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Feb 9, 2021 | Industry News
A new ASTM International standard will be used to help determine the abrasion resistance of coatings on the touchscreens of smart devices. ASTM’s committee on paint and related coatings, materials...
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Feb 2, 2021 | Industry News
BGZ has introduced its use of InvisiPrint MBED on BodyGuardz screen protectors and cases within the PureGuard™ antimicrobial formula...
Jan 22, 2021 | Product News
IGL Coatings has launched graphene reinforced product, Ecocoat Quartz+. The new and improved Ecocoat Quartz+ is a hybrid 9H rated dual system ceramic coating that combines two ceramic coatings with...
Jan 15, 2021 | Industry News
New funding to get damage-resistant, liquid-repelling surfaces out of the laboratory and onto solar panels, skis, and more. The research made superhydrophobic surfaces that were strongly resistant...
Jan 14, 2021 | Industry News
A team of researchers from Empa and ETH Zurich has developed a coating which changes color due to the physical reaction with heat, thus clearly indicating whether a rope will continue to provide the...
Jan 6, 2021 | Industry News
The global graphite coatings market is estimated to expand at a CAGR of 7.5% during the forecast period, owing to numerous factors, regarding which TMR offers thorough insights and forecasts in its...
Dec 22, 2020 | Industry News
The Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC) is preparing to move from Phase I to Phase II of the program. The center has been operating in collaboration with Rice University in...
Dec 21, 2020 | Industry News
The University of Georgia publishes a new study showing a promising tool for preventing infections before they happen. The study examined how an innovative coating developed by UGA scientists can...
Nov 12, 2020 | Industry News
Applied Graphene Materials has signed a distribution agreement with GOBARR Kimya Ticaret ve Pazarlama Ltd. Sti (Gobarr). The agreement will further expand AGM’s distribution network to target...
Nov 10, 2020 | Industry News
OCSiAl’s recently developed graphene nanotube (single wall carbon nanotube) concentrates for powder coating formulations have expanded a line of nanotube products to all types of epoxy formulations...