This edition of the Advanced Coating & Surface Technology Opportunity Engine profiles significant advances in advanced coatings and surface treatments for various industrial applications. The featured innovations include PFAS-free barrier coating for food contact applications, multifunctional biopolymer extracted from tree bark for coatings and adhesives, PFAS-free corrosion-protection coating system for wind energy infrastructure, microencapsulation with biodegradable polymers for high-performance coatings, bio-based functional coatings for sustainable industrial surface protection, multifunctional ceramic coatings for lightweight and high-voltage applications, plant-based fire-retardant spray for textile protection, oxygen-resistant coating for spacecrafts traveling in low earth orbit, antibiotic-loaded porous coating to prevent infections, cardanol-derived copolymer coatings for antimicrobial surfaces, ultrathin polymer coating for enhanced anode-free lithium metal batteries, and ultrathin transparent films for EMI shielding in flexible electronics.

• What steps can you take to capitalize on major developments that drive enhanced performance, sustainability, and functionality across a range of industrial products and processes?
• How can you gain intelligence on growth prospects, technologies, products, processes, and applications across protective and functional coating landscapes?
• Why are segments like antimicrobial coatings, food coatings, energy-saving coatings, smart glazing, hydrophilic, hydrophobic and super hydrophobic coatings, corrosion protection coatings, barrier coatings, and paints poised for growth?