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Clariant has utilized its global network of chemists and product experts to drive the development of a better colorant solution for use in industrial coatings.

This study reveals the degradation mechanism of a typical acrylic melamine automotive clearcoat caused by bird droppings. It was found that natural bird droppings and pancreatin are able to catalyze the hydrolytic cleavage of etheric and esteric linkages of acrylic melamine clearcoats, leaving etched areas and local defects as well as a decreased appearance on the clearcoat surface.

Much research has been focusing on developing antiviral coatings due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Antiviral coatings are known to be a subset of antimicrobial coatings. Some of these antimicrobial coatings possess the capability to kill viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms like fungi and mold, whereas others do not destroy viruses.

There are important advantages related to the latex properties that can be achieved with a semi-batch process, and more specifically a starve-fed process, which is simply a semi-batch process where the monomer concentration inside the polymer particles is kept very low by keeping the monomer feed rate to the reactor low.

Since its formation in the 1970s Falcon Cranes have painted a myriad of products for its customers, primarily cranes, generators and site containers, however their latest project took the company on a prehistoric adventure.

Nanomaterials can provide paints and coatings with unique characteristics — like antimicrobial, anticorrosive and dust-repellent properties — that can offer benefits to a wide range of industries.

New water jetting process uses ultra-high-frequency, pulsating medium-pressure water jet instead of solid abrasive media.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed mobility. It has also changed the car user's perception of safety and comfort inside the automobile. As a result, the global car user's willingness to invest in solutions against pathogens on interior surfaces and the in-cabin air is growing.

OH-functional acrylic emulsions can be designed with a wide range of hydroxyl values and performance characteristics to address the needs of many different applications in plastic, wood, automotive, and construction coatings.

AeroSHARK, a surface film that mimics the fine structure of a shark's skin, is to be rolled out on Lufthansa Cargo's entire freighter fleet from the beginning of 2022, making the aircraft more economical and reducing emissions.