THE WATERBORNE SYMPOSIUM

Modern Coatings- Current & Emerging Technologies

Short Course – January 28 – 29, 2008

Course Description

Successful coatings scientists require a thorough understanding of polymer chemistry, polymer design, pigments, additives, and solvents and their interactions for the design of high performance and/or cost effective protective, decorative, or functional films. Environmentally responsible concepts have directed coatings development and research activities for many years. Judicious raw material selection and incorporation of the latest technologies increase the likeliness of business success. The course provides information on contemporary polymer design for coatings along with developmental topics such as functional films, self-healing materials, incorporation of nanotechnology, and self-assembling materials. Individuals involved in the coatings industry, especially in the areas of formulation, development, and research, will find the course invaluable. Lectures will delineate formulation and performance relationships, and discuss technological innovations to understand and produce successful coatings systems.

Topical Overview

• Polymers in Coatings
• The Size of Things; A Nanoscale Perspective of Thin Films
• Current and Emerging Trends in Coatings Science
• Materials Science in Coatings; Incompatible Materials for Performance Enhancement
• Building Polymers, Particles, and Surfaces for Specific Thin Films Functions
• Architectural Coatings
• Plastic Substrate Adhesion
• Formulating Industrial Coatings
• Waterborne Urethane Technology
• Characterizing Surfaces and Self-Assembling System
• Degradation and Stabilization of Polymers
• Radiation Curable Systems
• Assembly and Organizational Structure in Coatings
• Surface/Interfacial Analysis of Thin Films
• Functional Thin Films

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Program Director

Dr. James Rawlins
Assistant Professor

The University of Southern Mississippi
School of Polymers and High Performance Materials
Hattiesburg, Mississippi