REPORT HIGHLIGHT NEW NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOR COATINGS
December 1st, 2006
BY MARK ROWE
NANOTECHNOLOGY is assisting paint manufacturers to offer new products across an extremely diverse range of industries, a new report from the Scotland-based Institute of Nanotechnology has claimed. Distinctive features include nanostructured antibacterial surfaces, anti-microbial polymers and coatings; self-cleaning and changing colours; and anti-microbial and anti-corrosion coatings.
One example is the FinNano programme, a Euro 70 million project created by Finnish company Tekes exploring the control of laying down atoms on a surface, called Atomic ...
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