DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION SUPER HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE COATING ON WOOD MATERIALS

Coating and Surface Treatments on Orthodontic Metallic Materials

Metallic biomaterials have been extensively used in orthodontics throughout history. Gold, stainless steel, cobalt-chromium alloys, titanium and its alloys, among other metallic biomaterials, have been part of the orthodontic armamentarium since the twentieth century. Metals and alloys possess outstanding properties and offer numerous possibilities for the fabrication of orthodontic devices suc...

Coating Acetylated Wood

Wood exposed to the outdoor environment is susceptible to weathering due to a series of chemical, biological and physical processes. Acetylation of wood is known to reduce cell wall moisture content, improve dimensional stability and durability against fungal decay. As a result of these improvements, less stress is created between the coating and the wood surface improving the performance of th...

Processing and Characterization of Coating and Thin Film Materials

Coatings and thin film materials are employed in many different industrial fields for decades, mainly for protective purposes. This large experience provokes that, currently, a wide variety of technologies for both preparation and characterization are available. Particularly, focusing on energy and environmental applications, three main film types can be distinguished: (1) materials with cataly...

Hierarchical micro/nano structures for super-hydrophobic surfaces and super-lyophobic surface against liquid metal

Non-wetting super-hydrophobic or super-lyophobic surfaces are of great interest in a variety of applications. Natural water repelling surfaces show micro-/nanocombined hierarchical structure which shows extremely low wettability and self-cleaning characteristics. Inspired by such natural wonders, there have been tremendous efforts to create artificial non-wetting super-hydrophobic or super-lyop...

Coating Materials