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Interview: “Removing the tedious process of testing out assumptions”
Digital tools offer more and more ways to improve the development of coatings. One way utilises digital prototypes to help reduce the number of redundant trial-and-error lab tests. Jurjen van Rees, Commercial...
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Influence of zirconium dioxide in polyurethane: Improved properties
Researchers report that the tensile strength, Young’s modulus, hardness, abrasion resistance, and thermal stability of PU/ZrO2 composites increased with ZrO2 content
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Improving the anticorrosive performance by incorporating biochar
A new study describes the effects of biochar nanoparticles on the anticorrosive performance of zinc-rich epoxy coatings.
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Wood slices for separation of both oil/water mixtures and emulsions
Researchers present differently manufactured wooden discs as a biological alternative to conventional, non-renewable materials for separating oil/water mixtures and emulsions.
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Antibacterial properties of polyurethane coating
A new study aims to prepare antibacterial coatings based on polyurethane and curcumin-modified graphene oxide.
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Self-healing performance of polyurethane coating
In a new study, the self-healing as well as the corrosion performance of a polyurethane coating containing polyurethane microcapsules was investigated.
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Alkali-resistant aluminum pigment
Researchers have described the preparation of alkali-resistant aluminum pigments that are encapsulated with a fluoropolymer by in situ polymerisation.
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Superhydrophobic PU-based coatings with mechanochemical durability
In a recently published study, multi-type nanoparticles in superhydrophobic PU-based coatings were studied towards self-cleaning, self-healing and mechanochemical durability.
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Hard, tough and fast self-healing thermoplastic polyurethane
A new study presents a thermoplastic polyurethane that can quickly recover up to 92% of its original tensile strength within 1 h at 50 °C and may have many application prospects in the field of protective...
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New review: Recent advances of organogels
A new review provides a comprehensive viewpoint on organogels. The state-of-the-art progresses in organogels' applications are systematically addressed and remaining challenges are discussed.
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Self-healing and high-biobased-content UV-curable coatings
A new study describes a novel self-healing, high-performance, and high-biobased-content coating derived from rubber seed oil and itaconic acid.
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Novel composite material based on sulfonated graphene and sulfonate barium
A recent paper describes the fabrication and the anticorrosive performances of a composite filler that includes sulfonate‑barium and sulfonated graphene.
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Robust and flexible transparent protective film
Researchers report on a novel protective film fabricated with an ambient-curable hybrid resin.
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Ultraviolet cure kinetics of a acrylate network under varying light intensity
Scientists have investigated the photopolymerisation kinetics of a low glass transition temperature (Tg) urethane acrylate network as a model soft coating system.