Water-borne coatings
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“The water-borne coatings market will continue to grow“
Axalta Coating Systems has completed the expansion of its water-based coatings plant in Jiading, Shanghai. The expanded facility is designed to meet the growing demand for sustainable coating solutions...
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ECS Conference 2021: Water-based coatings in focus
At the digital European Coatings Show Conference 2021, water-based coating systems will be a focal point.
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Enhanced protective performance of a waterborne coating
Microcontainers loaded with inhibitors were incorporated into a waterborne matrix to strenghten its protective performance.
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New book on resins for water-borne coatings
Water-borne coatings are already the standard for many applications and still to continue to get even more important. The new text book Resins for water-borne coatings offers a comprehensive overview on...
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Axalta expands plant for water-borne coatings
Axalta Coating Systems as completed the expansion of its waterborne coatings plant in Jiading, Shanghai, China.
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How to increase the water-based share in wood coatings
How can wood coatings become more sustainable? One way is to increase the use of water-based systems, even though many wood coatings are already water-based. We spoke with experts about this question and...
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Review: UV-curable water-borne polyurethane coatings
UV-WPU coatings are becoming attractive due to increasingly rigorous environmental demands. Now a state-of-the-art and recent advances review has been published.
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Water-borne polyurethane with good water resistance and mechanical strength
Researchers report on a terpene derivative-containing silicone two-component waterborne polyurethane for coatings.
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Fire-retardant and self-healing plywood coatings
Researchers have presented a dual-functional intumescent fire-retardant and self-healing water-based plywood coating.
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Enhancing the anti-corrosion performance of water-borne acrylic coatings
A recent study focuses on molecular design and copolymerisation to enhance the anti-corrosion performance of waterborne acrylic coatings.
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Self-healable and stretchable polyurethane film
A new paper reports a waterborne polyurethane film fabricated via multiple hydrogen bonds that is both room‐temperature self-healable and stretchable.
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Sodium alginate as thickener in water paint formulations
Scientists describe the interaction of sodium alginate thickener with components of architectural water-based coatings.
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Alternative to form zero VOC waterborne coatings
A new paper discusses the characterisation of free and surface water of colloidal unimolecular polymer particles for coatings applications.
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“Labyrinthine structure” anticorrosive water-based composite coatings
Recentlty, a novel environmentally friendly modified graphene oxide/waterborne epoxy composite coating has been reported.