An article, a method of making the same, and a method of using the same are provided. Such an article includes at least one coated layer, which includes a substrate and a coating disposed on the substrate. The coating includes a layered nanomaterial and a solute embedded and distributed in the layered nanomaterial. The solute comprises at least one salt soluble in a solvent. The substrate comprises a polymer, for example, a high-performance polymer such as polyether ether ketone and poly(para-phenylene terephthalamide). The article is used for thermal management applications, for example, as protective garment.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a multilayer coating film, the method including sequentially applying a base coating, a glitter pigment dispersion, and a two-component clear coating on or above an electrodeposition coating film and then simultaneously curing these three coating films, in which the glitter pigment dispersion includes an aluminum flake pigment, titanium oxide, a hydroxy group-containing acrylic resin, a viscosity modifier, and water, a content of the titanium oxide is 10 mass % to 20 mass % of a total solid content of the glitter pigment dispersion, and a mass ratio of the aluminum flake pigment/the titanium oxide is 0.8 to 1.2.

A thermal insulation layer of the present disclosure includes a binder resin. The binder resin contains a plurality of aggregates. The aggregate has a plurality of primary inorganic nanoparticles with hydrophobic functional groups on their surfaces and at least one pore formed by being surrounded by these primary inorganic nanoparticles. A coating liquid for forming the thermal insulation layer of the present disclosure includes the plurality of aggregates and a plurality of binder resin particles in solvent. The solvent contains water and alcohol. A ratio of the alcohol to the entire solvent is less than 46% by volume. In a method of manufacturing the thermal insulation layer of the present disclosure, the coating liquid is coated in a layered manner on a substrate, and then, the coated layer is dried to form the thermal insulation layer.