A heat exchange system including an icephobic heat exchanger (IHEX) tank, a phase change material (PCM) held in the IHEX tank, an immiscible liquid layer held in the IHEX tank, a heat exchanger located within the immiscible liquid layer, and a distributor located above the heat exchanger configured to introduce a plurality of liquid PCM droplets into the immiscible liquid layer. The system further includes a transfer mechanism configured to remove PCM from the IHEX tank, and an external storage tank configured to receive the removed PCM. The immiscible liquid layer has a density lower than a density of both the solid and liquid PCM, and the PCM and the immiscible liquid layer meeting at a PCM-immiscible liquid interface.

The present invention discloses an aqueous antifogging resin, introducing a molecular segment and a functional group with good hydrophilicity and hygroscopicity, which impart excellent antifogging performance, coating strength and transparent flow appearance to the aqueous antifogging resin and the cured coating has a water contact angle of up to 1˜10°. The present invention further discloses a coating composition including the aqueous antifogging resin, and the cured coating of the coating composition has good antifogging, wear-resistant, water-resistant, chemical resistant, stain-resistant and UV-resistant performance, and excellent adhesion to a substrate; and the coating is firm at the same time, and has excellent film-forming strength and flexual endurance. The coating composition can be used for antifogging surface treatment of the window of mobile phone, PC or PMMA transparent materials, automotive glass and bathroom mirrors and has good long-term stability.

A high-solid-content coating composition including: (A) an acrylic resin containing a hydroxyl group and an alkoxysilyl group; (B) a polyester resin containing a hydroxyl group; and (C) a polyisocyanate compound, in which the acrylic resin (A) containing a hydroxyl group and an alkoxysilyl group is contained in an amount of 20 to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of resinous solid components of the high-solid-content coating composition, the polyester resin (B) containing a hydroxyl group has an acid value of 10 mg-KOH/g or less, a hydroxyl value of 180 to 300 mg-KOH/g, and a number-average molecular weight of 400 to 1,500, and the coating composition, when being applied, has a solid content of 50 mass % or more.

The present invention provides a method for producing an optical film excellent in anti-fouling properties and scratch resistance as well as anti-reflection properties. The method includes the steps of: (1) applying a lower layer resin and an upper layer resin; (2) forming a resin layer having the uneven structure on a surface thereof by pressing a mold against the lower layer resin and the upper layer resin from the upper layer resin side in the state where the applied lower layer resin and upper layer resin are stacked; and (3) curing the resin layer, the lower layer resin containing at least one kind of first monomer that contains no fluorine atoms, the upper layer resin containing a fluorine-containing monomer and at least one kind of second monomer that contains no fluorine atoms, at least one of the first monomer and the second monomer containing a compatible monomer that is compatible with the fluorine-containing monomer and being dissolved in the lower layer resin and the upper layer resin.

A hydrophilic slippery treatment agent which allows for the formation of a coating having hydrophilicity concurrently with water droplet removability via drying at lower temperatures, a surface treatment method using the hydrophilic slippery treatment agent, a substrate having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method, and a fin material for a heat exchanger having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method are provided. The treatment agent contains an organosilicon compound with a specific structure including both a hydrophilic-chain-containing group and a hydrolyzable group, and a metal alkoxide.

A method for forming a protective film includes directly or indirectly coating only a periphery of a substrate with a composition. The composition includes a compound having an aromatic ring, and a solvent. The solvent includes a first solvent having a normal boiling point of 156° C. or higher and lower than 300° C. A content of the first solvent in the solvent is preferably 20 mass % or more and 100 mass % or less. The first solvent is preferably an ester, an alcohol, an ether, a carbonate, or a combination of two or more of an ester, an alcohol, an ether, and a carbonate.

A hydrophilic slippery treatment agent which allows for the formation of a coating having hydrophilicity concurrently with water droplet removability via drying at lower temperatures, a surface treatment method using the hydrophilic slippery treatment agent, a substrate having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method, and a fin material for a heat exchanger having a hydrophilic slippery coating formed thereon by the surface treatment method are provided.

The treatment agent contains an organosilicon compound with a specific structure including both a hydrophilic-chain-containing group and a hydrolyzable group, and a metal alkoxide.

The present invention provides a method for producing an optical film excellent in anti-fouling properties and scratch resistance as well as anti-reflection properties. The method includes the steps of: (1) applying a lower layer resin and an upper layer resin; (2) forming a resin layer having the uneven structure on a surface thereof by pressing a mold against the lower layer resin and the upper layer resin from the upper layer resin side in the state where the applied lower layer resin and upper layer resin are stacked; and (3) curing the resin layer, the lower layer resin containing at least one kind of first monomer that contains no fluorine atoms, the upper layer resin containing a fluorine-containing monomer and at least one kind of second monomer that contains no fluorine atoms, at least one of the first monomer and the second monomer containing a compatible monomer that is compatible with the fluorine-containing monomer and being dissolved in the lower layer resin and the upper layer resin.

A water-repellent composition containing (1) a polymer having 2-100 wt %, with respect to the polymer, of a repeating unit derived from an amide group-containing monomer (a) represented by the following formula

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[wherein R.sup.1 is an organic moiety having an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group, R.sup.2 is a C.sub.7-30 hydrocarbon group, and R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1-5 hydrocarbon group], (2) a co-agent containing at least one co-agent compound selected from the group consisting of a blocked isocyanate compound, a melamine resin, a silicone polymer, a wax, an acetylene-based emulsifier, and a polyoxyalkylene group-containing emulsifier, and (3) a liquid media. Preferably, the water-repellent composition includes no fluoroalkyl group-containing monomer, and preferably no fluorine-containing monomer. Also disclosed is a method for producing the water-repellent composition, a method for treating a substrate with the water-repellent composition, and a method for producing a treated textile product which includes treating a textile product with the water-repellent composition.

Methods of preparing surfaces of sample wells are provided. In some aspects, methods of preparing a sample well surface involve contacting the sample well with a block copolymer to form an antifouling overlay over a metal oxide surface of the sample well. In some aspects, methods of passivating and/or selectively functionalizing a sample well surface are provided.