This edition of the Advanced Coating & Surface Technology Opportunity Engine profiles significant advancements in nanotechnology for various enhanced industrial applications. The featured innovations include Mass Balance-Based Sustainable Clearcoat for Automotive Refinish, Advanced Multifunctional Antimicrobial Surface Coating Technology, Zn-Mg-Al Alloy Coated Steel for Enhanced Corrosion Control, Cold-Spray Copper Coating for Antimicrobial Surface Applications, Durable Surface Coating Technology for Self-cleaning Solar Cells, and Cold-spray Liquid Metal Coatings for Improved Surface Finish. These developments promise enhanced performance, sustainability, and functionality across various industrial products and processes.

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.