Provided is method of making a hollow polymer composition, comprising the steps of (a) providing an aqueous dispersion comprising (i) hollow polymer particles, wherein the hollow polymer particles comprise polymerized units of one or more multivinyl monomer, (ii) water, and (iii) one or more organic alcohol, and (b) removing water from the aqueous dispersion to form a dry composition comprising the hollow polymer particles and the alcohol, wherein either water is absent from the dry composition or else water is present in the dry composition in an amount such that the weight ratio of water to hollow polymer particles is 0.2:1 or less.

Also provided are dry compositions that could be made by such a method, and non-aqueous dispersions of such dry compositions.

A coating including a composition of 5% to 10% by weight of water, 5% to 20% by weight of silica sol, 0.05% to 0.2% by weight of KH-560 silane coupling agent, and 20% to 60% by weight of quartz powder is disclosed. The forming method for the coating includes mixing the water, the silica sol, and the KH560-silane coupling agent into a decomposing agent; adding a wetting agent, phthalein white powder, modified bentonite, quartz powder, and a styrene-acrylate emulsion or a pure acrylate emulsion into the decomposing agent to form a mixing agent; adding a carboxymethyl cellulose, a crosslinking agent, a fungicide and a deodorant into the mixing agent to form a thickened mixing agent; and adding a deforming agent into the thickened mixing agent to form the coating. The quartz coating has advantages of effectively improve living environment and good covering ability.

A shelf-stable aqueous binder composition, a process of preparing the binder composition, and a coating composition comprising the binder composition and having fast drying properties and developing good early resistance to water washout.

This disclosure relates to a nanoporous composition including a number of clusters of nanoparticles dispersed in a liquid, a nanoporous layer formed of the nanoporous composition, a glucose-oxidation electrode including the nanoporous layer, and a glucose-sensing device and system including the glucose-oxidation electrode. This disclosure also relates to a method of making the nanoporous composition, the nanoporous layer, the glucose-oxidation electrode and the glucose-sensing device and system. Further, this disclosure also relates to devices, systems and methods for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and blood glucose monitoring (BGM).

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thermally insulated body comprising a thermal insulating layer integrally formed with a thermal insulation object, the method comprising a step of applying sol to the thermal insulation object and forming a thermal insulating layer including aerogel from the sol, and a thermally insulated body comprising a thermal insulating layer integrally formed with a thermal insulation object, wherein the thermal insulating layer includes aerogel.

A coating composition includes water, a plurality of flakes having a maximum dimension less than 0.05 inches, a plurality of inorganic fibers, a thixotropic suspending agent that is insoluble in water, and a resin. Decorative coating on a concrete substrate is also provided.

Provided herein is a pigmented aqueous basecoat material including an aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersion (PD) having polyurethane-polyurea particles present in the dispersion, an average particle size (volume average) of 40 to 2000 nm, and a gel fraction of at least 50 wt %. The polyurethane-polyurea particles, in each case in reacted form, include: at least one polyurethane prepolymer containing isocyanate groups and including anionic groups and/or groups which can be converted into anionic groups, and at least one polyamine comprising two primary amino groups and one or two secondary amino groups. The aqueous basecoat material includes a specific solvent composition. Also provided herein is a method of using basecoat materials including the dispersion (PD) and multicoat paint systems produced using the basecoat materials.

A process for producing nano veneers generally involving: placing a veneer to be treated in a vacuum vessel; adding a nano carbon powder and nano silicon dioxide suspension in the vacuum vessel; reducing the pressure in the vessel over a first period of time; increasing the pressure in the vessel; letting the contents of the vessel rest over a second period of time. The veneer may optionally be subjected to ultrasonic treatment, ultraviolet solidification treatment, or subsequent pressurization treatments to obtain the final nano veneer product. As a result, veneer manufactured using embodiments of the present invention will have the advantages of high strength, wear resistance, pollution resistance, acid and alkali resistance, water segregation and decay resistance.

This disclosure relates to a nanoporous composition including a number of clusters of nanoparticles dispersed in a liquid, a nanoporous layer formed of the nanoporous composition, a glucose-oxidation electrode including the nanoporous layer, and a glucose-sensing device and system including the glucose-oxidation electrode. This disclosure also relates to a method of making the nanoporous composition, the nanoporous layer, the glucose-oxidation electrode and the glucose-sensing device and system. Further, this disclosure also relates to devices, systems and methods for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and blood glucose monitoring (BGM).

An aqueous dispersion comprising (i) 40% to 98.9% water, by weight based on the weight of the aqueous dispersion, (ii) 1% to 40% hollow polymer particles, by weight based on the weight of the aqueous dispersion, wherein the hollow polymer particles comprise 0.01% to 20% polymerized units of one or more multivinyl monomer, by weight based on the weight of the hollow polymer particles, wherein the hollow polymer particles are dispersed in the water, and (iii) 0.1% to 20% one or more polyol, by weight based on the weight of the aqueous dispersion.