This edition of the Advanced Coating & Surface Technology Opportunity Engine profiles significant advances in surface coatings and treatments for various industrial applications. The featured innovations include Advancing Corrosion Protection Through Next-Generation PVD/PECVD Coatings, Redefining Indoor Air Quality With VOC-free Paints, Corrosion-resistant Coatings for Automotive Applications, Advanced UV-curable Surface Coatings for Thermoplastics, Advanced Coating Technology for Metal Protection, Bio-based Binders to Decarbonize the Coatings Industry, Hydrophilic Coatings to Enhance Performance and Safety in Medical Devices, Antimicrobial Nanocoatings for High-traffic Surfaces and Filtration Systems, Scalable Route to Diamond-hard Coatings via Bilayer Graphene, Dual-function Coatings for Passive Cooling and Atmospheric Water Generation, Durable Abrasion-resistant Coatings for Lightweight Applications, and PLA-based Biodegradable Metafilm for Sustainable Passive Cooling. 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.