Application Areas - European Coatings

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Reduced browning: Enhancing the storability of banana

Researchers habe developed soybean polysaccharide/carboxymethyl chitosan coatings incorporated with lavender essential oil to enhance the storability of banana.

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Imitating shark skin: Epoxy resin coating for drag-reduction

Researchers have presented a novel bionic non-smooth epoxy resin coating with corrosion inhibitor for drag-reduction and durability.

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Dental implants: Coating against peri-implantitis

Researchers have decribed the synthesis of cross-linked chitosan by calcium phosphate as long-term drug delivery coating with cytocompatibility.

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Improved anticorrosion properties of waterborne coatings

A new study describes the improvement of anticorrosion properties of waterborne coatings by designing a new type of modified graphene with high dispersion and low conductivity.

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Waterborne polyurethane for coatings with improved mechanical properties

Researchers have presented waterborne fluorinated polyurethane containing guanidine for coatings with antibacterial features and properties against inorganic fouling.

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Enhancing fire safety with oyster shell powder

Researchers have studied the effect of functionalised oyster shell powder with ammonium polyphosphate on the fire safety performance of epoxy resin.

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Cured within 30 seconds: Substrate-independent anti-smudge coating

Researchers have introduced a novel and transparent UV-curable coating with excellent anti-smudge performance. The coating exhibits an excellent repellency of water- and oil- contaminants.

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IntAIRCOAT 2023 calls for speakers

The leading international conference on aircraft and aerospace coatings will take place in Sevilla, Spain, in June 2023 and opened the call for speakers.

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Degradation mechanisms of superhydrophobic coatings in marine conditions

The easy loss of non-wettability of superhydrophobic coatings (SHPs) severely hinders their applications in practice, and an understanding of their degradation mechanism would be helpful to solve this...