For a long time, functional coatings were not much more than one of those phrases which was on everybody's lips but which hardly anyone acted on. Everyone talked about them, yet marketable products were few and far between. The situation is different now, and many functionalities have become an integral part of coatings. One class of raw materials that is often overlooked when it comes to modern functionality is that of fillers. Fillers could stand to benefit from the trend towards nanomaterials in particular. Although many products sold on the market as ...