Download or read book Waterborne Coatings Symposium 2014 written by James W. Rawlins and published by DEStech Publications, Inc. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced chemistries for improving coatings' properties and performance New technologies for additives, dispersants, pigments and multifunctional coatings Continuing a series, the present volume comprises a selection of 31 original research papers from industry and academia on the chemistry and formulation of technical coatings, beginning with keynote discussions of the meaning of glass transition and POSS. The book offers guidance to performance improvements by chemical modification of additives, dispersants, and cross-linkers, as well as new approaches using nanomaterials, graphene, and polymer brush chemistry. Attention is given to VOC reduction, enhanced hiding capacity, weatherability, dispersion and more.