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Anti-viral organic coatings for high touch surfaces
SARS-CoV-2 virus remains viable on solid surfaces for up to one week. In presence of soil load, pure copper fails to inactivate the virus. A paintable organic coating liberates Cu2+ by ion-exchange and...
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Coating for water- and oil-resistance paper
A recently conducted study portrays a cellulose nanofibrils/polydimethylsiloxane double-layer coating for fabrication of high barrier and excellent water- and oil-resistance paper.
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Eco-friendly cement from calcareous oil shale
A recent study aimed to maximise the replacement of raw materials in clinker production with calcareous oil shale, while maintaining standard quality characteristics.
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Transparent anti-fingerprint coating
A new study describes an anti-fingerprint coating for optical lenses and display screens prepared with chitin nanofibers and surface modification via vapor deposition.
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Halogen free organic coatings for flame retarding applications
Researchers report the synthesis and characterisation of a new flame-retardant (FR), UV-curable resin, covalently stabilised with non-halogenated FR-additive, phytic acid (PA) for coating variety of substrates....
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Hybrid pattern surfaces for improved fog harvesting efficiency
A recently conducted study focuses on the design and optimisation of hybrid superhydrophobic–hydrophilic pattern surfaces for an improved fog harvesting efficiency.
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Eco-friendly self-polishing antifouling coating
A recently conducted study presents a self-polishing antifouling coating via eugenol ester hydrolysis. The coating showed good antibacterial and anti-algal properties.
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Enhanced corrosion resistance of sintered NdFeB magnets
A new study focuses on the corrosion resistance of functionalised carbon nanotubes enhanced epoxy coatings on sintered NdFeB magnets.
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Graffiti spray paints pollute soils with microplastics
A research team has demonstrated that spray paints used for graffiti cause an extensive amount of microplastic pollution in the surrounding soil. Analysing soil samples, scientists recorded hundreds of...
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Preventing stress cracking failure of bonded joints
The aim of a new project is to prevent the damage caused to bonded joints by additive migration by applying suitable atmospheric pressure plasma coatings in order to increase the long-term stability of...
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Selective liquid repellence and tackling COVID-19
A recently published review focuses on surface engineering using PDMS and functionalised nanoparticles for superhydrophobic coatings.
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Superhydrophobic coating with excellent corrosion resistance
Researchers have presented a fly ash-derived polybenzoxazine/zeolite A bilayer coating with excellent superhydrophobicity and corrosion resistance.
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Asian Paints to set up white cement facility
Asian Paints has signed a binding term sheet with Riddhi Siddhi Crusher & Land Transport, Associated Soap Stone Distributing (ASD) and other companies to form a joint venture to manufacture and export...
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Novel tactic to attain an ice-phobic polyurethane composite coating
A recent study presents a new tactic to attain an ice-phobic polyurethane (PU) composite coating, which was fabricated by incorporating minor dosages of hybrid silica particles and silicone oil (SO) into...