Optical fibers are drawn with resin coatings that protect the glass. In general UV-curable resins are used for the coatings, and in most single-mode (SM) fibers a dualcoating structure is adopted. Each coating layer has an independent function in the protection of the glass. The coating in direct contact with the glass is known as the primary (P) coating, with the role of acting as a buffer aga...

Print quality demands for coated papers are steadily growing, and achieving coating uniformity is crucial for high image sharpness, colour fidelity, and print uniformity. Coating uniformity may be divided into two scales: coating thickness uniformity and coating microstructure uniformity, the latter of which includes pigment, pore and binder distributions within the coating layer. This thesis c...

The purpose of this study was to investigate coating process of tablets with the novel starch hydrolysate emulsion. The process was performed manually in a coating pan rotating 35 rpm, with a stream of dry air (40 - 45 degrees C). The coated tablets were of fairly good quality. A total tablet surface was calculated for evaluation of quantity of starch hydrolysate emulsion for one step of coatin...

The progressive replacement of organic solvent-based coatings by waterborne latex polymer coatings has substantially renovated the coating industry, and generated huge environmental and health benefits. Today, on top of the continuing demand for higher performance and lower costs, the coating industry faces tighter regulation and higher sustainability standards. In addition, the new waterborne ...

Shrimp is a popular seafood throughout the world. However, shrimp is highly perishable due to biochemical, microbiological, or physical changes during postmortem storage. In this study, the effect of a surimi-based coating with and without montmorillonite (MMT) nanoclay on shrimp quality was evaluated during eight days of refrigerator storage. Use of a surimi-based coating resulted in reduction...

The innuence of an elastic component of the rheological properties of the coating suspension on the coating ow in the blade coating process was investigated by numerical methods. The Giesekus model was used as the constitutive equation for the coating uid (coating colour). The system of time-dependent partial diierential equations was solved numerically by dis-cretising the solution with nite d...

We conducted histologic and histomorphometric studies to evaluate the osteointegration of gradient coatings composed of bioactive glass and nanohydroxyapatite (BG-nHA) on titanium-alloy orthopaedic implants and surrounding bone tissue in vivo. Titanium-alloy implants with a gradient coating (gradient coating group), uncoated implants (uncoated group), and implants with a conventional hydroxyapa...

To take advantage of the synergistic effects of Pt and Zr, a kind of Zr-doped, Pt-modified aluminide coating has been prepared by a hybrid process, first electroplating a Pt layer and then co-depositing Zr and Al elements by an above-the-pack process. The microstructure and isothermal oxidation behavior of the coating has been studied, using a Pt-modified aluminide coating as a reference. Resul...

Novel Ca-Si-Ti-based sphene (CaTiSiO5) ceramics possess excellent chemical stability and cytocompatibility. The aim of this study was to prepare sphene coating on titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) for orthopaedic applications using the plasma spray method. The phase composition, surface and interface microstructure, coating thickness, surface roughness and bonding strength of the plasma-sprayed sphene...

introduction one of the limitations of tissue conditioners (tc) is gradual hardening of the material in a short time period after insertion in the mouth, due to the loss of their viscoelastic properties. the aim of this study was to determine the softness of two different tissue conditioners with and without the monopoly coating. methods and materials in this experimental study, acropars and vi...