"This novel electrode coating technique has applications for fuel cells in the newest generation of hybrid cars, photovoltaic cells, rechargeable batteries or battery production for a wide range of green technologies, " said the university's Dr. Adam Squires.
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If metals or non-metals are added to the plasma at this stage, the coating can be made to act like a metallic or non-metallic compound or anything in between.
New car have this sort of semi sticky coating on the plastics under the hood.
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Dr Hinterdorfer and his team tested this idea by applying a coating of an antigen (an enzyme called lysozyme) to a mica sheet, and suspending an appropriate antibody from the tip of an atomic-force microscope with a flexible polymer tether.
But this problem could be overcome by making a coating with self-healing properties.
You see, it's been difficult for OLED builders to secure enough electrical conductivity of ITO in a low-temperature process, and this new methodology is perfectly suited for the coating method (which makes it ripe for printing).
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When it melts, tilt the pan so that the sides have a thin coating of melted butter (or do this with a pastry brush).
This one step photochemical attachment process of an ultrathin antimicrobial coating is both simple and scalable for industrial applications.
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But coating the stents with certain drugs almost completely eliminates this problem.
The drug-coated stents were invented to solve this problem by preventing this re-healing with a drug-and-polymer coating, and they do that very effectively.
The Valspar Corporation, involved in industrial coating, has also benefited from a robust 2010, growing 13.6% this year to date.
By applying a drug coating to the next-generation stents, device manufacturers have found a way to combat this problem.
Another significant player in the coating and paint industries, the Sherwin-Williams Company, is up 14.7% this calendar year.
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