Paints and other Surface Coatings

Paints and Coatings

Paints and Coatings: Pyrolysis: Gas Chromatography

In this review, the principles behind, and the utility of, fractionation of subcellular organelles by centrifugal techniques have been explored. Common methods used, and a review of the advantages and disadvantages of certain experimental tools (centrifuges, rotors, and aqueous media used for fractionation) were also reviewed and tables and graphs useful for designing protocols were also provided.

Time to Ban Lead in Industrial Paints and Coatings

In the U.S. and most high-income countries, regulations already restrict the use of lead paint for residential applications. However, few countries have enacted comprehensive bans on the use of lead additives in all paints. In 2009, more than 120 countries at the UN International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) voted to phase-out all lead paints (1). Since then, a few countries includ...

Novel Antimicrobial Surface Coatings And The Potential For Reduced Fomite Transmission Of SARS And Other Pathogens

Surface bio-contamination is a problem that contributes to outbreaks of community-acquired and nosocomial infection through episodic fomite transmission of disease and through persistent fomitic reservoirs. The extent to which fomitic reservoirs contribute to the overall extent of nosocomial infection is unknown, but fomites are known to play some role in the transmission of many diseases, incl...

Switchable surface structured hydrogel coatings.

Switchable surface structures based on hydrogels are an emerging field in material science, microfluidics, soft robotics and anti-fouling. Here, we describe a novel method that uses a photo-cross-linkable terpolymer to create a hydrogel coating with a switchable surface structure. The terpolymer is based on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) and it is shown that simple coating technologies li...