Smart coatings detect changes in their environment, interact and respond in an appropriate and predictable manner. Today, a range of smart coatings are on the market. Raw materials needed for designing and developing most types of smart coa ings already exist in the industry today, although combining them in correct way requires a number of new developments and background knowledge These novel coatings offer technological capabiliti which conventional coatings do not have. Many of the coatings currently under development will fine their way into mainstream coatings applications ir the not too distant future.
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