A light-shielding film for optical element includes at least a resin and a colorant. The light-shielding film for optical element has an average extinction coefficient of 0.03 or more and 0.15 or less as an average of extinction coefficients of the whole light-shielding film for light having wavelengths ranging from 400 to 700 nm.

A hardcoat composition includes one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers, and a nanoparticle mixture dispersed within the one or more multifunctional (meth)acrylate monomers. The nanoparticle mixture includes a first population of reactive nanoparticles. The first population of reactive nanoparticles have an average particle diameter in a range from 5 nm to 60 nm, and a second population of non-reactive nanoparticles. The second population of non-reactive nanoparticles have an average particle diameter in a range from 5 nm to 60 nm.

The present disclosure provides a zirconia monomeric dispersion liquid, a preparation method thereof, an optical film and a display screen, which relates to the technical field of zirconia. The zirconia monomeric dispersion liquid is mainly made of raw materials such as nano-zirconia, monomeric resin, stabilizer and refractive index modifier. The present disclosure also provides a method for preparing the above-mentioned zirconia monomeric dispersion liquid.

The present disclosure discloses an infrared radiation slurry and an infrared radiation heating element based on the infrared radiation slurry. Raw materials of the infrared radiation slurry include high infrared radiance materials, a conductive material and a substrate adhesive. The raw materials are evenly mixed, coated on a quartz glass tube, and carbonized to obtain the infrared radiation heating element. The present disclosure utilizes the compounded infrared radiation slurry to form a coating on a glass substrate with uniform components, uniform and controllable resistance, high conversion efficiency of electrothermal radiation, and strong adhesion, thereby achieving excellent performance of the obtained infrared radiation heating element.

The present application is directed to a multifunctional coating for operation at temperatures in excess of 150° C., and up to 300+° C. The multifunctional coating includes: a) one or more polysilazanes (i.e., a group of silicon-based polymers) that include inorganic and/or organic functionalized polysilazane; b) one or more secondary polymeric additives one or more secondary polymeric additives (e.g., siloxane compounds and/or polysilane compounds); c) one or more optional functionalized nanoparticles and/or fillers; d) one or more optional additive polymers that include: i) Polysulfones (PSF) such as Polyethersulfone (PES) and/or Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS); ii) Polyimides (PI); iii) Polybenzimidazole (PBI); iv) Polybenzoxazoles (PBO); and/or v) fluoropolymers including Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), Polyvinylidene fluoride or polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF), Fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), and/or hexafluoropropylene (HFP); e) one or more optional additives (e.g., biocide, foaming agent, surface tension agent, pigment, curing agent, surface friction reducing agent, stabilizers, flexibilizers, inhibitors, flow control agents, anti-oxidants, degassing agents, dyes, coupling agent, dispersing agents, catalyst and/or hardeners; etc.); and f) one or more optional solvents; and which multifunctional coating is formulated such that it can optionally i) function as a high-temperature insulator, ii) have high elongation and/or improved hydrolytic stability, iii) have extreme weather resistance, iv) have high chemical resistance, v) have high impact and/or abrasion resistance, and/or vi) have improved thermal cycling resistance.

Disclosed is a curable resin composition comprising: (a) a liquid siloxane oligomer comprising polymerized units of formula R.sup.1.sub.mR.sup.2.sub.nSi(OR.sup.3).sub.4-m-n, wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.5-C.sub.20 aliphatic group comprising an oxirane ring fused to an alicyclic ring, R.sup.2 is a C.sub.1-C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.6-C.sub.30 aryl group, or a C.sub.5-C.sub.20 aliphatic group having one or more heteroatoms, R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkyl group or a C.sub.1-C.sub.4 acyl group, m is 0.1 to 2.0 and n is 0 to 2.0; (b) non-hollow nanoparticles of silica, a metal oxide, or a mixture thereof, the non-hollow nanoparticles having an average particle diameter from 5 to 50 nm; (c) a volatile monoprotic alcohol cosolvent; (d) a surfactant; and (e) a photoacid generator. Further disclosed are associated methods and manufactured articles.

The present invention relates to a coating composition for a flexible plastic film, and more specifically to a coating composition for producing a flexible plastic film having excellent flexibility while exhibiting high hardness. According to the present invention, the coating composition exhibits flexibility, bending property, high hardness, scratch resistance and high transparency, and hardly has a risk of damaging the film even in repetitive, continuous bending or long-time folding state, and thereby can be usefully applied to flexible mobile devices, display devices, front face and display unit of various instrument panels, and the like.

The present disclosure relates generally to methods, devices and systems for insulation, e.g., of cavities associated with walls, ceilings, floors and other building structures, with foam insulation. In one aspect, the disclosure provides an expanding foam insulation material, the expanding foam insulation material being dispensable and expandable to provide an expanding foam insulation material having a maximum foam height; and no local pressure maximum of more than 500 Pa, wherein for each local pressure maximum in excess of 50 Pa, a time difference between a time of the local pressure maximum and a time of 95% maximum foam height is no more than 80 seconds. The expanding foam insulation material is desirably provided with Class A fire rating.

Electrochemical cells, and more specifically, release systems for the fabrication of electrochemical cells are described. The release layers described herein may be conductive release layers. In particular, conductive release layer arrangements, assemblies, methods and compositions that facilitate the fabrication of electrochemical cell components, such as electrodes, are presented. In some embodiments, methods of fabricating an electrode involve the use of a release layer to separate portions of the electrode from a carrier substrate on which the electrode was fabricated. For example, an intermediate electrode assembly may include, in sequence, an electroactive layer, an optional current collector layer, a conductive release layer, and a carrier substrate.

The present invention relates to coating compositions, comprising i) single or mixed metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein the volume average diameter (D.sub.v50) of the metal oxide nanoparticles is in the range of 1 to 20 nm; the nanoparticles comprise at least one volatile surface-modifying compound selected from alcohols, β-diketones, or salts thereof; carboxylic acids and β-ketoesters and Ge mixtures thereof, wherein the total amount of volatile surface-modifying compounds is at least 5% by weight, preferably at least 10% by weight based on the amount of metal oxide nano-particles, and ii) a solvent, coatings obtained therefrom and the use of the comositions for coating surface relief micro- and nanostructures (e.g. holograms), manufacturing of optical waveguides, solar panels, light outcoupling layers for display and lighting devices and anti-reflection coatings. Coatings obtained from the coating composition have a high refractive index and holograms are bright and visible from any angle, when the coating compositions are applied to them.