Silke Karl Editor T +49 511 9910-218 Functional coatings can deliver a variety of properties, such as anti-microbial, conductive or easy-to-clean. The demand for new developments for these coatings is constantly increasing. We asked coatings experts which type(s) of functional coatings they consider the most important and what applications would be the most promising from their point of view. One result of that online survey we set up in July 2024, was that self-cleaning coatings are considered very important. My colleague Kirsten Wrede presents the detailed analysis of our survey in ...