with DTES, and the difference in inhibition effect is most marked at the lowest concentration of 1 mmol/L.