The new era of hard foul release marine coatings can maintain an optimal CII rating for vessel owners through superior mechanical properties and the ability to maintain low hull roughness and skin-friction drag.
Industry analyst firm n-tech Research has issued a new report, Smart Antibacterial and Antiviral Markets, 2020, that predicts the market for smart antibacterial and antiviral products will reach $1.3 billion by 2025.
Today, end users of smart coatings prefer those products that provide smart functionality, better weather resistance, high performance, improved productivity and increased service life of the component; reduce maintenance costs; along with ease of application and easy cleaning.
As you extend the protection of the payload and/or controlled release aspect of microencapsulation, you can look to a future that includes biocides, effect pigments, antioxidants, flame retardants, catalysts and colors, just to name a few.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge are using microencapsulation technologies developed by Dolomite Microfluidics to develop self-healing construction materials.
Functional coatings are an exciting and viable means to remove indoor air contaminants due to the significant surface area that walls, ceilings, doors and floors provide as a "vehicle" to degrade VOCs.
