Sixteen posters were on display at the Congress area after the oral presentations were given on Monday. Poster contributors were available to explain and discuss their results during the poster session. Following are the poster titles and contributors:

  • Hedonic influence of finished wooden-based surfaces; Dr. Daniela Tesarová, Mendel University, Czech Republic;
  • Waterborne sol-gel-based binders for the formulation of low-temperature-curing zinc dust paints; Dr. Philipp Albert, Evonik Industries, Germany;
  • Corrosion behaviors of WC-based coatings sintered by vacuum brazing, Professor Kang Yong Lee, Dalian University of Technology, China;
  • The color appearance of metallic basecoats containing different sizes of aluminum flakes, Dr. Saeedeh Gorgi Kandi, Amir Kabir University of Technology, Iran;
  • Influences of surface energy, rheology and film sorption behavior on the adhesion of polyester powder coatings on anodized aluminum; Cornelia Englert, Fraunhofer IPA, Germany;
  • A new waterborne resins portfolio for decorative and industrial coatings meeting TVOC and indoor air quality requirements, Dr. Jaap Akkerman, Nuplex, The Netherlands;
  • The effect of crosslinker concentration on the fracture toughness of free-films of polyester-based, HMMM crosslinked coil coatings; Ioannis Giannakopoulos, Imperial College London, Great Britain;
  • Automated high-throughput/high-output experimentation in paint and coating product development; Dr. Alejandro Perez, Chemspeed Technologies, Switzerland;
  • Renewable coalescents for low-VOC waterborne paints; Dr. Juliane Pereira Santos, Oxiteno, Brazil;
  • Designing rubber elastic UV-curing resins based on urethane technology; Dr. Wei Zhuang, Bayer MaterialScience, Germany;
  • A novel cobalt-based accelerator for oxidative-cured coatings; Thomas Schollaert, Umicore Specialty Materials Brugge NV, Belgium;
  • Design and development of self-stratifying systems polymers and coatings; Professor Jamil Baghdachi, Coatings Research Institute, Eastern Michigan University, United States;
  • Enhanced performance of exterior wood stains and coatings through formulation with polymer and wax emulsions; Dr. Michael Kramer, Michelman, United States;
  • Two-step baking process to recover gloss reduction of pre-painted steel sheets induced by forming process; Jung Teag Kim, Postech/GIFT, South Korea;
  • Evaluation of corrosion protection properties of hybrid epoxy-amino silane coatings on mild steel in 3.5% NaCl solution; Dr. Rami Suleiman, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia; and
  • Performance of bismuth vanadates in polyester/trimellictic acid triglycidylester powder, Zeki Acar, Cappelle Pigments, Belgium.