Coatings are one of the pillars of ARC CBBC: the consortium has the intention to enable a ‘greener’ approach to the design and manufacturing of paints and coatings, thereby aiming for a more sustainable future. By rethinking the way chemical building blocks could be applied in future coatings, we will explore new chemistry for the purpose of product enhancement.
We will make polymer films more durable and easier curable, adding functionalities as fouling prevention and for the purpose of enhancing the sustainability profile of paints and lacquers. This will also enable the replacement of crude oil-based chemicals for renewable resources, using environmentally-benign and human-friendly components.
We are working on sustainably sourced carbon building blocks for coating binders, as well as on novel homogeneous catalysts to produce these advanced and functional coatings. Novel molecules are expected not only to improve coating performance and green coating production, but also to contribute to a more sustainable use of coated materials in general.
Flagship projects on Coatings
We aim to replace fossil-based feedstock with bio-based materials and to further develop water-based paints. It will reduce the market share of the traditional solvent-based paints and lacquers. Additionally, the project aims to improve product properties. AkzoNobel Paints and Coatings, BASF, and AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals all contribute with their product knowledge on coatings and are hopeful that the expertise in chemical synthesis, chemical conversion and catalysis, colloid chemistry, and bio-based materials, all particular strengths of the academic research groups in the Netherlands, will contribute to design the coatings of the future.
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Ben Feringa
Professor of Organic chemistry and molecular sciences
University of Groningen
André van Linden
Director Coatings technology
AkzoNobel Decorative Paints
Adri Minnaard
Professor of Bio-organic chemistry
University of Groningen
Wesley Browne
Associate professor of Molecular inorganic chemistry
University of Groningen
Catarina Esteves
Associate professor of Polymer chemistry and polymer technology
Eindhoven University of Technology
Bas de Bruin
Professor of Homogeneous of catalysis
University of Amsterdam
Wiebe de Vos
Associate professor of Membrane surface science
University of Twente
Jasper van der Gucht
Professor of Physical chemistry and soft matter
Wageningen University & Research
Nathalie Katsonis
Professor of Smart and bio-inspired materials
University of Twente
Bert Weckhuysen
Professor of Inorganic chemistry and catalysis
Utrecht University
