This edition of the Advanced Coating & Surface Technology Opportunity Engine highlights technology developments related to innovations in hybrid coatings, coating additives, nanosheets, and deinking technologies. Innovations related to fire protection coatings, nanotube-focused coatings, nanosheet fabrication, and deinking are featured in the issue.



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: single-walled nanotubes, nanosheets, fire protection, advanced coatings