A color coating solution is produced by dispersing a nano-color pigment and a metallic gloss pigment into a polymer resin, and the solution is coated and molded on a cover layer having a color similar to that of the color coating solution. Since the pigment composition is different between the cover layer and the color coating layer, internal shieldability is improved. As a result, a dark color or uneven surface of the core, mantle, or cover is not exposed, so that a surface defect rate can be reduced. Since both the nano-color pigment and the metallic gloss pigment are used in the color coating layer, the metallic gloss and the color are exhibited in a single layer. Therefore, it is possible to provide natural metallic gloss without a strange texture feeling.

A Passive Radiative Coating (PRC) is designed to dissipate heat generated mainly by solar radiation, intended for use in the manufacture of overhead conductors and cables. Additionally, this coating can dissipate heat produced by the conductors themselves, known as the Joule effect, providing environmental protection and significantly improving heat dissipation capacity. The PRC is composed of at least one filler, at least one binder, and at least one surfactant. In particular, the use of calcium carbonate and/or barium sulfate as fillers, and epoxy resins, alkyd varnishes, polyurethane dispersions, casting resins, silicone-based varnishes, and sodium silicate as binders are highlighted. The surfactant is used to stabilize the mixture and acts as a stabilization additive.

A tungsten oxide coating material for an electrochromic device that is a coating material for forming a tungsten oxide thin film having electrochromic characteristics, the coating material comprising: a solvent; tungsten oxide nanoparticles dispersed in the solvent; and a binder, wherein in the tungsten oxide nanoparticles, a half-value width of a peak detected at 291 in X-ray diffraction analysis (20) is 2 or less, and a primary particle size is 5 to 25 nm.

A structure that includes: one or more substrates having flexibility; and one or more films in contact with the one or more substrates. The one or more films contain two-dimensional particles including one or plural layers, and a polymer. The one or plural layers include a layer body represented by: M.sub.mX.sub.n, wherein M is at least one metal of Groups 3-7, X is a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom, or a combination therefor, n is 1 to 4, and m is more than n and 5 or less. A modifier or terminal T exists on a surface of the layer body. A proportion of the two-dimensional particles in the one or more films is 5 to 75 vol % based on 100 vol % of a total of the two-dimensional particles and the polymer, and the two-dimensional particles have a number average particle size of 0.001 m to 0.8 m.

Proposed are copper sulfide nanoparticles having a core-shell structure included in a coating composition for blocking near-infrared light, and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, a method of manufacturing copper sulfide nanoparticles having a core-shell structure includes manufacturing CuS nanoparticles, manufacturing Cu.sub.2-xS nanoparticles by heating a mixed solution of the CuS nanoparticles, a reducing agent, and a solvent, and manufacturing Cu.sub.2-xS@Cu.sub.2-yO core-shell nanoparticles by heating a mixed solution of the Cu.sub.2-xS nanoparticles, an oxidizing agent, and a solvent.

A pigment water dispersion including pigment-containing polyester resin particles. An alcohol component as a raw material monomer of the polyester resin satisfies the following conditions 1 and 2. Condition 1: a content of a compound (I) represented by the following formula (I) in the alcohol component is not more than 7 mol %, ##STR00001##
wherein OR.sup.1 and R.sup.2O are each independently an oxyalkylene group comprising not less than 1 and not more than 4 carbon atoms, and x and y are each independently a positive number of not less than 0. Condition 2: a content of a compound (II) comprising two secondary hydroxy groups except for the compound (I) in the alcohol component is not less than 45 mol %.

A display film includes a transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer. The transparent cross-linked polyurethane acrylate layer having a glass transition temperature of 10 degrees Celsius or less and a Tan Delta peak value of 0.5 or greater.

Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an apparatus for voltage equalization in square-wave voltages of electric motors. The apparatus may include: a terminal board circuit wherein phases U, V, and W each comprises input and output cabled conductors summing to at least 6 cables; and a bridge between two of the at least six cables connecting two or more of the at least 6 cable inputs and outputs. The bridge is partially conductive such that its electrical resistance markedly reduces above a threshold value. The partial conductivity results from filler particles in an embedding matrix determining a reduction of the resistance in the bridge above the threshold value.

An icephobic substrate includes a base substrate and an icephobic coating on a first surface of the base substrate, the icephobic coating comprising nanoparticles on the first surface of the substrate, carbon nanotubes bound to the nanoparticles, and fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) compounds impregnated into and/or onto the carbon nanotubes, wherein the icephobic substrate has a plurality of flowpaths for the movement of solids and/or liquids relative to the icephobic coating.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of making a coating composition for Automobile Tires, Truck Tires and footwear to prevent slip in Snow and/or Icy weather conditions. The method includes a polymer base and abrasive particles. The amount of abrasive particles in the coating could range from 0.001 up to 90 percent by weight. Also discussed herein are the embodiments of related compositions and/or method of using the coating on different substrates.

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