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New surfaces delay ice formation
If you've ever waited on an airport runway for your plane to be de-iced, had to remove all your food so the freezer could defrost, or arrived late to work because...
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Investigating antifouling properties of surfaces featuring zwitterionic polymer coatings
Zwitterionic polymer coatings can serve as a promising new class of anti-fouling materials.
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CoSi 2016: Call for Papers released
Abstracts of scientific papers for the 12th Coatings Science International conference from 27 June to 1 July, 2016 in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, can now be ...
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Self-sealing of cracks in concrete using superabsorbent polymers
Cracks in concrete can self-heal when exposed to prolonged wetting, but this is limited to narrow cracks. In practice, cracks > 0.2 mm cause leakage and...
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Efficient coatings and its copolymers for marine and bacterial fouling prevention
Researchers investigated molecular design, fabrication, and properties of thin-film coatings based on poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PMOX) and its copolymers to ...
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Antifouling and antibacterial hydrogel coatings with self-healing properties
Multifunctional self-healing hydrogel coatings based on a dynamic disulfide exchange reaction were developed via surface-initiated thiol-ene photopolymerisation. ...
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The EU Servowood Project – predicting the service life of exterior wood coatings
The Servowood project is to establish European Standards that will facilitate the prediction of service life for exterior wood coatings. Jon Graystone (PRA)...
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AkzoNobel opens new coil coatings production line in Mexico
AkzoNobel has opened a new production line for coil coatings at its facility in Garcia, Mexico.
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Paint manufacturer talks about production devices
Süleyman Arutan, production manager of Polisan Paint Company, Turkey has answered questions regarding the favourite production device, necessary for coatings, in ...
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Understanding the role of polymers in drying processes
Colloidal dispersions in polymer solution are important material systems in coating and printing applications.