Dr Michele Curioni
Reader in Corrosion Protection
Research interests
My research mainly focuses on understanding corrosion of light alloys to develop new protection treatments. I have developed a new family of low-energy, environmentally friendly, anodizing cycles for corrosion protection of aerospace alloys, with a graded porous morphology that optimize simultaneously paint adhesion and corrosion resistance. I apply and develops electrochemical techniques to understand in detail the process of corrosion initiation and propagation in relation to the alloy microstructure, the presence of micro and macro-galvanic couples, the characteristics of the aggressive environment and the presence of corrosion inhibitors. I also work on improving the available characterization techniques and am interested in high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and 3-D imaging techniques such as X-ray tomography and sequential sectioning.
Projects
Research and projects
Research on Microstructure and Corrosion Property of 3xxx heat exchanger material
1/04/19 → 31/03/22
Project: Other
Sustainable Coatings by Rational Design (SusCoRD)
Lyon, S., Burnett, T., Curioni, M., Pereira Da Fonte, C., Siperstein, F., Stevens, N. & Zhou, X.
1/11/18 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
LightForm: Embedding Materials Engineering in Manufacturing with Light Alloys
Prangnell, P., Curioni, M., Haigh, S., Quinta Da Fonseca, J., Robson, J., Shanthraj, P. & Zhou, X.
1/10/17 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
Sustainable Organic Coatings for Corrosion Protection (SUSTICOAT)
Siperstein, F., Avendano Jimenez, C., Cuellar Franca, R., Curioni, M., Edmondson, S., Fielding, L., Lyon, S. & Zhou, X.
1/09/16 → 31/08/20
Project: Research