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Metallic nano-particles for the protection of wood
Researchers have conducted a preliminary experiment te evaluate the ability of metallic nano-particles to provide UV protection to wood surfaces.
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Water-borne coatings: “Controlled conditions are preferred but not compulsory”
Dominique Vandenberghe, technical service manager epoxy coatings, fibers & textiles, at Westlake gives insights into trends and challenges in water-borne coatings.
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Novel epoxy resin bonding agent
A new study focuses on the adhesive properties of a new binder based on epoxy resin with the addition of waste granite powder.
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Polyurea for anti-corrosion and wear-resistant enhancement
A new work presents a promising application of polyurea nanofibers to enhance the anti-corrosion and wear resistance of epoxy resins.
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Photocurable polyurethane acrylate for textile artificial leather
Researchers have proposed an eco-friendly photocurable textile artificial leather coating strategy. The fabricated artificial leather exhibited excellent colourfastness.
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Impact of surface texture on the perceptual and instrumental gloss
Gloss and texture have an indispensable role in determining the visual appearance of objects. Yet there are differences between the gloss perceived by the human eye and the gloss measured by instruments....
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rGO as an adhesion enhancer of fusion bonded epoxy coatings
Alternative coating technologies based on advances in polymer engineering have been continuously developed to face the always present challenges of wear in metal surfaces.
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Bio-based air-drying water-borne polyurea coatings
In a recently coducted work, bio-based air-drying water-borne polyurea dispersions (Bio-PUDs) containing alkyd intermediate as polyol and aniline trimer (AT) as chain extender were synthesised, characterised,...
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Improved tribological performance of epoxy composite coating
A new study reports the improved tribological performance of an epoxy self-lubricating composite coating by boron nitride nanosheets and Ag nanoparticles.
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Tomato shelf-life extension via an edible coating
Researchers have presented a way of shelf-life extension of tomato using an edible coating of bitter almond gum-fish gelatin conjugates.
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Improvement of scratch resistance
Scientists have demonstrated an improvement of scratch resistance in transparent hard surfaces through layer-by-layer coating.
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Interview: “The use of DTM coatings is rapidly growing”
Aaron Thornton, segment market manager at Eastman addresses the state of direct-to-metal coatings and the challenges for this field.
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Low migration type I photoinitiators of radical polymerisation
A recently published study focues on new acyl phosphine oxides as high-performance and low migration type I photoinitiators of radical polymerisation.
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Nanocellulose-based superhydrophobic coating
A nanocellulose-based multiple-functional coating was fabricated with excellent superhydrophobicity, abrasion resistance, acid resistance and fluorescence.