An incidental discovery in a wood products lab at Oregon State University has produced a new pressure-sensitive adhesive that may revolutionize the tape industry.
Soft-touch coatings formulated with raw materials from Bayer MaterialScience LLC can be found in many different applications ranging from household appliances to medical devices to automobiles, and beyond.
This paper presents the latest state-of-the-art instrumentation methods available for characterizing the mechanical properties of polymeric coating materials.
New high-performance waterborne PVDF coatings resins have been developed that can dramatically extend the decorative lifetime of exterior architectural paints while achieving very low VOC levels.
Aqueous fumed silica dispersions are a new form of a well-known, long-standing additive that can improve a variety of performance attributes in waterborne coatings.
Eastman Chemical Company is poised to introduce its newest Solus™ performance additive, which is engineered to help formulators meet VOC, performance and productivity goals in waterborne coatings systems.