A new genre of plastics that mimic the human skin’s ability to heal scratches and cuts offers the promise of endowing cell phones, laptops, cars and other products with self-repairing surfaces, scientists reported during a meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on March 26, 2012. Maybe this polymercompound could be adopted in functional coatings as well to heal scratches on metal as well.
A new study focuses on the analysis of scratch characteristics of automotive clearcoats containing silane modified blocked isocyanates via carwash and nano-scratch tests.
An overview about application of titanium dioxide to concrete technology in relation to enhanced aesthetic durability and depollution properties is available.
Applying a self-stratifying system in single operation shows comparable or even better mechanical properties and corrosion resistance compared to classical two-layered systems.
