Coatings Technologies - European Coatings

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Sustainable components for polyurethane coatings

The antioxidant activity of unmodified kraft and organosolv lignins has been studied to be used as sustainable components for polyurethane coatings.

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Measuring and modeling hydration kinetics of well cements

Scientists present a new method to measure the chemical shrinkage of cements, using an ultrasonic cement analyser coupled with an external pump.

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Electrophoretically deposited graphene oxide–polymer bilayer coating on Cu-Ni alloy with enhanced corrosion resistance

For an actual study an environmentally benign and facile bilayer coating comprised of graphene oxide (GO) and acrylic polymer has been fabricated over a cupronickel sample.

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Study on the concentration profiles in phase-separating photocuring coatings

Scientists directly measured the local composition profiles in phase-separating photocurable thin films using confocal Raman spectroscopy.

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UV-resistant and transparent hydrophobic surfaces by a facile dip-coating method

Hydrophobic surfaces were prepared with different chemistries by dip-coating. They showed excellent resistance to UV radiation after long-term exposure.

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VIS-optical reflectometry: a method to investigate latex-based coatings

A noninvasive technique can be used to study the film formation from aqueous mixtures layered up to 25 μm thickness.

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Effectiveness of non-Fickian diffusion model on the water uptake determination of organic coatings

Water diffusion in organic coatings were measured successfully in a study using EIS and wet-cup methods.

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Fabrication of transparent easy-clean coating formulations optimised from molecular dynamics simulation

Report on the impact of co-polymerising polyvinyl acetate with polydimethyl siloxane in developing an easy-cleaning coating material.

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A process model for slot coating of narrow stripes

In a new study, scientists develop a process model for slot coating of variable-width narrow stripes, as a fundamental and representative pattern feature for patterned slot coating.

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Bio-based multifunctional fatty acid methyl esters as reactive diluents

In a current paper epoxidized fatty acid methyl esters (e-FAMEs) obtained from epoxidized linseed oil were compared with fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) obtained from rapeseed oil as reactive diluents...