A coating applied to an article which includes a pigment or a dispersion. The coating comprising an upper side and a lower side. The coating being applied to at least one surface of the article: and wherein the coating is formed from a monomer and a nanoparticle which have passed through a plasma such that a plasma polymerised coating have been formed.

A structure may include a nanoparticle structure comprising a first primary surface and a second primary surface opposite the first primary surface, one or more layers of oxide nanoparticles disposed between and constituting the first and second primary surfaces; an interior pore volume located in spaces between oxide nanoparticles; and a binder provided in the interior pore volume and covalently bonded to at least a portion of the oxide nanoparticles.

A black resin composition is provided that presents an achromatic reflected color tone, has a high visible-light-blocking ability and a high near-infrared penetrability, and exhibits a smaller amount of transmitted scattered light, where the black resin composition includes (A) a resin, (B) a colorant, and (C) an organic solvent, wherein the black composition includes a red pigment and a blue pigment as (B) the colorant, wherein amount of the red pigment is 20 to 80 wt % with respect to the total amount of (B) the colorant, and wherein crystalline size of the red pigment in a colored film composed of a cured product of the black resin composition is 5 nm or more and 25 nm or less, as calculated from a half bandwidth determined from a main peak of an X-ray diffraction spectrum obtained using CuK rays as an X-ray source.

A coating composition includes alkaline mineral particles including an oxide of an alkaline earth metal and an amine-containing polymer. The amine-containing polymer is adsorbed on the alkaline mineral particles. Forming a coating composition includes at least partially coating alkaline mineral particles with an amine-containing polymer and dispersing the alkaline mineral particles in a liquid to yield the coating composition. The alkaline mineral particles include an oxide of an alkaline earth metal.

A display device includes: a display panel configured to fold along a folding axis; and a protective member disposed on the display panel, wherein the protective member includes: a protective base layer; a hard coating layer including a polymer derived from a coating composition, wherein the hard coating layer is disposed on the protective base layer; and an antireflection layer including a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer disposed on the high refractive index layer, wherein the antireflection layer is disposed on the hard coating layer, wherein the coating composition includes a silsesquioxane-based resin, an oxetane-based resin, a photopolymerization initiator, and silica nanoparticles, and wherein a first weight of the silica nanoparticles is about 3 wt % to about 5 wt % based on a total weight of the coating composition.

A thermal insulation layer of the present disclosure includes a binder resin. The binder resin contains a plurality of aggregates. The aggregate has a plurality of primary inorganic nanoparticles with hydrophobic functional groups on their surfaces and at least one pore formed by being surrounded by these primary inorganic nanoparticles. A coating liquid for forming the thermal insulation layer of the present disclosure includes the plurality of aggregates and a plurality of binder resin particles in solvent. The solvent contains water and alcohol. A ratio of the alcohol to the entire solvent is less than 46% by volume. In a method of manufacturing the thermal insulation layer of the present disclosure, the coating liquid is coated in a layered manner on a substrate, and then, the coated layer is dried to form the thermal insulation layer.

A coating composition that includes a mixture of a water-based coating polymer, an aqueous solution having silver-modified ceria nanoparticles (AgCNPs) and a weight percent loading less than about 3% weight/volume of the mixture, and a spore germination agent having a 0.1-1% weight/volume and the mixture configured for coating a surface.

The present invention relates to an inverted perovskite prepared by providing a surface-modified metal oxide nanoparticle as a coating agent for forming an electron transporting layer (or electron transport layer), and using the surface-modified metal oxide nanoparticle as a coating agent prepared in a dispersion type.

A curable composition comprises at least one polymerizable compound and alpha-alumina particles. The alpha-alumina particles, taken as a whole, have a D.sub.V50 of less than 100 nanometers. The corresponding cured composition, and an abrasion-resistant article comprising an abrasion-resistant layer comprising the reaction product disposed on a substrate are also disclosed. A method that includes thermoforming the abrasion-resistant article is also disclosed.

A filtering film including compounds absorbing UV-light in a range from 300 nm to 380 nm and a binder, wherein the weighted mean absorbance A.sub.380 is greater than 2, and packaging having a substrate that is partially or totally covered with the filtering film or formed from the filtering film. Also, methods of protection of consumer goods against UV-light, in which the consumer goods are enclosed by the filtering film.