Global low retention additive market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 6.5% during the forecast period (2024-2031). The demand for low retention additives in paints and coatings is expected to be the fastest-growing application during the forecast period. Paints and coatings have a variety of applications such as coatings for labware, optical devices, carpets, automobiles, plastics, marine, industrial, and other materials. Better performance of low retention additives as compared to other surfactants as wetting and leveling agents are contributing to their growing application as a coating material in medical devices and labware.
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Biological materials such as peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, and cells are often stored or transferred in containers such as centrifuge tubes and pipettes made of plastic or other hydrophobic materials. It is a common observation that biological compounds bind to the surfaces of such containers. This is also true for organic materials that exhibit some hydrophobicity in an aqueous solution, such as acridinium compounds, PCBs, and others. For many applications, such binding is undesirable. Hydrophobic polymer surfaces whose level of protein binding is less than about 50-80 ng/cm2 are achieved by applying a coating solution composed of a solvent and a non-ionic surfactant. This solution has a hydrophilic–lipophilic balance (HLB) number of less than 5 to the surface; and drying the surface removes the solvent and thereby brings the surfactant into direct contact with the hydrophobic polymer. The combination of a low HLB number and the drying step has been found to produce low-binding surfaces that can withstand multiple washes with water and/or protein-containing solutions.
Labware manufacturers are using various methods to produce low retention products such as plasma coating, additive coatings such as silica-based superhydrophobic powder additives, hydrophobic material coating such as silica, and wetting and leveling agents such as Perfluoro-Polyether (PFPE) and Perfluoro-Alkyl fluorosurfactants. Low retention additives are widely used in the manufacturing of pipette tips along with hydrophobic coating and plasma coating.
There are different approaches to making low retention pipette tips-
For medical devices, surgical tools, and instruments that become contaminated with fluids or tissue debris, hydrophobic coatings keep surgical tools cleaner overall and for longer periods. With hydrophobic coatings, repellency to fluids, the blood, urine, or tissue sheets can be achieved. In some cases, these hydrophobic coatings incorporate fluorocarbon functionality to improve the repellency of hydrocarbons such as lipids; these coatings are typically called oleophobic.
Market Coverage
• The market number available for – 2023-2031
• Base year- 2023
• Forecast period- 2024-2031
• Segment Covered-
o By Industry
• Regions Covered-
o North America
o Europe
o Asia-Pacific
o Rest of the World
• Competitive Landscape- includes Sartorius AG, VWR International, Llc (Avantor, Inc), Corning, Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Mettler-Toledo International Inc., and Eppendorf SE.
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Global Low Retention Additive Market Report Segment
By Industry
Global Low Retention Additive Market Report Segment by Region
North America
• United States
• Canada
Europe
• UK
• Germany
• Italy
• Spain
• France
• Rest of Europe
Asia-Pacific
• China
• India
• Japan
• South Korea
• Rest of Asia-Pacific
Rest of the World
• Latin America
• Middle East & Africa
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