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 Automated High-speed Coating and UV-cure Solutions, Water-based Functional Aluminum Coating for Battery Components, Self-cleaning Coating for High-performance Architectural Facades, Anti-fouling Coatings for Paper Machine Headboxes, Seaweed-derived Film for Integration Into Existing Food-packaging Systems, Seaweed-based Flexible Film for Sustainable Packaging Applications, Water-based, Bio-polymer, Grease Barrier Coating, Multiprocess Thermal Spray Coatings for High-performance Surface Protection, Edible Microparticle Seaweed-based Coatings for Extended Strawberry Shelf Life, Smart Hydrogels for Precision 3D Printing of Neural Tissue, Piezoelectric Polycrystalline Diamond Membranes for Sensing Applications, and Bioinspired Hair-like Coating for Radiative Cooling. These innovations help industry by driving sustainability, improving performance, and extending the lifespan of products and materials.

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.