Marine coatings

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Improving the performance of anticorrosive coatings with graphene

Iranian researchers from Institute for Color Science and Technology improved the anticorrosive properties of polymeric coatings by using graphene and creating ...

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Akzo Nobel produces marine and protective coatings in Russia

Customers in Western Russia are to benefit from local production of Akzo Nobel's International brand marine and protective coatings. The new capacity is being ...

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Nippon Paint Marine Coatings and Wilckens form new company

Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Co. Ltd. of Kobe, Japan, and Wilckens Farben GmbH of Glückstadt, Germany are proud to announce the formation of Nippon Paint Marine ...

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Polyurethane self-polishing coating for marine antifouling application

To fabricate antifouling coatings, Chinese researchers have prepared a series of environmentally friendly thermoplastic poly(propylene carbonate) polyurethane ...

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Anti-fouling experiment yields successful results

Almouj Marina, a marina facility and yachting destination in Oman, announced successful results of an experiment to create an environmentally friendly anti-fouling...

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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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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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Improving the anti-corrosion performance of epoxy coatings

Solvent-based epoxy resins are often used for the anti-corrosion purpose but their cured process fabricating plentiful micro-pore via solvent evaporation is...

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Green strategies for antifouling coatings

In the last few decades, many efforts have been spent into developing efficient antifouling (AF) surfaces (coatings) combining advances in materials science and ...

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Developing hybrid antifouling paints

The objectives of a study are to measure the efficiency of a hybrid system for antifouling paint and to observe the influence of the physico-chemical properties of the...

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Degradable polyurethanes based on polyester polyols for marine antifouling

Researchers have prepared star-shaped polyester polyols based on initiators (trimethylolpropane or pentaerythritol) and ɛ-caprolactone by polycondensation ...

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Preparing ZnO nanopaint for marine antifouling applications

Nanomaterials open up tremendous opportunities in the development of commercial products for house-hold to industrial applications.