Produces a durable, easy-to-clean coating on the foil.

A novel and durable, easy-to-clean coating has recently been developed based on a UV-curable transparent coating with SiO 2 particles and a thin functional polymer coating based on the gender ion choline phosphate.
cleaning of decorative surfaces, such as on furniture or in the automotive industry, is a time-consuming process with high maintenance costs and therefore high maintenance costs.
coating can be applied to PVC foil and PET foil, and then transferred to different decorative surfaces, for example, by laminated or bonded

. The three-step coating process developed includes UV-cured paint steps, plasma surface changes, and deposition of thin functional polymer layers.
oil impurities with pure water
it can be easily integrated into industrial printing or roll-to-roll processes, which are typically used for foil functionalization. With the proposed coating, oil impurities can be removed from functional foil with pure water without the need to clean the surfactant. In addition, the thermal, chemical and mechanical durability of the coating will be discussed.
the study was published in the Journal of Coating Technology and Research, November 2019, volume 16, issue 6, pp. 1515-1525.
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