This article was originally published on MedicalDesign.com in May 2014. Applying a coating to a medical device or instrument can improve the device’s performance and reduce potential side effects. As ...

Abrasion coatings are an essential step in the process of manufacturing many components. Surface abrasion coatings provide window and high-gloss applications to increase scratch resistance, as well as ...

HARLEYSVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colorcon Inc. announces an exciting process development for sugar coated pharmaceutical tablets with the launch of Opadry® SGR, Rapid Sugar Film Coating System.

Making a new coating consists of 3 major steps: formulating the coating chemistry, setting up the process, and developing the application. Making a new coating is the combined effort of R&D, ...

Effective design of the tablet core and the coating process can help prevent film coating problems. Film coatings on pharmaceutical tablets provide a broad range of functionalities, and the coating ...

Scientists at Thailand’s Mahidol University have developed a new spray coating process which they say could be used in the production of stable multi-layered perovskite solar cells in a variety of ...

This appendix reviews various coating process technologies: diffusion coating, thermal spray (particulate deposition), physical vapor deposition (atomistic or molecular transfer), and sputtering ...

Common defects in tablet film coating can be minimized by effective design of the tablet core and the coating process. Film coatings on pharmaceutical tablets provide a broad range of functionalities, ...

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Carbon coating is particularly effective for improving conductivity and surface chemistry in specific cathode materials used in lithium ion batteries (LIBs). For example, lithium iron phosphate (LFP) ...