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Nov 16, 2023 | Industry News
UMD researchers aiming to combat rising global temperatures have developed a microporous glass coating that can lower the temperature of the material beneath it by 3.5 degrees Celsius at noon and...
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Oct 31, 2023 | Industry News
A team of researchers develop a superhydrophobic surface with a stable plastron that can last for months under water. The long-lasting underwater superhydrophobic surfaces, which prevent the...
Oct 26, 2023 | Industry News
SunDensity is set to open its R&D lab and headquarters in Sibley Square downtown. The business produces photonic smart coating for utility solar power producers that enhances optical processes and...
Oct 23, 2023 | Industry News
Researchers at Northeastern University’s Kostas Research Institute work with a synthesized version of xanthommatin, a naturally occurring dye present in the bodies of cephalopods like octopi and...
Oct 18, 2023 | Industry News
Flinders researchers successfully transform Spirulina maxima, a blue-green microalgae, into ultrathin bioactive coatings by deploying an argon atmospheric plasma jet. It is a significant leap taken...
Scientists from the University of Surrey create an innovative paint that contains oxygen-producing bacteria capable of capturing carbon dioxide. Researchers suggest this paint, known as...
Oct 10, 2023 | Product News
Kraton Corporation introduces Nexar™ Anti-Fog coatings and films, a solution designed to address persistent fogging issues experienced by healthcare professionals when using personal protection...
Oct 2, 2023 | Industry News
Researchers from Aalto University develop a way to turn a waste material from wood into a bio-based transparent film that can be used for anti-fogging or anti-reflective coatings on glasses or...
Sep 21, 2023 | Industry News
NETL and University of Pittsburgh research team demonstrates the use of plasmonic nanomaterials (pNPs) and porous polymer composite coating in optical fiber sensing technologies that can detect...
Sep 7, 2023 | Industry News
Dymax announces that their AR conformal coating, 9771, has completed the rigorous qualification testing for Military Specification MIL-I-46058C. This UL94V0 and UL746E recognized dual-cure coating...