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Evonik builds new production plant for specialty copolyesters

Evonik Industries is building a new production plant for specialty copolyesters at its Witten site in Germany. As binders for paints, specialty copolyesters ...

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Stopping mosquitos and red ants with polyurethane coatings made from algae oil

Larvicides play a vital role in controlling mosquitoes in their breeding sites. A study was carried out to establish the activity of polyesteramide based polyurethane...

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Polyurethane adhesives containing Diels-Alder-based thermoreversible bonds

A facile two-step process was developed to obtain polyester urethanes that contain various concentrations of thermoreversible Diels-Alder adduct-based bonds for ...

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Degradable polyurethane-organic release system prevents marine biofouling

Controlled release of antifoulant is critical for marine antibiofouling. Researchers have prepared polyurethane with degradable polyester segments and used...

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Alkyd resins based on PET waste for coating applications

Medium oil alkyd resins based on glycolysed PET waste and different generations of aliphatic hyperbranched polyesters with linseed and sunflower oil fatty acids, ...

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New biosourced UV-curable coatings based on isosorbide

Isosorbide was involved in photopolymerisation as a green monomer for UV-curable coatings. French researchers modified this polyol by (meth)acryloyl chloride...

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Bio-based polyol for VOC free 2K PU applications

A new bio-based polyol is used for manufacturing low-emission 2K PU coatings for interior and exterior applications.

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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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Comparing the scratch resistance of thermosetting powder coatings

The knowledge of the coating properties in terms of scratch and wear resistance is extremely important to prevent severe damage.