title: High-Throughput Industrial Coatings Research at The Dow Chemical Company.
abstract: At The Dow Chemical Company, high-throughput research is an active area for developing new industrial coatings products. Using the principles of automation (i.e., using robotic instruments), parallel processing (i.e., prepare, process, and evaluate samples in parallel), and miniaturization (i.e., reduce sample size), high-throughput tools for synthesizing, formulating, and applying coating compositions have been developed at Dow. In addition, high-throughput workflows for measuring various coating properties, such as cure speed, hardness development, scratch resistance, impact toughness, resin compatibility, pot-life, surface defects, among others have also been developed in-house. These workflows correlate well with the traditional coatings tests, but they do not necessarily mimic those tests. The use of such high-throughput workflows in combination with smart experimental designs allows accelerated discovery and commercialization.
authors.affiliation: Core R&D Formulation Science and ‡Dow Coating Materials R&D, The Dow Chemical Company , Midland Michigan 48674, United States.
authors.forename: Tzu-Chi
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.affiliation: Core R&D Formulation Science and ‡Dow Coating Materials R&D, The Dow Chemical Company , Midland Michigan 48674, United States.
authors.forename: Niranjan A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Malvadkar
authors.affiliation: Core R&D Formulation Science and ‡Dow Coating Materials R&D, The Dow Chemical Company , Midland Michigan 48674, United States.
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Drumright
authors.affiliation: Core R&D Formulation Science and ‡Dow Coating Materials R&D, The Dow Chemical Company , Midland Michigan 48674, United States.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cesaretti
authors.affiliation: Core R&D Formulation Science and ‡Dow Coating Materials R&D, The Dow Chemical Company , Midland Michigan 48674, United States.
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Bishop
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D007221:Industry; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008422:Materials Testing; D012371:Robotics; D013499:Surface Properties; D013672:Technology
keywords: accelerated discovery; automation; cure speed; high-throughput; industrial coatings; parallel processing; pot-life; property screening