Designing strong interfacial adhesion between carbon fiber and epoxy resin via dopamine towards excellent protection ability under high hydrostatic pressure and severe erosion corrosion condition

The complex marine environment in the splash zone and the deep-sea area is always raising stern challenges for the steel structures served in the offshore facilitates. Compared with other coating fillers, the carbon fiber (CF), with outstanding mechanical strength, is a suitable candidate filler for coating reinforcement. However, CF has a poor compatibility with organic resin, which could cause defects inside the coating, and result in coating...