Low-Energy, Solventless Coating Processes

	Clean Technology 2008 Chapter 6: Green Chemistry & Sustainable Industry Practices
	Low-Energy, Solventless Coating Processes
Authors:	H.P. Lewis
Affilation:	GVD Corporation, US
Pages:	344 - 347
Keywords:	CVD, chemical vapor deposition, fluoropolymer, conductive polymer, solventless, low-energy
Abstract:	GVD Corporation is commercializing solvent-free, chemically-pure polymer coatings formed by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). GVD’s all-dry coatings currently range from fluorocarbons to silicones to electrically-conductive polymers. These novel coatings are deposited from the vapor phase, obviating the need for harmful VOCs, and are spectroscopically-indistinguishable from conventional solution-polymerized coatings. GVD’s PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene, also known as Teflon®) coatings, for example, show no evidence of the oxidative damage and cross-linking associated with conventional plasma deposition processes. Critically, GVD’s clean PTFE process uses none of the solvents or surfactants (e.g., PFOA) incorporated into spray-on PTFE formulations. The waste effluent from GVD’s process is treated using a standard scrubbing approach. GVD’s coatings can be deposited at room temperature, such that even facial tissue can be coated with ease.
ISBN:	1-4200-8502-0
Pages:	724
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Indexes:	Keywords, Authors, Affiliations
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Clean Technology 2008

Chapter 6: Green Chemistry & Sustainable Industry Practices

Low-Energy, Solventless Coating Processes