An electro-optic display includes a layer of electro-optic material, at least one conductor, and an adhesive material between the layer of electro-optic material and the at least one conductor. At least one of the electro-optic material and adhesive material comprises a composite material that includes a polymer phase and a filler phase, the filler phase having a conductivity greater than or equal to 0.510.sup.3 S/m, a ratio of the coefficient of thermal expansion of the filler to the polymer is less than or equal to 0.5, and a concentration of the filler phase in the composite material is greater than or equal to a filler concentration corresponding to a conductivity transition point of the composite material.

The invention provides a method of improving the corrosion resistance of a metal substrate. The method comprises: (a) electrophoretically depositing on the substrate a curable electrodepositable coating composition to form a coating over at least a portion of the substrate, and (b) heating the substrate to a temperature and for a time sufficient to cure the coating on the substrate. The electrodepositable coating composition comprises a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase comprising: (1) an ungelled active hydrogen-containing, cationic salt group-containing resin electrodepositable on a cathode; (2) an at least partially blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; and (3) a pigment component comprising an inorganic, platelike pigment having an average equivalent spherical diameter of at least 0.2 microns. The electrodepositable coating composition demonstrates a pigment-to-binder ratio of at least 0.5. The coating composition contains less than 8 percent by weight of a grind vehicle.

The invention provides a method of improving the corrosion resistance of a metal substrate. The method comprises: (a) electrophoretically depositing on the substrate a curable electrodepositable coating composition to form a coating over at least a portion of the substrate, and (b) heating the substrate to a temperature and for a time sufficient to cure the coating on the substrate. The electrodepositable coating composition comprises a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase comprising: (1) an ungelled active hydrogen-containing, cationic salt group-containing resin electrodepositable on a cathode; (2) an at least partially blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; and (3) a pigment component comprising an inorganic, platelike pigment having an average equivalent spherical diameter of at least 0.2 microns. The electrodepositable coating composition demonstrates a pigment-to-binder ratio of at least 0.5. The coating composition contains less than 8 percent by weight of a grind vehicle.

The invention provides a method of improving the corrosion resistance of a metal substrate. The method comprises: (a) electrophoretically depositing on the substrate a curable electrodepositable coating composition to form a coating over at least a portion of the substrate, and (b) heating the substrate to a temperature and for a time sufficient to cure the coating on the substrate. The electrodepositable coating composition comprises a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase comprising: (1) an ungelled active hydrogen-containing, cationic salt group-containing resin electrodepositable on a cathode; (2) an at least partially blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; and (3) a pigment component comprising an inorganic, platelike pigment having an average equivalent spherical diameter of at least 0.2 microns. The electrodepositable coating composition demonstrates a pigment-to-binder ratio of at least 0.5. The coating composition contains less than 8 percent by weight of a grind vehicle.

The present invention is directed towards an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an electrodepositable binder; and a thermally conductive, electrically insulative filler, a fire-retardant pigment, or a combination thereof. Also disclosed are methods of making the electrodepositable coating composition, coatings, and coated substrates.

The invention provides a method of improving the corrosion resistance of a metal substrate. The method comprises: (a) electrophoretically depositing on the substrate a curable electrodepositable coating composition to form a coating over at least a portion of the substrate, and (b) heating the substrate to a temperature and for a time sufficient to cure the coating on the substrate. The electrodepositable coating composition comprises a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase comprising: (1) an ungelled active hydrogen-containing, cationic salt group-containing resin electrodepositable on a cathode; (2) an at least partially blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; and (3) a pigment component comprising an inorganic, platelike pigment having an average equivalent spherical diameter of at least 0.2 microns. The electrodepositable coating composition demonstrates a pigment-to-binder ratio of at least 0.5. The coating composition contains less than 8 percent by weight of a grind vehicle.

The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing a cationic electrodeposition coating composition that contains a bismuth compound and exhibits excellent coating material stability, curability, coating film appearance and the like. The present invention provides a method for preparing a cationic electrodeposition coating composition, which comprises a step for mixing a resin emulsion (i) and a pigment-dispersed paste, and wherein: the resin emulsion (i) contains an aminated resin (A) and a blocked isocyanate curing agent (B); the pigment-dispersed paste contains a bismuth mixture (C) that is obtained by mixing a bismuth compound (c1) and an organic acid (c2) in advance, a pigment-dispersed resin (D), an amine-modified epoxy resin emulsion (ii) that contains an amine-modified epoxy resin (E), and a pigment (F); the pigment-dispersed resin (D) has a hydroxyl number of 20-120 mgKOH/g; and the amine-modified epoxy resin (E) has a hydroxyl number of 150-650 mgKOH/g.

The invention provides an electrodepositable coating composition comprising a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, said resinous phase comprising: (1) an ungelled active hydrogen-containing, cationic salt group-containing resin; (2) an at least partially blocked polyisocyanate curing agent; and (3) a pigment component, wherein the pigment component comprises an inorganic, platelike pigment present in the resinous phase, wherein the electrodepositable coating composition contains less than 8 percent by weight of a grind vehicle, based on the total weight of solids in the electrodepositable coating composition. The invention also provides methods of improving the corrosion resistance of a metal substrate and coated substrates.

The present disclosure is directed to an electrodepositable coating composition comprising an addition polymer comprising a polymerization product of a polymeric dispersant and a second stage ethylenically unsaturated monomer composition comprising a second stage (meth)acrylamide monomer; an ionic salt group-containing film-forming polymer different from the addition polymer; and a curing agent. Also disclosed are coatings, coated substrates, and methods of coating a substrate.

The present disclosure is directed to a coating composition comprising a film-forming binder, and a corrosion inhibitor comprising a polysulfide corrosion inhibitor, wherein the polysulfide corrosion inhibitor has a passive window value measured as a solution over a substrate greater than the passive window value of a solution without the corrosion inhibitor tested over the same substrate, as measured according to the PASSIVE WINDOW TEST METHOD, and the poly sulfide corrosion inhibitor has a polarization resistance (Rp) measured as a solution over a substrate greater than the polarization resistance (Rp) of a solution without the corrosion inhibitor tested over the same substrate, as measured according to the LINEAR POLARIZATION RESISTANCE TEST METHOD.