Self-healing coatings
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Self-healing polythiourethane coating enables durable ice removal
A dynamic polythiourethane coating with reversible thiourethane bond exchange achieves low interfacial toughness for efficient ice detachment and fully restores its anti-icing performance after damage...
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Review charts path to smarter self-warning coatings
A new review traces the evolution of corrosion indicator loading strategies in self-warning anticorrosive coatings – from simple physical doping to advanced microencapsulation and nanocarrier systems...
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Multifunctional anti-fog coating with antibacterial activity and rapid self-healing
A polyelectrolyte complex-based coating combines anti-fogging, self-cleaning, antibacterial activity and rapid self-healing under 80 °C steam. The layer adheres to glass and plastics without complex pretreatment....
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Self-healing superhydrophobic LDH films enhance aluminium corrosion protection
Researchers report in situ ZnAl-LDH conversion layers on aluminium that self-heal via tungstate intercalation. After fluorosilane modification, the contact angle reaches 171 ° and protective efficiency...
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Novel self-healing epoxy coating
Researchers have recently presented a aemi-intrinsic self-healing epoxy coating using ionic liquid and super absorbent polymer.
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Self-healing protective coating with dual reversible bonds triggered by photothermal responsive Co9S8@Bi2S3 hollow core-shell nanofillers
Researchers found that a self-healing protective coating with dual reversible bonds can be triggered by photothermal responsive Co9S8@Bi2S3 nanofillers.