Description

This edition of the Advanced Coating & Surface Technology Opportunity Engine covers growth opportunities in antifouling coatings and nanoadhesives. The TOE focuses on antifouling coatings, such as marine antifouling with controlled surface active polymers and antifouling coatings integrated with an efficient performance management system. The TOE also profiles coatings to increase battery performance for wearables, enhance recyclability of plastic packaging, for optimizing paper and paperboard packaging. The TOE also covers nanoadhesives to bind different substrates, bio-based coating for sustainable packaging.

The Advanced Coating & Surface Technology Opportunity Engine provides intelligence on technologies, products, processes, applications, and strategic insights on various coatings across industries. This encompasses protective and functional coatings such as antimicrobial coatings, food coatings, energy-saving coatings, smart glazing, hydrophilic, hydrophobic and super hydrophobic coatings, corrosion protection coatings, barrier coatings and paints.

The Chemicals and Advanced Materials cluster tracks research & innovation trends and developments across specialty chemicals, plastics, polymers, chemicals, bio-chemicals, metals, coatings, thin films, surface treatments, composites, alloys, oil and gas, fuel additives, fibers and several other related technologies and its impact and application across industries.

Keywords: Antifouling coatings, sustainable coatings, nanoadhesives, surface active polymers, plastic packaging, bio-based coating, green mulch