GVD coatings offer a wide
range of effects including:

low-friction

anti-stick

anti-fouling

transparency

chemical resistance

water-repellency

water affinity

chemical affinity

permeability

bio-compatibility

corrosion prevention

GVD's coatings can uniformly coat practically any substrate, regardless of material composition (paper, plastic, metal, porous materials), size (down to the nano-scale), or geometry (simple and complex).

GVD's coatings are superior to alternative coatings and surface treatments on the market:

• Thinness. GVD coatings are ultra-thin. For example, GVD produces PTFE films as thin as 10 nanometers, over three orders of magnitude thinner than competing PTFE coating technologies. GVD’s process permits the use of polymers in new applications where thinness is a critical feature.
• Uniformity. Most polymer coatings are highly uneven, which limits their use in certain, particularly small, applications. For instance, conventional methods for applying PTFE have wide variances. GVD coatings are highly uniform and insure negligible variances even over intricately shaped surfaces.
• Flexibility of Process. Unlike other coatings, which are limited by the types of substrate they can coat—be it temperature restraints, adhesion, size, or shape of substrate—GVD is flexible enough to coat practically any material. GVD can coat substrates as varied as tiny carbon nanotubes, sheets of fabric, inner surfaces of long tubes, and open celled foams.
• Broad Range of Properties. Unlike most coating technologies that are limited to a single polymer or polymer system, GVD spans three major polymer families with additional ones in development.
• Highly Tailored Properties. Unlike most other polymer coating processes, which merely deposit a pre-made polymer or compound onto the surface, GVD actually synthesizes the polymer or compound on the surface of the substrate. Consequently, GVD can control the chemical and structural properties of its coatings, creating superior coatings with highly tailored properties.
• Excellent Adhesion. Due to the polymerization process, GVD coatings have superior adhesion over comparable polymers applied using conventional methods. Even polymers as "non-stick" as PTFE adhere well to the substrate.