07.21.15
While coatings today provide protection and other static functionality, a new generation of technologies is making them "smart" – able to change in response to their environment. There's significant potential for this capability to impact industries from military and aerospace to medicine, according to Lux Research.
“Smart coatings are coming and will open the way to more dynamic, higher performing products,” said Anthony Schiavo, Lux Research Associate and lead author of the report titled, “Surfaces Get Smarter: Scouting Emerging Coatings, Markets and Functionalities.”
“However, many of these innovations are still at the lab stage and face technical and developmental challenges before they can make an impact in the market,” he added.
Lux Research analysts evaluated the technical and market potential of both functional and smart coating technologies and developers. Among their findings:
“Smart coatings are coming and will open the way to more dynamic, higher performing products,” said Anthony Schiavo, Lux Research Associate and lead author of the report titled, “Surfaces Get Smarter: Scouting Emerging Coatings, Markets and Functionalities.”
“However, many of these innovations are still at the lab stage and face technical and developmental challenges before they can make an impact in the market,” he added.
Lux Research analysts evaluated the technical and market potential of both functional and smart coating technologies and developers. Among their findings:
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