The present invention relates to a peelable coating film having silica particles fixed to a surface thereof, a coating material for hydrophilic-coating-film formation which includes colloidal silica, an alkali metal silicate, and an aqueous medium, and a coating-material set including the coating material for hydrophilic-coating-film formation and a coating material for peelable-coating-film formation including an aqueous dispersion type resin composition.

A thermoplastic composition comprising: a homopolycarbonate; a poly(carbonate siloxane) component present in an amount effective to provide 0.5-20 wt % total siloxane content; an antimicrobial agent comprising silver zirconium phosphate, silver phosphate glass, or a combination thereof; optionally, an additive composition; each based on the total weight of the composition which totals to 100 wt %.

In one aspect, the invention provides a healable, recyclable and malleable e-skin. In certain embodiments, the e-skin comprises sensors that can detect at least one applied stimulus. In other embodiments, the e-skin comprises a dynamic covalent thermo set doped with a nano-particle composition, thereby rendering the doped thermoset conductive. The e-skin of the invention has potential applicability to the fields of robotics, prosthetics, health monitoring, biomedical devices and consumer products.

This invention relates to nanohybrid compositions derived from surface activation of halogenated and/or non-halogenated flame retardant (FR) materials with nanostructured copper and/or its oxides. The present disclosure also relates to polymer compositions manufactured by incorporating and reinforcing polymers/copolymers with nanohybrid compositions as flame retardant additives for enhanced fire resistance, smoke suppression, and antimicrobial capabilities. In one or more embodiments, the polymers and article of manufacture to which the particles are applied may have on or more of the following attributes: temperature adaptable flame retardant behavior, Enhanced suppression of flammable gas and smoke, catalysis of charring or thermal oxidative promotion of charring through the oxides of metals, enhanced heat sink behavior, and/or antimicrobial behavior.

There is provided a conductive film, a production method thereof, and a display apparatus. The conductive film comprises: nanometal as a filling material; and oxidized nanocellulose as a matrix material. The nanometal/oxidized nanocellulose composite conductive film may be used in flexible display.

A conductive resin composition has low-temperature curability and is excellent in resistance stability during stretching. A conductive resin composition contains: (A) a polyorganosiloxane having an alkenyl group, (B) a polyorganosiloxane having a specific structure, (C) a conductive particle, (D) a compound having a hydrosilyl group, and (E) a hydrosilylation catalyst.
The content of the component (B) is 6 to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the component (A).

Disclosed are an antimicrobial composition having excellent antimicrobial and anti-fungal properties and improved fingerprint resistance and chemical resistance, and a molded article including the same. The antimicrobial composition includes a combination of an amount of about 45 to 85 wt % of a polycarbonate resin, an amount of about 10 to 36 wt % of a polyester resin, an amount of about 3 to 12 wt % of an impact modifier, an amount of about 0.2 to 2 wt % of an inorganic antimicrobial agent, and an amount of about 1 to 6 wt % of a micro powder including a fluorine-based polymer resin, based on the total weight of the antimicrobial composition.

Electrically conductive thermoplastic polymer composites of particulate thermoplastic polyester polymers, electrically conductive components (carbon nanofibers, graphene nanoplatelets, and/or conductive metal nanoparticulates), processing aids such as plasticizers, thermal stabilizers, etc., as well as nanoscopic particulate fillers such as nanoscopic titanium dioxide, etc., the electrically conductive components being distributed substantially uniformly in the composite to form an electrically conductive network. Also, methods for preparing thermoplastic polymer composites, a system for collecting extruded filaments prepared from thermoplastic polymer composites as a coil of filament, as well as method for tempering articles formed from thermoplastic polymer composites to increase the degree of crystallinity of the thermoplastic polymers and thus their mechanical strength properties.

In the (meth)acrylic resin composition of the present invention, when a sealed container is used, it is possible to achieve both storage stability in an atmosphere at 25° C. and low temperature curability in an atmosphere at 60 to 140° C., and further, properties thereof can be exhibited even in an electroconductive adhesive including electroconductive particles. The present invention is a (meth)acrylic resin composition including the following components (A) to (C): component (A): a urethane modified oligomer having a (meth)acrylic group, component (B): a monomer having a hydroxyl group and/or a carboxylic group and one (meth)acrylic group in a molecule in which a surface tension is 25 to 45 mN/m, and component (C): an organic peroxide having a specific structure.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods for preparing high optical density solutions of nanoparticle, such as nanoplates, silver nanoplates or silver platelet nanoparticles, and to the solutions and substrates prepared by the methods. The process can include the addition of stabilizing agents (e.g., chemical or biological agents bound or otherwise linked to the nanoparticle surface) that stabilize the nanoparticle before, during, and/or after concentration, thereby allowing for the production of a stable, high optical density solution of silver nanoplates. The process can also include increasing the concentration of silver nanoplates within the solution, and thus increasing the solution optical density.