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Written by an industry-based author with extensive R&D experience, this practical book provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of available technologies, design strategies and applications. Special attention is given to summarizing different characterization techniques for the evaluation of easy/self-cleaning properties, while also describing such essential health and environmental topics, as antibacterial, water and air purification applications. This first book to discuss in detail the applied field of photocatalytic and lotus effect coatings is an essential guide for anyone working in the paints and coatings industry.

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Swapan Kumar Ghosh received his Ph.D in 2000 from the Indian Institute of Technology, India. His thesis was based on the synthesis and structure-property relationship of elastomeric ionomers. Following a PostDoc position at the Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, he joined (2002) as a Research Engineer at ArcelorMittal R& D Industry Gent, Belgium. He managed and coordinated both industrial and governmental (funded) projects in the field of coatings as well as knowledge development on new coatings related ideas for metallic substrates especially for steel. Since May 2008 he has been appointed as the director of Procoat India. In addition, he has edited the books 'Functional Coatings by Polymer Microencapsulation' and 'Self-Healing Materials?, and has published several research papers in international journals and the inventor /co-inventor of several patents in the fields of coatings technology.

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