TABLE OF CONTENTS VOL. 19 NO. 7

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SPECIAL COATING CONTENT

547 EDITORIAL

Coating research addresses new product demands in response to global pandemicGregory W. Welsch

551 BARRIER COATING

Pigmented aqueous barrier coatingsAnthony V. Lyons and Gregg Reed

561 BARRIER COATING

Multifunctional barrier coating systems created by multilayer curtain coatingDon Ventresca and Greg Welsch

575 SLOT DIE COATING

Numerical analysis of slot die coating of nanocellulosic materialsFuaad Panikaveetil Ahamed Kutty, Rajesh Koppolu, Agne Sw erin, Fredrik Lundell, and Martti Toivakka

585 COATING ADDITIVES

The use of hollow sphere pigments as strength additives in paper and paperboard coatings—Part 1: The predictive nature of packing models on coating propertiesEthan Glor, Brian Einsla, John Roper, Jian Yang, and Valeriy Ginzburg

597 COATING ADDITIVES

The use of hollow sphere pigments as strength additives in paper and paperboard coatings—Part 2: Optimization in paperboard formulations for opacity and strengthBrian Einsla, Ethan Glor, John Roper, Jeff Leitinger, Nick Nicholas, and Samantha Woodfin

?COVER CREDIT:In this special issue fromTAPPI JournalEditorial Board Members Steve Ottone, Randy Branston, and Jim Niemiec, coating papers from the previously planned Paper Con 2020 are presented. Topics include hollow sphere p lastic pigments (top image) as strength additives (p. 585, p. 597), multifunctional barrier coating systems created by multilayer curtain coating (middle image, p. 561), and a review of pigments like platy kaolin (p. 551) for use in barrier coatings.

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Carl J. Houtman, USDA Forest Products Laboratory

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Vamsi Jasti, Ahlstrom-Munksjo Nonwovens LLC

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Lucian Lucia, North Carolina State University

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John A. Neun, John A. Neun LLC

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Jim Niemiec, Jim Niemiec Consulting LLC

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Steven P. Ottone, Omya

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Gaurav Pranami, Imbed Biosciences

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Arthur Ragauskas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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Gerard J.F. Ring, University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point

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Scott Rosencrance, Kemira Chemicals

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Paul Wiegand, NCASI

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Junyong Zhu, USDA Forest Products Laboratory

jzhu@fs.fed.us, +1 608 231-9520

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