Novel Versatile Oligomer for Thermally, UV-, and Ambient-Curable Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Coatings

By Tahereh (Neda) Hayeri, Vijay Mannari, Ph.D.

Binders are the essential ingredients in every coating formulation and primarily define the properties, applications, and curing technologies of the coating system. The most popular and commonly used binders in conventional coatings are usually designed to be cured by one specific curing technique, such as thermal curing, radiation curing, or ambient temperature curing. Systems with binders that can be cured with only one curing mechanism have inherent limitations, such as difficulty balancing hardness and flexibility, substrate characteristics, flow, leveling, and wettability, complete surface, through curing with no apparent defect, and poor adhesion to substrates in some cases. These shortcomings often require more application space.