Antibacterial coatings are intended to prevent the formation of biofilms. A team of scientists ...
The aim of a paper was to report a strategy of planting a layer of petal shaped nanostructures ...
Silica particles in rice husk ash are useful to create the roughness required by superhydropho ...
A transparent, industrial and cost effective coating with self-cleaning properties for indoor ...
A self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating developed at the University of Michigan is h ...
A research team has developed and evaluated the effectiveness of a new nanocoating for dental implants to reduce the ...
Asphalt-based composites have the ability to heal themselves. Under certain conditions, strength and stiffness modulu ...
Novel polymeric microspheres could be a promising antibacterial material for application in water systems, such as coatings and polymer commodities.
Two Chinese researchers have fabricated a superhydrophobic coating with excellent mechanical stability and unique rep ...
Novel fluorinated emulsions with sulfonyl macro emulsifiers exhibit extreme low surface energy and outstanding hydrop ...
An adhesive that works under water and is modeled after those created by shellfish to stick to ...
A new bionic function surface inspired from desert scorpion was developed for erosion resistance applications in a re ...
A study has proven that lyophobic nanoparticles, fluorinated alkyl silane and fluorocarbon surfactant can form a stab ...
In a study, Chinese researchers report the synthesis of low-cost but robust mussel-inspired coatings based on polyvin ...
A network of European researchers has begun examining the potential of antimicrobial coatings to prevent the spread of drug-resistant bacteria in hospitals.
Self-healing hydrogels are attractive for a variety of applications including coatings. A pape ...
Thanks to novel water-repelling micro- and nanostructured coatings, wind turbines remains ...
Asphalt materials inevitably suffer crack problem caused by age, temperature and load, but recently self-healing micr ...
The development of adhesives that can be applied and create strong bonds underwater is a significant challenge for ma ...
German researchers from Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technology have utilise ...
Adhesive mechanisms in the natural world, as used by geckos when they walk upside down on the ceiling, have many adva ...