Aqueous dispersion containing a hydrophilic metal oxide powder comprising a metal oxide and a surface modification of the metal oxide, wherein a) the metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of TiO.sub.2, ZrO.sub.2, SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, Fe.sub.3O.sub.4, Sb.sub.2O.sub.3, WO.sub.3, CeO.sub.2 and mixed oxides thereof and b) the surface modification b1) comprises silicon atoms and aluminum atoms and b2) the silicon atoms are at least partly bonded to a hydrocarbon radical via a C atom and b3) the Al/Si molar ratio of the surface modification is 1:2-1:20.

The present invention is generally directed to treated silica particulates for use in ink-jet media coatings, comprising silica particulates being surface-activated by a surface activating agent; the surface active agent including an aluminum chloride hydrate, and where the silica particulates are also reagent-modified by an organosilane reagent; the organosilane reagent including an amine-containing silane.

The present application discloses an eco-friendly long-lasting heat-sensitive paper, including a substrate layer, a base color layer, a heat-sensitive covering layer, and a protective layer that are arranged sequentially from bottom to top, where the heat-sensitive covering layer is prepared as follows: coating a heat-sensitive covering layer raw material on the base color layer, and oven-drying a resulting product, where the heat-sensitive covering layer raw material is an emulsion obtained by mixing an acrylic hollow microsphere with a host resin. In the present application, an acrylic hollow microsphere that can change from an opaque state to a transparent state after rupturing under heat is used as a heat-sensitive covering layer to cover a base color layer to obtain the heat-sensitive paper with heat-sensitive color development characteristics.

Provided is a metal-dioxide nanofiller including at least two graft chains, at least one of the chains being a hydrophilic and the other being a hydrophobic chain compatible with fluorinated polymers. The hydrophobic chain is an oligomer, the weight-average molar mass Mw of which is between 300 and 20, 000 g/mol-1 .Math. Also provided is a non-stick coating comprising such a filler, as well as to a culinary article provided with such a coating.

The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition containing aluminate-modified silica particles, a polyacrylamide, a heterocyclic film-forming agent, and water. The invention also provides a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate, especially a nickel-phosphorous substrate, by contacting a substrate with a polishing pad and the chemical-mechanical polishing composition, moving the polishing pad and the polishing composition relative to the substrate, and abrading at least a portion of the substrate to polish the substrate.

Methylsilyl derivatised silica particles are disclosed. The methylsilyl derivatised silica particles have a methylsilyl content in a range of between 1-6 mol m.sup.2 on a surface of the silica particles. Colloidal silica comprising the methylsilyl derivatised silica particles is also disclosed. Methods for the manufacture of the methylsilyl derivatised silica particles are disclosed. Kits for coatings comprising the methylsilyl derivatised silica particles are also disclosed.

Methods for of synthesizing a polymer functionalized nanoparticle are provided. The method can comprise: attaching an anchoring compound to a nanoparticle; attaching a RAFT agent to the anchoring compound; and polymerizing a plurality of butadiene-derived monomers on the anchoring compound to form a polymeric chain covalently bonded to the nanoparticle via the anchoring compound. Polymer functionalized nanoparticles are also provided that include a nanoparticle defining a surface; a butadiene-derived polymeric chain covalently bonded to the surface of the nanoparticle. Nanocomposites are also provided that include a plurality of such polymer functionalized nanoparticles dispersed within a polymeric matrix.

Provided is a metal-oxide nanofiller including at least two graft chains, at least one of the chains being hydrophilic and the other being a hydrophobic chain compatible with fluorinated polymers. The hydrophobic chain is an oligomer, the weight-average molar mass Mw of which is between 300 and 20,000 g/mol.sup.1. Also provided is a non-stick coating comprising such a filler, as well as to a culinary article provided with such a coating.

Colored polymeric sand that is made by mixing a pigment onto sand to form colored sand, applying an acrylate-based polymeric coating on the colored sand, drying the acrylate-based polymeric coating, and applying a second polymeric material on the dried acrylate-based polymeric coating. The second polymeric material can have an ingredient (e.g., coating) that is water soluble. The resulting colored sand product can be used, for example, between pavers.

The present application relates to the technical field of electrophoretic particles, more particularly to an electrophoretic particle, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof. The electrophoretic particle includes a shell layer and a core layer, which is wrapped in the shell layer. The core layer includes a plurality of core particles, and the density of the core particles is lower than a density of the shell layer. The structure of the plurality of the core particles makes the shell layer wrapping on surfaces of the plurality of the core particles form a folded structure, thus increasing a surface area of the core layer and improving the bonding tightness between the shell layer and the core layer, and making the shell layer of the resulting electrophoretic particle have relatively strong tightness.