News
News Production & Lab
Poly(ester amide urethane) as robust material
A recent study presents elastomeric biodegradable poly(ester amide urethane) as a tough and robust material.
News Markets & Companies
Levaco Chemicals establishes subsidiary in Brazil
Levaco Chemicals, a leading supplier of specialty chemical products, announces that it has successfully completed the legal incorporation of Levaco Brasil on 1 July 2023.
News Production & Lab
Novel multifunctional WPU coatings
Multifunctional waterborne polyurethane (WPU) coatings with thermal insulation, matting, UV resistance and hydrophobicity are one of the targets of advanced materials manufacturing.
News Markets & Companies
Fire at Byk-Chemie in Kempen extinguished
At 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, 27 August 2023, an explosion occurred in a tank farm at the Kempen, Germany, plant of BYK-Chemie GmbH, followed by a fire.
News Production & Lab
Old plastic becomes new adhesive
A recently launched research project by the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen and the SKZ Kunststoff-Zentrum in Würzburg aims to feed thermally damaged...
News Coatings Technologies
“The understanding of biomass polymerisation has advanced significantly“
Teemu Piesanen, R&D Chemist CH-Polymers, expands on developments in bio-based coatings. Interview by Bettina Hoffmann
News Application Areas
Basecoats for UV-cured multilayered wood coating systems
The aim of a new study was to analyse the influence of basecoat composition and thickness on the mechanical behavior of a UV-curable multilayered wood finishing system.
News Markets & Companies
TER Chemicals and Heubach announce distribution partnership
TER Chemicals Distribution Group has taken over responsibility for the distribution of Heubach inorganic colour pigments, anti-corrosion pigments and pigment preparations as of June 1, 2023.
News Coatings Technologies
Fluorine-free and strongly adhesive superhydrophobic coating
A new work focuses on the facile fabrication of wear-resistant, fluorine-free, strongly adhesive superhydrophobic coating based on modified Silicon dioxide/silicone nanocomposites
News Application Areas
Active films for food packaging materials
A new work describes the development of chitosan/poly (vinyl alcohol) active films reinforced with curcumin functionalised layered double hydroxides towards food packaging.
News Production & Lab
Inspired by spider silk: Ultra-tough and exceptionally stretchable coating
A new work portrays an ultra-tough, exceptionally stretchable, and self-recoverable bio-based coating with self-healing capabilities and visual damage detection.
News Coatings Technologies
UV-curable epoxy acrylate composite coatings with high performance
A recently published study introduces UV-curable epoxy acrylate composite coatings with high flexibility, super-hydrophobicity, wear-resistance and self-healing properties.
News Application Areas
Bio-based anti-corrosive and anti-bacterial coating
A present work highlights ambient-cured cardanol-derived polyurea coatings for anti-corrosive and anti-bacterial applications.
News Application Areas
Novel anti-icing polyurethane methacrylate coatings
A new work focuses on the facile fabrication of high performance hydrophilic anti-icing polyurethane methacrylate coatings cured via UV irradiation.