The outermost nanometres of a poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVdF) based coil coating have been investigated using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). A reference PVdF based coating formulation and three variations of this formulation were characterised by XPS. The addition of flow agent and/or acrylic co-polymers induced significa...

Impressive gains have been made in thermal spray coatings through material development and coating parameter selection. Nevertheless, it is usually up to shop personnel to develop a robot program to achieve the final coating. Coating programs are often developed using trial and error. Some motion and deposit analysis programs are available [1], [2]. However, they can be costly and require a lev...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of tooth coating material and finishing agent on bleached enamel surfaces after using KTP laser with 27% hydrogen peroxide. BACKGROUND DATA There have been few reports on the effects of tooth coating materials and finishing agents after bleaching. METHODS After 40 crowns of human extracted maxillary incisors were bleached by KTP...

This paper aims to explore the antibacterial property of nano Ag/TiO2 coating bracket for the common bacteria in oral cavity, and discuss its biocompatibility. Micro morphology in the surface of nano Ag/TiO2 coating bracket was detected by scanning electron microscope (SEM), and surface roughness of ordinary mental bracket, nano TiO2 coating bracket and nano Ag/TiO2 coating bracket were measure...

An Ni2Al3 coating was prepared via the electrodeposition of nickel followed by pack aluminization. Polarization curve and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were performed to study the room temperature corrosion behavior of the coating in a 3.5 wt. % NaCl solution. The long-term impedance of the coating was also investigated after immersion for 30 days. Results show that the Ni2Al3 coating ...

Until about 1950, sugar coating was the first choice as coating agent for pharmaceutical preparation and much time & efforts were spent in perfecting the sugar coating techniques. Nobody ever was concerned about the problems like material cost, toxic effect due to coating or pollution etc. because the solvent used was always water. However, sugar coating technique was time consuming, affecting ...

The multilayer antimony-doped tin dioxide coating was obtained by cathodic deposition of multilayer metal-hydroxide coating with near 100-nm thickness layers on the alloy underlayer accompanied by the anodic oxidation of this coating. The potential regions of deposition of tin, antimony, tin-antimony alloy, and mixture of this metals and their hydroxides in the pyrophosphate-tartrate electrolyt...

The crevice correction is a common type of localized corrosion which costs multibillion dollar losses in many different fields including aerospace, automobile, and building structures. The crevice geometry can easily catch moisture and impurity which accelerates the chemical corrosion. It is one of the dangerous corrosions that can cause sudden failure of the products and involve the human inju...

Coated tool inserts can be considered as the backbone of machining processes due to their wear and heat resistance. However, defects of coating can degrade the integrity of these inserts and the number of these defects should be minimized or eliminated if possible. Recently, the advancement of coating processes and analytical tools open a new era for optimizing the coating tools. First, an over...

Electrochemical coating processes are significantly affected by applied magnetic fields due to the generation of electromagnetic forces. The present research work has been undertaken to study the effect of coating parameters such as current density and alumina concentration on the characteristics of Ni-Al2O3 composite coating under static magnetic field. Ni-Al2O3 composite coating was applied o...