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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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Blue increasingly popular as automotive colour

PPG unveiled its 2019 automotive color trends, showing a rise in blue automobiles.

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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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Optimised design of UHPC with high wet packing density

A new study presents an optimised design method in developing ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) with high wet packing density, in which the multiply effects of solid and liquid phases on UHPC packing...

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Cambrian Solutions distributes crosslinkers from Evonik in Canada

Evonik corporation’s crosslinker business line appoints Cambrian Solutions, a Maroon Group Company, as Canadian distributor for its polycarbamide and isophorone based crosslinkers.

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Surface-initiated Polymer brush as anti-scaling coating for plate heat exchangers

In a recently published study, researchers evaluated the feasibility of surface-initiated polymerisation (SIP) as thin coating technology to mitigate CaCO3 formation for heat transfer applications.

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Bodo Möller Chemie becomes authorised sales partner of Henkel in China

With immediate effect, Bodo Möller Chemie sells and distributes the entire industrial electronics product portfolio of Henkel in China.

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Corrosion resistance of copolymerization graphene oxide composite coating

Acrylamide (AM)/acrylic acid (AA) functionalised graphene oxide (GO) composites (GMAs) were readily prepared by one-step copolymerisation and coated on the surface of magnesium alloy.

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Uniaxial compression failure of hardened cement paste

The aim of a new work is to investigate the mechanical performance of hardened cement paste (HCP) under compression at the micrometre length scale.

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Siegwerk opens Europe’s largest fully automated production plant for printing inks

Siegwerk, a supplier of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, has opened a new fully automated system for the production of customer inks at its headquarters in Siegburg.

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Anti-corrosion of electrodeposited graphene/polypyrrole composite coating

A polypyrrole/graphene composite coating was directly electrodeposited on 304 stainless steel by cyclic voltammetry technique from a solution of pyrrole and graphene.

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Axalta completes acquisition of Capital Paints

Axalta, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Capital Paints, a UAE-based thermosetting powder coatings manufacturer.

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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...

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Songwon opens technical service coating lab in South Korea

Songwon, a manufacturer of polymer stabilisers, starts a new technical service coating lab at its manufacturing facility in Maeam, South Korea.