coatings
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- In many coating applications damage resistance is controlled by the mechanical properties of the coating, interface and substrate.
- One of the frequent signs of early failure in semitransparent wood coatings is colonization by black stain fungi, such as Aureobasidium pullulans.
- The existing level of application of hard coatings due to relatively high deposition temperatures is largely limited to the tool area.
- Interface phenomena on polishing are still not completely understood.
- The ability to control polymer film structure has wide-ranging applications in the fields of optical coatings, electronics, organic photovoltaics, and biofilms.
- Optical coatings are increasingly gaining importance in volume applications like displays, optical data storage, architectural coatings, lighting, etc.
- The development of new protective organic coatings is affected by a number of factors, the most important ones at present being those related to environmental acceptability of anticorrosive pigments.
- MANY COATING AND laminating compounds and processes contain solvents, additives, or by-products of reaction that are potentially highly pollutmg to the environment or injurious to health.
- Superhydrophobic silicone fouling-release (FR) nanocomposite coatings have gained considerable interest as an eco-friendly and economic solution to combat biofouling problems of ship hulls.
- Smart self-healing coatings for corrosion protection of metallic substrates (steel, magnesium, and aluminium, and their alloys) have attracted tremendous interest due to their capability to prevent crack propagation in the protective coatings by releasing active agents from micro/nanocapsules, that is, micro/nano particles consisting of a coating layer or a shell (micro/nanocontainers) and core material (solids, droplets of liquids or gases), in a controllable manner.
- The development of edible films and coatings has seen remarkable growth in recent decades and is expected to have an important impact on the quality of food products in the coming years.
- Edge effect is a condition widely observed in High Pressure Grinding Roll (HPGR) operations that gives rise to reduced comminution at the edges of the roll surfaces.
- The determination of the mechanical properties of ultra-thin coatings has become more and more important because of the increasing number of applications using such films.
- Sufficiently high waterproof, moderate moisture permeability and extensibility are the necessary properties for a coating material to have in order to prevent the damage of concrete due to the alkali-silica reaction (ASR).
- Antifouling paints research and development deal with the deterioration produced by fouling in ship hulls, offshore platforms, power stations refrigerating equipments, etc.