Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces Containing UiO-66 Incorporated with 8-Hydroxyquinoline for Excellent Corrosion Protection of AZ31 Mg Alloys

The conventional slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPSs) provide relatively limited corrosion protection and self-healing performance for AZ31 Mg alloys. To this end, 8-hydroxyquinoline (8-HQ) was incorporated into a zirconium-based metal-organic framework UiO-66 through coordination (8-HQ@UiO-66), which was then dispersed into silicone oil to fabricate nanoparticle-enhanced-SLIPSs (8-HQ@UiO-66-SLIPSs). Especially, the influences of 8-HQ@UiO-66 concentration on the surface morphology, surface hydrophobicity, and corrosion resistance were studied. It was found that the surface hydrophobicity first increased and then decreased with increasing concentration, showing the highest water contact angle of 121.2° at a concentration of 1 mg mL^-1 (8-HQ@UiO-66-SLIPS-1). This was attributed to the development of well-constructed hierarchical micro/nanostructures. Moreover, it also exhibited the best anticorrosion property, with the lowest corrosion current density of 1.24 × 10^-10 A cm^-2 and the highest impedance modulus of 9.88 × 10⁸ Ω cm² at 0.01 Hz, primarily associated with the synergistic interaction of 8-HQ and UiO-66. Further, the self-healing performance was evaluated using the scanning vibration electrode technique (SVET), verifying the superior self-healing performance of 8-HQ@UiO-66-SLIPS-1. Hence, the nanoparticle-enhanced-SLIPSs exhibit considerable potential in the corrosion protection of Mg alloys, thereby accelerating their extensive applications in industry.