Polymers Coatings

The explores the cutting-edge technology of polymer coatings. It discusses fundamentals, fabrication strategies, characterization techniques, and allied applications in fields such as corrosion, food, pharmaceutical, biomedical systems and electronics. It also discusses a few new innovative self-healing, antimicrobial and superhydrophobic polymer coatings.  Current industrial applications and possible potential activities are also discussed.

Preface xvii 1 Fabrication Methods for Polymer Coatings 1 Hüsnügül Yilmaz Atay 2 Fabrication Methods of Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Coatings 21 Anandraj Mohan Kumar, Rajasekar Rathanasamy, Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan, Moganapriya Chinnasamy and Sathish Kumar Palaniappan 3 Dry Powder Coating Techniques and Role of Force Controlling Agents in Aerosol 41 Piyush P. Mehta, Atmaram P. Pawar2, Kakasaheb R. Mahadik, Shivajirao S. Kadam and Vividha Dhapte-Pawar 4 Superhydrophobic Polymer Coatings 75 Amir Ershad Langroudi 5 Superhydrophobic Coatings Applications 95 Hamidreza Parsimehr and Amir Ershad Langroudi 6 Adsorptive Polymer Coatings 121 Aneela Sabir, Muhammad Hamad Zeeshan, Muhammad Shafiq, Rafi Ullah Khan and Karl I. Jacob 7 Polyurethane Coatings 135 Nadia Akram, Khalid Mahmood Zia, Nida Mumtaz, Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Usman and Saima Rehman 8 Electroactive Polymer Nanocomposite Coating 159 Ayesha Kausar 9 Conducting Polymer Coatings for Corrosion Resistance in Electronic Materials 175 U. Naresh, N. Suresh Kumar, D. Baba Basha, K. Chandra Babu Naidu, M.S.S.R.K.N. Sarma, R. Jeevan Kumar, Ramyakrishna Pothu and Rajender Boddula 10 Polymer Coatings for Food Applications 189 Fatemeh Sadat Mostafavi and Davood Zaeim 11 Biopolymers as Edible Coating for Food: Recent Trends 233 Ravichandran Santhosh, Abhinav Tiwari and Ashish Rawson 12 Polymer Coatings for Pharmaceutical Applications 275 Muhammad Harris Shoaib, Rabia Ismail Yousuf, Farrukh Rafiq Ahmed, Fatima Ramzan Ali, Faaiza Qazi, Kamran Ahmed and Farya Zafar 13 Self-Healing Polymer Coatings 319 Sathish Kumar Palaniappan, Moganapriya Chinnasamy, Rajasekar Rathanasamy and Samir Kumar Pal 14 Polymer Coatings for Biomedical Applications 333 Tahir Farooq, Arruje Hameed, Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash and Kanwal Rehman 15 Antimicrobial Polymer Coating 347 Kanwal Irshad, Kanwal Rehman, Hina Sharif and Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash 16 Characterization Techniques for Polymer Coatings 359 Hina Sharif, Kanwal Rehman, Kanwal Irshad and Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash 17 Polymer Coatings for Corrosive Protection 371 Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan, Mahesh Kumar Karavalasu Velusamy, Sathish Kumar Palaniappan, Mohan Kumar Anandraj and Rajasekar Rathanasamy 18 Polymer Coating for Industrial Applications 397 Moganapriya Chinnasamy, Rajasekar Rathanasamy, Sathish Kumar Palaniappan, Mahesh Kumar Karavalasu Velusamy and Samir Kumar Pal 19 Formulations for Polymer Coatings 415 Mallesh Kurakula, N. Raghavendra Naveen and Khushwant S. Yadav Index 445