Polymers
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PDMS coated stainless-steel mesh for the removal of microplastics
Researchers have designed a superhydrophobic 304 stainless steel mesh to capture microplastics. The microplastics separation can be explained from a colloid point of view.
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Zschimmer & Schwarz cooperates with Van Weezenbeek Dispersions
Since May 2022, the specialist for water-based polymer dispersions has established a new distribution channel in Germany: Van Weezenbeek Dispersions will take over the distribution of the polymer dispersions....
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Scott Bader acquires Satyen Polymers
Scott Bader has announced that Scott Bader Pvt Ltd (India) has acquired the commercial business of Satyen Polymers.
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Münzing puts new production plant into operation
After a three-year construction period, the family-owned company Münzing has officially inaugurated a new production plant for wax and polymer emulsions in Elsteraue / Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).
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Polymeric coatings derived from gum rosin
The growing demand for the development of bio-based, greener and more sustainable polymeric systems was the inspiration to develop two bio-based thermo-reversible polymers derived from gum rosin.
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Confoil and BASF develop coated paper trays for ready-to-eat meals
Confoil and BASF have cooperated to develop a certified compostable and dual ovenable food tray based on paper. The paper tray is coated on the inside with a partly bio-based and certified compostable...
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Water transport through epoxy-based powder pipeline coatings
Water can change the molecular structure of polymeric coatings over time and affect the mass transport of other permeants. Hydration of the epoxy network at elevated temperatures increases the aggregate...
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MC-Bauchemie opens new site in India
MC-Bauchemie India has celebrated the inauguration of a new plant in Halol in the federal state of Gujarat, India. The complex includes a production facility where powder products, concrete admixtures,...
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Novel epoxy curing strategy based on GO and glass fiber
A polymer matrix composite with a physical barrier network can efficiently inhibit corrosion on carbon steel.
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Styrene-acrylate coatings as conductive substrate
In a new work, styrene-acrylate (SA) coatings were strengthened with renewable natural polymers (carboxymethyl chitosan, CMCS) and crosslinked by multiple hydrogen bonds, which improved the mechanical...
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Self-healing microcapsules for polymer coatings on spacecraft
Researchers have introduced UV-triggered self-healing SiO2/PDA hybrid microcapsules with both enhanced UV-shielding ability and improved compatibility for epoxy resin coatings.
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Mechanical properties of waterborne coatings
A recent study is dedicated to the effects of environmental conditions on the micro-mechanical properties of waterborne colloidal polymer coatings.
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One-step UV-curable ligand copolymer coatings
Scientists describe the synthesis of a UV-curable ligand copolymer coating using an industrial scalable method. The coating can be used for non-migratory antioxidant packaging.
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Nouryon starts production at new organic peroxide site
Nouryon has started the full-scale production at its organic peroxide greenfield site in Tianjin, China to support the increasing demand from packaging, paints and coatings, and construction customers...