Graffiti on facades often has a heavy impact in social and economic terms, particularly when historical and artistic artefacts are affected. To limit the damages to the surfaces, preventive plans are implemented and anti-graffiti coatings are used as a protective measure. In this study, the distribution of a spray paint inside a highly porous stone, with and without anti-graffiti protection, wa...

Specialty optical fibers operating in harsh aerospace environments are typically exposed to high temperatures and elevated humidity. This calls for better performing protective coatings. Recently developed sol-gel derived inorganicorganic hybrid materials called hybrid glass offered improved protective performance as compared to standard dual polymer coated fibers [1]. In this paper we examine ...

Medical devices often need some form of protection from their immediate environment. However, with small, complex, and sensitive components, the application of a protective coating is not a trivial matter. This article discusses the problem and describes a solution.

Coating helps! Employing protective coating on nickel-rich layered oxide cathodes (NRLOs) particles is a crucial necessity, especially when NRLOs are applied for solid-state batteries (SSBs) using sulfidic solid electrolytes (SSEs). Dry-coating promotes cathode particle kinetics by shielding surface of NRLO with nanostructured fumed oxides against side reactions, resulting in enhanced rate capa...

Abstract The article describes the multifactorial experiments to determine physical and mechanical properties of overalls based on analysis geometric thermophysical parameters. thickness fabric, amount oleophobic coating, air temperature affect fabric. This is explained by fact that various fabric decrease at high values coefficients. Between protective coating layer taking into account effect ...

High-reflective coatings are indispensable in order to manufacture mirrors with highest possible reflectivity. The maximum reflectivity can be achieved by all-dielectric coatings; however, the spectral bandwidth of these mirrors is limited. For astronomical applications metal based coatings (Al, Au, Ag) are commonly applied, as they allow high reflectivity and at the same time a broad spectral ...

Modern gas turbine hot sections need to be protected from elevated temperature and damaging environments. This protection starts as a typically two layer coating system, the base layer or bond coat (BC) acts as a corrosion barrier and a kind of buffer for the thermal mismatch between the base material and the second top thermally protective layer or Thermal Barrier Coating (TBC). The BC is norm...

The Li2TiO3-coated LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 (LTO@NCM) cathode materials are synthesized via an in situ co-precipitation method followed by the lithiation process and thermal annealing. The Li2TiO3 coating layer is designed to strongly adhere to the core-material with 3D diffusion pathways for Li(+) ions. Electrochemical tests suggest that compared with pristine NCM, Li2TiO3 serves as both a Li ion c...