The present invention relates to the field of electronic devices, such as organic electronics, wherein said device includes a substrate and a multitude of layers, wherein at least one of said layers is a buffer layer, wherein said buffer layer includes metal oxide nanoparticles coated with dispersant as described in the specification. The invention further provides for electronic device component and materials suitable for manufacturing such electronic devices, to specific manufacturing methods and to specific uses.

A coating method includes coating a first coating composition including a heterogeneous photoinitiator having a first photoinitiator and a second photoinitiator on a substrate, irradiating ultraviolet rays having a first wavelength into the first coating composition to form a first coating layer and cure the first photoinitiator, coating a second coating composition on the first coating layer, and irradiating ultraviolet rays having a second wavelength different than the first wavelength into the second coating composition to form a second coating layer.

An anti-corrosion coating and a method for fabricating the anti-corrosion coating is disclosed. The coating includes a polymer, a curing agent, and quantum dots. The method includes adding carbon quantum dots to a polymer coating as a nanofiller to enhance the corrosion resistance properties of the polymer coating. The coating is configured to provide improved anti-corrosion properties at a lower cost.

A transparent layered film is produced by forming an anti-water-mark layer on a first side of a transparent resin layer and forming an uneven structure on a surface of the anti-water-mark layer, wherein the anti-water-mark layer comprises a cured product of a curable composition containing a curable resin, a thermoplastic resin, and a metal oxide particle having an average primary particle size of 1 to 100 nm, and the uneven structure has a roughness average Ra of not less than 0.005 and less than 0.03 m, a mean spacing of profile irregularities Sm of 50 to 300 m, an average absolute slope a of less than 0.1, and a ten-point average roughness Rz of less than 0.2 m. Lamination of the film on a glass-containing upper electrode of a touch screen display prevents scattering of glass fragments produced by breakage of the upper electrode, occurrence of water marks, and sparkling on a high-definition display provided with the film.

The present disclosure relates to specialty fabrics. Also disclosed is a coating composition, which is applied on a fabric to obtain the specialty fabric having anti-microbial, stain release and dust resistant properties. The specialty fabric is safe for the human skin, is economical, and can be successfully used in many applications like in nursing homes/hospitals, operation theatres, for preparing sports apparel, and the like.

The present invention relates to a photocurable coating composition for forming a low refractive index layer, including: a photopolymerizable compound; inorganic fine particles; a polysilsesquioxane substituted with one or more reactive functional groups; a fluorine-based compound containing a photoreactive functional group; and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the polysilsesquioxane substituted with one or more reactive functional groups is contained in an amount of 0.5 to 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the photopolymerizable compound, a low refractive index layer including a photo-cured product of the photocurable coating composition, and an antireflection film including the low refractive index layer.

The present invention provides a composite that consists essentially of a mesoporous silica substrates and silver nanoparticles. In particular, the mesoporous silica substrate comprises a mesoporous silica thin film with perpendicular nanochannels and mesoporous silica nanoparticles with perpendicular nanochannels and the silver nanoparticles non-covalently bond onto surface of the mesoporous silica substrate and have a distribution density of 10.sup.7-10.sup.13 number/cm.sup.2 on the surface. The preparing method and antibacterial application of the composite are also disclosed in the present invention.

A superhydrophobic non-fluorinated composition includes a hydrophobic matrix component free of fluorine, a hydrophilic filler particles, wherein the filler particles are metal oxide nanoparticles, and water, wherein the hydrophobic component is in an aqueous dispersion. Also, a superhydrophobic non-fluorinated composition includes a hydrophobic polymer free of fluorine, a titanium dioxide nanoparticle filler particle, and water. In addition, a superhydrophobic non-fluorinated composition includes a hydrophobic polymer free of fluorine, wherein the hydrophobic polymer includes a polyolefin, titanium dioxide nanoparticles as filler, wherein the titanium dioxide nanoparticles are rutile titanium dioxide, anatase titanium dioxide, or a mixture of rutile and anatase titanium dioxide, and water.

The aqueous protective coating composition is provided for easy application to refractory linings and walls. When dried, the protective coating composition provides excellent chemical resistance to molten aluminum alkali metals and vapors. The protective coating composition includes alumina and silica, suitably provided as mullite, calcined alumina, and colloidal silica; and a metallic non-wetting agent.

[Object] To provide a zinc-based plated steel sheet excellent in coating film adhesiveness after hot pressing more conveniently.

[Solution] A zinc-based plated steel sheet according to the present invention comprises: a zinc-based plated steel sheet that is a base metal; and a surface treatment layer formed on at least one surface of the zinc-based plated steel sheet, in which the surface treatment layer contains one or more oxides selected from titanium oxide, nickel oxide, and tin(IV) oxide each having a particle size of more than or equal to 2 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm, in a range of more than or equal to 0.2 g/m.sup.2 and less than or equal to 2 g/m.sup.2 per one surface.