Coatings are an excellent way to cover a wood-based composite panel substrate for multiple design aesthetics. Coatings are available in decorative color finishes as well as clear protective topcoats, ...

New conductive gelcoats with graphene nanotubes as a protecting layer on top of fiber-reinforced plastics (FRPs) grant engineers and designers the ability to produce special surfaces and uniformly ...

Coatings are widely used in millwork and cabinetry, delivering varied gloss, texture, and visual effects in both liquid and powder forms. Available in custom formulated colors, they perform ...

In critical fields such as aerospace, military, and industrial manufacturing, surface protection of components has been a longstanding challenge. Ceramic materials with high melting points, hardness, ...

The demand for laser-resistant mirror coatings is increasing in inertial confinement fusion, extreme light infrastructure and other laser applications. The ideal UV laser mirror (UVLM) coating ...

A recent study published in npj Materials Degradation introduces a two-stage machine learning (ML) framework that predicts the degradation of protective coatings under various environmental conditions ...