Water-borne coatings
News Application Areas
Waterborne polyurethane for coatings with improved mechanical properties
Researchers have presented waterborne fluorinated polyurethane containing guanidine for coatings with antibacterial features and properties against inorganic fouling.
News Production & Lab
Tough, transparent and antibacterial WPU
Researchers have presented a high strength, tough and transparent waterborne polyurethane with good antibacterial performance.
News Coatings Technologies
Market overview for water borne coatings
The use of water-borne coatings is developing encouragingly. In 2021, the global market for water-borne coatings reached a volume of around 35 million metric tons and a value of almost EUR 96 billion,...
News Application Areas
Self healable cathodic electrophoretic deposition coatings
A new study describes the synthesis and properties of room-temperature self-healable cathodic electrophoretic deposition coatings based on cationic waterborne polyurethane.
News Coatings Technologies
Water-borne coatings: “Controlled conditions are preferred but not compulsory”
Dominique Vandenberghe, technical service manager epoxy coatings, fibers & textiles, at Westlake gives insights into trends and challenges in water-borne coatings.
News Coatings Technologies
Bio-based air-drying water-borne polyurea coatings
In a recently coducted work, bio-based air-drying water-borne polyurea dispersions (Bio-PUDs) containing alkyd intermediate as polyol and aniline trimer (AT) as chain extender were synthesised, characterised,...
News Production & Lab
Polyacrylic acid modified graphene oxide in WPU based coatings
The incorporation of graphene oxide (GO) into waterborne polyurethane (WPU) coating shows great potential in enhancing the performance of WPU coating. But homogeneous dispersion of GO in polymer matrix...
News Markets & Companies
Arkema acquires Polimeros Especiales
The acquisition of the water-borne resins producer is strengthening the Group’s offering in solvent-free solutions and its position in this fast-growing region.
News Application Areas
Interview: Strong film formation is critical
Latoska N. Price, regional technical service manager coatings for Americas at Synthomer gives and overview of the limitations and advancements in water-borne coatings.
News Markets & Companies
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....
News Markets & Companies
Arkema to acquire Polimeros Especiales
Arkema plans the acquisition of Polimeros Especiales, a leading player in solvent-free waterborne acrylic resins.
News Application Areas
Studying the stability of water-based architectural paint
A new study focuses on the investigation of the effect of the type of pigment/extender on the stability of high pigment volume concentration water-based architectural paint.
News Production & Lab
Casein stabilised waterborne latexes
Researchers have recently presented high biobased content waterborne latexes stabilised with casein.
News Raw Materials
Interview: “Some challenges remain
Although water-borne epoxy performance has advanced significantly over the past 40 years, there are some challenges that remain when transitioning from solvent- to water-borne coatings, says Daniel J....