This edition of the Advanced Coating & Surface Technology Opportunity Engine profiles significant advances in advanced coatings and surface treatments for various industrial applications. The featured innovations include Ultra-Black Nanocarbon Coatings for Next-Generation Automotive Surface Finishes, Single-Component Aliphatic Polyurethane Topcoat for Surface Protection, Advanced Organometallic Oleophobic Surface Coating Technology, Particle-free Conductive Inks for Flexible Electronics, Visco-Elastic Wrap Coatings for Corrosion Protection, Low-Pressure Plasma Coatings for Industrial Non-Stick Applications, PFAS-free Zinc Flake Topcoat for Automotive Coatings, Ultrathin Protective Coatings for Stable Solid-State Batteries, Adhesive Coatings for High-Efficiency Air Filtration, Graphene-based Functional Interlayer for Electrochemical Energy Storage, Thermally Driven Polythiourethane Self-healing Coatings for Ice Removal, and Self-healing Coating for Marine Protection. These innovations offer enhanced protection, functionality, durability, and performance across advanced industrial applications.

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.