Polyurethanes
News Markets & Companies
Covestro to built two new production facilities
Materials manufacturer Covestro broke ground on two new plants in Shanghai to meet the rising demand for polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) and elastomers.
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Fluorescent self-healing waterborne polyurethane
A recently cunducted study focuses on a fluorescent polyurethane based on naphthalimide derivatives and its application in anti-counterfeiting.
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Enhanced water vapor permeability of leather coating
Researchers describe moisture-regulating microcapsules that can enhance the water vapor permeability of leather polyurethane coating and thereby improve the comfort.
News Coatings Technologies
Controllable hydrolytic stability of novel fluorinated polyurethane films
A recently published paper describes the controllable hydrolytic stability of fluorinated polyurethane films by incorporating fluorinated side chains.
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Superhydrophobic and icephobic polyurethane coatings
A recently published review article focuses on fundamentals, progresses, challenges and opportunities of superhydrophobic and icephobic polyurethane coatings.
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Polyurethane coatings: Traditional market changing
Tense situation: Supply problems and regulation are a challenge in the polyurethane coatings market. However, this current challenging development in the industry is also encouraging a shift to more sustainable...
News Coatings Technologies
Synthesis of vegetable oil based hyperbranched polyol
A new paper reports the synthesis of a hyperbranched polyol via thiol-yne click reaction and their application in polyurethane.
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Polyurethane coating with synergistic anticorrosion effect
A new paper presents a stretchable and self-healing polyurethane coating with a synergistic anticorrosion effect for the corrosion protection of stainless steels.
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This technology is expected to increase its share in industrial applications
As more and more companies focus on the issue of sustainability, water-based PU coatings are increasingly coming into focus. We talked about this with Eugénie Charrière, Global marketing & strategy...
News Coatings Technologies
Colourless cardanol based polyurethane coating
A current study presents a modified cardanol based colourless, transparent, hydrophobic and anti-corrosive polyurethane coating.
News Legislation
A safe future for polyurethane products
On 4 August 2020, a new restriction on diisocyanates under REACH was adopted by the European authorities, targeting respiratory and dermal sensitisation potentially caused by diisocyanates.
News Production & Lab
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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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.