Polyurethanes

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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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Strong first quarter for Covestro

After a successful fiscal year 2016, materials manufacturer Covestro continued to perform well in the first quarter of 2017 and adjusted its forecast upward ...

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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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Toyo Ink and Doneck enter licensing agreement for water-based lamination inks

Toyo Ink Co., Ltd. and Doneck Euroflex S.A. have concluded a licensing agreement that allows Doneck to manufacture and sell Toyo Ink's "Aqua Liona” and ...

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High performance polyurea coatings based on cardanol

A research work deals with the synthesis of phenalkamines and their use as curing agents for blocked polyisocyanates to yield high performance polyurea coatings....

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Forming linear and crosslinked polyurethane nanoparticles

For the first time, stable water-borne polyurethane dispersions leading to mechanically strong polyurethane coatings were prepared without any chain extender. ...

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Influence of early water exposure on modified cementitious coating

Treating concrete surfaces with cementitious coating, especially those are used as reservoir for potable and recreational water, is gaining popularity as a safer ...

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ECS Award 2017: And the winner is…

Bas Tuijtelaars and his team at DSM Coating Resins have received the European Coatings Show Award for their conference paper.

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New distributor for Vencorex in Turkey

Vencorex has appointed Interplast Muhendislik Plastikleri as distributor in Turkey for its "Tolonate” and "Easaqua” aliphatic polyisocyanates ranges.

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Assistant-film-forming performance of aqueous polyurethane dispersions

In a study, a series of novel diol chain-extender trimethylol propane monoesters were synthesised to prepare novel aqueous polyurethane dispersions.

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Covestro achieves record year

2016 was a record year for materials manufacturer Covestro. Driven by demand for innovative materials, the group’s core volumes increased by 7.5%.

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Potential of a novel waterborne polyurethane as biomaterial

A new synthesis process, named "in situ water reaction process”, was developed to obtain polyurethane dispersions.

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Anti-icing coatings reduce damage caused by ice

Thanks to novel water-repelling micro- and nanostructured coatings, wind turbines remains ice-free. These functional surfaces are also interesting for aircraft...

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Preparing polysiloxane-ether-urethane-acrylic hybrid emulsions

Polysiloxane-ether-urethane-acrylic hybrid emulsions were prepared by introducing different polydimethylsiloxane content into the acrylic-terminated backbone...