Engineers have a wide variety of materials to choose from when it comes to plastic films and coatings. Two of the most commonly used are polyester and polycarbonate. Discover which one would work for ...

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new type of coating that, when applied on a plastic surface, prevents fogging and ‘self-cleans’, overcoming ...

Known most commonly as a coating for non-stick pans, polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) is offered in both liquid and powder forms. But its heat resistance, chemical inertness, excellent dielectric ...

University of Sheffield researchers developed a machine learning framework to improve coating properties in a roll-to-roll slot die coating process. The work is seen as an initial step toward broader ...