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 Hydrogen Barrier Coatings for Next-generation Infrastructure Integrity, Advanced Polymer Coatings for Industrial Asset Protection and Life Extension, Photocatalytic Self-cleaning Coatings for Building Protection, Particle-free Conductive Inks for Next-generation Electronics, Nano-porous Surface Coating for Aerospace Components, Eco-friendly Waterborne Coating for Structural Steel Fire Protection, Advanced Membrane for Waterproof Protection in Underground Structures, Eco-friendly Decorative Coatings for Building Protection, Next-generation Sustainable Barrier Coatings, Biomineralization on Bioorganic-coated Nanoparticles, SiO2-based Anti-reflective Coatings via Sol-gel Dip Coating, and Thin Interlayers for Robust Flexible Composite Materials. 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.