TY - JOUR A1 - Meinderink, D. A1 - Kielar, C. A1 - Sobol, Oded A1 - Ruhm, L. A1 - Rieker, F. A1 - Nolkemper, K. A1 - Orive, A. G. A1 - Özcan Sandikcioglu, Özlem A1 - Grundmeier, G. T1 - Effect of PAA-induced surface etching on the adhesion properties of ZnO nanostructured films N2 - Zinc oxide - polymer interfaces are known to exhibit interesting properties regarding molecular adhesion. This work is aimed at the investigation of the effect of the morphology and surface chemistry on the macroscopic adhesion of a model epoxy-based adhesive to nanorod (ZnO NR) and nanocrystalline (ZnO NC) ZnO-modified surfaces. Both ZnO films have been prepared using hydrothermal synthesis on hot-dip galvanized steel (HDG) surfaces by varying the precursor chemistry in order to control the film morphology. Poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) was used to improve the interfacial adhesion by modifying the morphology and surface chemistry of ZnO nanostructured films. The strong interaction of PAA from a dilute and neutral aqueous solution with the ZnO nanocrystallites was shown to significantly improve the interfacial adhesion by means of a nanoetching process. It was shown that the wet peel-forces correlate well with the considered morphology and surface chemistry. KW - Interfacial stability KW - Morphology control KW - Poly(acrylic acid) KW - Adhesion by mechanical interlocking KW - ZnO films KW - ZnO nanorods Nanocrystalline PY - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2021.102812 SN - 0143-7496 VL - 106 SP - 102812 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-52600 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -