The Mechanical Integrity of Self-Healing Coating Embedded with Microencapsulated Vegetable Oil

Abstract

The challenge of self-healing coating is the mechanical integrity of the coating system embedded with microcapsules. This paper emphasis the mechanical integrity of self-healing coating embedded with microencapsulated vegetable oil (waste sunflower oil). The mechanical integrity of the coating system was determined by the bending and Vickers test. The microencapsulation of waste sunflower oil was successfully produced microcapsules with a mean diameter of 1 μm and a rough shell structure that matchable to embedded in coating matrix. The embedment of microcapsules into the coating matrix has generated self-healing performance with ability to self-heal after 5 days. The mechanical integrity of coating system was increased and demonstrated higher maximum stress (654.25 N/mm2) and higher hardness value (4.40 HV) as compared to the reference sample. It can be concluded that, the microencapsulated waste sunflower oil as an alternative natural vegetable oil to be embedded in the coating system to generate self-healing performance and induce higher mechanical integrity. This finding was able to contribute to the advancement of the future of metal coating industries.