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 PFAS-free Barrier Coating for Food Contact Applications, Multifunctional Biopolymer Extracted from Tree Bark for Coatings and Adhesives, PFAS-free Corrosion-protection Coating System for Wind Energy Infrastructure, Microencapsulation with Biodegradable Polymers for High-performance Coatings, Bio-based Functional Coatings for Sustainable Industrial Surface Protection, Multifunctional Ceramic Coatings for Lightweight and High-voltage Applications, Plant-based Fire-retardant Spray for Textile Protection, Oxygen-resistant Coating for Spacecrafts Traveling in Low Earth Orbit, Antibiotic-loaded Porous Coating to Prevent Infections, Cardanol-derived Copolymer Coatings for Antimicrobial Surfaces, Ultrathin Polymer Coating for Enhanced Anode-free Lithium Metal Batteries, and Ultrathin Transparent Films for EMI Shielding in Flexible Electronics. These developments promise enhanced performance, sustainability, and functionality across a range of 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.