The conference offers insights into the latest developments in coatings and their properties on a wide variety of substrates. This includes new and further developments in the areas of raw materials, additives and pigments as well as other interesting areas. Reports on sustainability, application technology and coatings with new functional properties, new methods for characterizing coatings and examples of the implementation of digitalization in the industry will also be included.
FILK is represented with three lectures.
Linda Köhler will present a paper on "PLA-based barrier coatings for flexible artificial leather". The focus is on the development of PLA coatings that minimize the need for organic solvents using two different approaches. On the one hand, low-molecular PLA prepolymers are being developed that can be dispersed to high solid contents in organic solvents and thus reduce the amount of organic solvents required. In a second approach, the development of water-based PLA coatings is being pursued in order to replace the organic solvents.
Maren Lehmann talks about "Molecular simulation in the development of PVC coatings". The aim is to use molecular dynamic simulations to predict the properties of PVC plasticizer mixtures in order to support the development process of new plasticized PVC products. With the help of these simulations, potential plasticizer candidates can be tested for their suitability in principle without costly and lengthy laboratory tests. The densities of the pure components as well as the glass transition temperatures and moduli of elasticity have already been successfully simulated.
Sophia Rau presents her project "Block-free coating for flexible silicone materials". The topic is the development of silicone-based coating systems for silicone-coated textiles. The aim of the coatings is to give silicone surfaces reduced friction coefficients and a soft, dry feel. In developing the lacquer, the approach was to combine silicones with structural units of reduced flexibility.