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Mar 16, 2021 | Industry News
Altech has completed the first phase of battery performance testing of graphite particles coated with high purity alumina (HPA), using Altech’s proprietary coating technology. Results for the coated...
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Ceylon Graphite has developed a biocidal nanocomposite material which will be used as a multipurpose biocidal coating multiple material. In relation to the development of this product, Ceylon...
Mar 10, 2021 | Product News
hubergroup Print Solutions launches a barrier coating that protects against water. It is particularly suitable for surface printing in the packaging industry, both in the food and non-food sectors...
Mar 8, 2021 | Industry News
Talga provides an update on the commercial scale trials of its Talcoat® graphene additive for marine coatings. On the first ship, Robin 1 (previously Algarrobo), visual inspection over 15 months...
Mar 4, 2021 | Industry News
New conductive gelcoats with graphene nanotubes as a protecting layer on top of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) grant ability to produce special surfaces and uniformly coat all final parts...
Mar 2, 2021 | Industry News
An innovative nanocoating from Curran Biotech stops the spread and lingering impacts of viruses (including SARS-COV-2, the coronavirus/COVID-19). When applied to common air filters for either home...
Feb 19, 2021 | Article
By Patricia Geelen
Discover how smart coatings are getting smarter in various applications like anti-scaling, anti-corrosion, automotive & anti-microbial coatings, and the key considerations while designing them...
Feb 18, 2021 | Industry News
DASA, part of the Ministry of Defence, has commissioned a research team from Northumbria to develop a new type of multifunctional antiviral coating which could form part of the country’s biodefence...
Feb 15, 2021 | Industry News
Fraunhofer IGB and partners have coated textiles with the biopolymer chitosan and thus made water-repellent by binding hydrophobic molecules. Chitosan is a renewable raw material that is derived...
Feb 10, 2021 | Article
By SpecialChem
Hear from Arno Schut, Innovation Manager at Axcentive where he shares his insights on EXOCOAT® sol-gel-based technology for smart and functional coatings, critical challenges faced by customers and...