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Castor oil-based omniphobic polyurethane coatings
A recently conducted study reportstransparent polyurethane coatings with high hardness, anti-smudge and anti-corrosive properties.
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Review: Embrittlement in organic coatings
A new review article gives a comprehensive overview on the sources of tensile, cracking-opening stress of organic coatings and focuses on the polymer embrittlement during degradation.
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Functional coatings in the focus of the November issue
The November issue of the European Coatings Journal is out. It features a full package on functional coatings: a market report, a product overview and expert interviews.
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Market overview for water borne coatings
The use of water-borne coatings is developing encouragingly. In 2021, the global market for water-borne coatings reached a volume of around 35 million metric tons and a value of almost EUR 96 billion,...
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Polymeric aziridines as crosslinkers for water-based coatings
Researchers have introduced polymeric aziridines as a new class of low toxicity two-component crosslinkers for carboxylic resins.
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Environment-friendly UV-curable alkyd-based non-isocyanate urethanes
During a new study, two non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) were used as reactive diluents for an alkyd to obtain eco-friendly new UV-curable alkyd-polyurethane coatings.
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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,...