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Smart paints for surface temperature measurements
A new study describes the optimised curing and coating of smart paints for surface temperature measurements. Excess thermal energy can...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Jun 7, 20231 min read
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Polyurethane in silicone rubber for enhanced coating performances
Researchers have produced a highly adhesive and mechanically stable coating with dual-functional antifouling/anticorrosive performances...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Mar 25, 20231 min read
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Ideal Chemi Plast: New coating resins production facility
DIC Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Ideal Chemi Plast, based in the state of Maharashtra, India, has commenced the...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Feb 20, 20231 min read
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Modeling the penetration of polymer into paper during extrusion coating
A simple model based on Darcy’s law has been proposed to predict the penetration of polyethylene into paper and paper. During the...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Feb 19, 20221 min read
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Universal polysiloxane additives for self-cleaning surfaces
Four novel additives and 16 different compositions have been evaluated in a new study for their self-cleaning performance toward UV...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Feb 4, 20221 min read
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Colourless cardanol based polyurethane coating
A current study presents a modified cardanol based colourless, transparent, hydrophobic and anti-corrosive polyurethane coating. Despite...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Jan 15, 20221 min read
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Self-healing polyurethane coatings
Renewable materials were used for the development of microcapsules based self-healing anticorrosive polyurethane coatings. Microcapsules...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Dec 18, 20211 min read
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Lactide-based polyester as coating with improved properties
Researchers have described the synthesis, analysis, and application of lactide-based polyester as a coating with improved mechanical and...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Dec 11, 20211 min read
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Polyimide–polyester hybrid UV-curable powder coating
A new UV-curable maleimide-terminated polyimide was prepared and characterised. The viscoelastic properties of the hybrid system were...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Dec 4, 20211 min read
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Transparent and flexible coatings for anti-graffiti applications
A newly developed coating exhibits excellent anti-graffiti properties, light transmittance and flexibility. It can be applied on...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Nov 20, 20211 min read
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Review: Progress in the development of UV curable powder coatings
A recently published paper highlights currrent advances in the field of UV cured powder coatings and desscribes photoinitiators and...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Nov 13, 20211 min read
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Wall paint eliminates corona viruses with silver technology
A few years ago, together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology, Bioni CS developed wall and facade paints that could be...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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Polyester coatings with enhanced friction characteristic and scratch resistance
A new work focuses studies the effect of filler content on the scratch behavior and the tribological performance of a polyester/graphene...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Oct 30, 20211 min read
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Bio-based anti-corrosion coating material for mild steel
Scientists have prepared a highly efficient bio-based anti-corrosion coating material based on a reduced graphene oxide and epoxidised...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Oct 16, 20211 min read
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Sika to divest European industrial coatings business
Sika has agreed to sell its European industrial coatings business, based in Germany, to The Sherwin-Williams Company. The transaction is...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Oct 9, 20211 min read
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Datacolor and Archroma enter into new partnership
Archroma has announced that the soon-to-be 5,760 colour references of its "Color Atlas" library are made available within its "Datacolor...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Jul 31, 20211 min read
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New issue: focus on polyurethane coatings
In issue 7+8/2021 of the EUROPEAN COATINGS JOURNAL readers will find articles on technical innovations as well as market information on...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Jul 24, 20211 min read
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Graphene oxide-based polyaniline composites
Scientists have described the preparation of graphene oxide-based polyaniline composites with synergistic anticorrosion effect for...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Jul 10, 20211 min read
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European Technical Coatings Congress has a new date
Due to the social and legal limitations caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Technical Coatings Congress ETCC2022, which was...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Jul 3, 20211 min read
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Novel self-healing epoxy coatings
Scientists report on self-healing epoxy coatings containing microcapsules filled with different amine compounds. The study evaluated the...

Janet Kohlmorgen
Jun 26, 20211 min read
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