Smart Polymer Coating Materials and Technologies
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 4063
Special Issue Editor
Interests: synthesis and characterization of polymers and resins applied as coating binders, including polyurethanes, acrylic polymers, silicones, silicone-urethanes, silicone-acrylic-urethanes; moisture-curable and UV-curable polymer systems; aqueous polymer dispersions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the recent years, a market for polymer coatings has developed quite significantly, and it is anticipated that this trend will continue with ca. 5% annual growth. Sales of architectural coatings that currently dominate the coatings market are supposed to reach almost USD 90,000 million in 2025. Such great demand and market value creates competition among coating manufacturers and incentive for researchers to develop new ideas that would result in the commercial availability of more durable and environmentally viable products and more energy-efficient application technologies. The development of sophisticated technologies such as nanotechnologies makes this challenge more realistic, and both smart coatings and smart application technologies are presently available.
The Editors of “Materials” decided to publish a Special Issue entitled “Smart Polymer Coating Materials and Technologies”, the aim of which is to collect valuable papers dealing with new developments in the area of polymer coatings. All kind of polymer coatings could be considered, including exterior and interior architectural coatings and industrial or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) coatings and the papers could focus on polymeric binders as well as on additives used in coatings. Any new ideas regarding application technologies would also be appreciated. The papers submitted for publication should have not been published elsewhere. Both original works and critical reviews would be welcomed, though technical papers advertising the specific commercial products would not be accepted.
The Editors expect that the following topics may be addressed in the special, though the list below is not exhaustive:
- New developments in polymers applied as coating binders, including synthesis, modification and characterization with a special focus on new and smart (intelligent) polymers, hybrid systems, and polymers obtained from natural raw materials or from wastes;
- Novel developments in additives to coatings, including smart and functional pigments and pigment dispersion methods, nanostructured modifiers, rheology modifiers, biocides, extenders, thinners, co-solvents, etc.;
- Novel developments in the characterization of coatings;
- Novel developments in coating technologies, including water-based systems, powder coatings, radiation (UV, EB) curable systems, and high solids systems;
- Novel applications and application techniques.
We would especially appreciate the submission of papers dealing with all kinds of functional coatings with “anti” or “self” features, such as:
- Anticorrosion, antibacterial/anti-virus/antifungal, antifouling, anti-abrasive, anti-scratch, anti-icing, anti-fog, anti-radar, anti-(electro)magnetic, anti-acoustic, anti-reflective, and anti-static;
- Self-curing, self-healing, self-cleaning, and self-lubricating.
Dr. Janusz Kozakiewicz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer coatings
- smart polymers
- intelligent polymers
- hybrid polymer materials
- functional polymers
- functional fillers and pigments
- functional coating additives
- new coating technologies
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