A water-absorbent coat to keep rust away? It may seem counterintuitive but when it comes to soybean plants and rust disease, researchers from Japan have discovered that applying a coating that makes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new dual-layer coating has been developed that offers 99.6% protection against iron corrosion. Iron gives modern infrastructure ...

image: A) Illustration of the electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of sulfone-containing nano-latex shows negatively charged nano-particles in suspension migrating towards the positive electrode. B) The ...

Haldex Commercial Vehicle Systems has introduced a new protective coating for remanufactured brake shoes that is guaranteed against lining edge cracking from ‘rust jacking’ when used in conjunction ...

Metal is, unsurprisingly, a very common material for outdoor furniture. After all, it’s sturdy and durable against the elements. And while metal certainly has its good qualities, with all the moisture ...

Researchers have found that coating soybean plant leaves with cellulose nanofiber (CNF) gives protection against an aggressive fungal disease. The CNF coating changed leaf surfaces from water ...

Electric fields can mobilize non-ionic particles to coat metal surfaces. Polymer chemists at Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan invented a novel and simple coating process to color metals, ...