Low-Carbon-Footprint Coatings for a Sustainable Future
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Functional Polymer Coatings and Films".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 1329
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer sustainability; composites; coatings; tires; seed oils
Interests: wood coatings; lignin-based bioproducts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the utmost importance of polymer sustainability in many industries, coatings are one of the most ubiquitous polymer products. Low-carbon-footprint circular economy coatings have reached an epitome in regard to the demand by various coatings industries including decorative, industrial, protective, and automotive coating markets. Environmentally friendly routes are researched for coatings as a replacement for petroleum-based resources. The technologies to be explored in this Special Issue include biobased coatings, recycled materials coatings, UV-Cure, solvent free, waterborne, powder, low bake coatings, etc., each with its own challenges. It is hoped that this Special Issue will provide significant impetus on the sustainable coatings portfolio and be a guide for researchers in industry and academia alike. We invite potential authors who are versed in sustainable coatings to submit research papers and reviews on the pertinent topics.
We look forward to receiving your contributions!
Dr. Jomin Thomas
Dr. Mojgan Nejad
Guest Editors
Dr. Renuka Subhash Patil
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- biobased coatings
- recycled materials coatings
- UV-Cure
- solvent free
- waterborne
- low bake coatings
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