All coatings articles
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BusinessBASF sells coatings business to Carlyle in €7.7 billion deal
Deal covers automotive and surface treatment businesses and follows earlier sale of decorative paints
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ResearchProtective coating for timber made from tree bark compounds
Coating avoids using fossil hydrocarbons so could provide a sustainable alternative to traditional solvent-based paints, varnishes and oils
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ResearchNanoscale peaks and valleys create long-lasting frost-resistant surfaces
Treatment could protect energy infrastructure and heat exchangers
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NewsSodium cyanide spill in West Midlands canal
Surface coatings company says that it was the source of the spill
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ResearchProtecting wine from wildfire smoke taint with a nanotech coating
US researchers, prompted by vineyard losses from 2020 wildfires on the west coast, have developed protective cellulose nanofibre coatings for grapes
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ResearchAerophobic electrodes prevent bubble coalescence and boost mass transport
Hydrogel electrode coating improves the efficiency of gas evolution reactions
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ResearchWarming gold nanofilm can stop glasses fogging-up
Coating that absorbs sun’s infrared light could end steamed up lenses
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BusinessFormer Coca-Cola chemist imprisoned for trade secret theft
14-year sentence for Xiaorong You, who stole secrets related to BPA-free can linings from major chemical and coating firms
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BusinessCoca-Cola chemist convicted of trade secret theft
Xiaorong You stole files detailing BPA-free can coatings from seven major chemicals firms
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ResearchThe whitest white paint ever is also the coolest
New paint formulation that reflects up to 98.1% of sunlight can rival the cooling power of air conditioners
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ResearchColour-changing coating can diagnose damage to climbing ropes or safety equipment
Heat and friction changes appearance of metal-based coating
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BusinessTaking plastic out of performance paper coatings
SGMA’s silicate sol-gel is a sustainable alternative for packaging such as coffee cups
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ResearchFruit flies’ protective corneal coatings reproduced
Anti-reflective and anti-adhesive nano-coating that covers the eyes of insects could find uses in medical implants and contact lenses
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ResearchContinuous ethanol release at ice–solid interfaces keeps ice at bay for nearly two years
Interfacial ethanol layers from liquid-packed coatings maintain long-lasting and super-low ice adhesion at temperatures as low as -60°C
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BusinessProfile: Oxford nanoSystems’ heat transfer coatings
Nanospiked coatings drastically increase heat exchangers’ efficiency and can be applied after manufacturing
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BusinessAkzoNobel paint plant is ‘world’s most sustainable’
Biomass and solar-powered UK factory will recycle water and solvents, and is more flexible to reduce waste
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BusinessAkzoNobel to buy BASF’s industrial coatings
€475 million deal includes technology, products and sites in the UK and South Africa