This article was originally published on MedicalDesign.com in May 2014. Applying a coating to a medical device or instrument can improve the device’s performance and reduce potential side effects. As ...

[Steve Dufresne’s] got another great project for us — a device that effectively gets rid of smoke! It’s called an electrostatic precipitator and it works similar to the way many cars are painted today ...

Functional coatings improve polymer surfaces by adding barrier protection, chemical resistance, hydrophobicity, conductivity, ...