Self-cleaning, Odor-reducing, Water-shedding Properties of Titanium Dioxide Photocatalytic Oxidizing Coatings

15 January 2010
Frederic E. Budde, Safe Encasement Systems-Midwest, Eagan, Minn.

A new coating technology developed and commercialized 10 years ago in Japan and just recently introduced to the U.S. offers revolutionary new properties. This new coating technology allows coated surfaces to become self-cleaning of general soil, prevents the formation of a bio-film, has anti-fog and anti-frost properties, reduces odors from indoor spaces in contact with the coated surfaces as well as reduces odors from outdoor air pollution that comes in contact with an exterior surface coated with these coatings.

 

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PGuy says:

26 January 2010
Is the product available in the U.K?

Glen Finkel says:

19 January 2010
Excellent article. Thank you for your research, Fred. As a co-founder of TioxoClean Inc., I am pleased to report that our company (renamed PURETi - see www.pureti.com ) is now a NASA partner and is treating building exteriors on NASA bases in Mississippi to prevent mold growth. PURETi was applied to 1 million sq. ft. of building facades, roofs, windows and solar panels of the Los Angeles Community College District and praised for its performance in the US Green Building Council's summer 2009 newsletter. On January 10, 2010 Dr. Marwa Hassan presented a paper to the Transportation Research Board documenting her findings that PURETi survive traffic and transform road surfaces into pollution fighters (reducing NOx). PURETi applies to virtually any material and will even bond to fluoropolymer coated metal surfaces. Smart coatings are sustainable, environmentally beneficial and here to stay. Glen Finkel

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