The present invention provides an organic-inorganic composite particle that is excellent in the reflectivity of visible light and near infrared light, and has high light diffusing property and opacifying property, a method for producing the same, and use thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to an organic-inorganic composite particle comprising an outer shell composed of a crosslinked polymer, and a cavity that is partitioned with the outer shell, wherein the composite particle contains, inside the cavity, a porous structure in which silica particles as a first inorganic particle are interconnected, and a second inorganic particle other than a silica particle, and has a volume average particle diameter of 0.5 to 100 μm, a method for producing the same, and use thereof.

The invention relates to an anti-reflective film that has low reflectance deviation and light transmittance deviation, can simultaneously realize high scratch resistance and anti-fouling property, and can increase screen sharpness of a display apparatus, a polarizing plate and a display apparatus comprising the same.

Heat ray shielding fine particles contain calcium lanthanum boride fine particles represented by a general formula Ca.sub.xLa.sub.1-xB.sub.m, a shape of each fine particle of the calcium lanthanum boride fine particles satisfies at least one of the following: 1) when scattering intensity of the calcium lanthanum boride fine particles diluted and dispersed in a solvent is measured using small-angle X-ray scattering, value Ve of a slope of a straight line is −3.8≤Ve≤−1.5, 2) the particle shape is a flat cylindrical shape, or a flat spheroidal (wherein a length of a long axis is d and a length of a short axis is h) shape, with a value of aspect ratio d/h being 1.5≤d/h≤20.

A pigmentary particulate material selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, doped titanium dioxide, and a mixture of titanium dioxide and doped titanium dioxide. The pigmentary particulate material has a mean crystal size of from 0.3 to 0.5 microns, a crystal size distribution such that ≥40 wt.-% of the pigmentary particulate material has a crystal size of from 0.3 to 0.5 microns, and a ratio of a mean particle size to the mean crystal size of ≤1.25.

A dispersion which contains a dispersant and particles selected from among metal particles and metal oxide particles, and which is characterized in that: the dispersant has a chemical structure that is able to be bonded or adsorbed to the particles; and the dispersant contains a low-molecular-weight dispersant that has at least one peak within a molecular weight region of 31 or more but less than 1,000 in the molecular weight distribution curve in terms of polyethylene glycol as determined by gel permeation chromatography and a high-molecular-weight dispersant that has at least one peak within a molecular weight region of 1,000 or more but 40,000 or less in the above-described molecular weight distribution curve.

Provided is an infrared-reflective coating composition that includes: a scale-like infrared-reflective pigment; and a resin component, wherein the pigment includes a layered body that has dielectric layers and a metal thin film layer layered in an alternate fashion with the dielectric layer on the outermost layer; the dielectric layer is formed from one or more materials such as titanium dioxide; the metal thin film layer is formed from a silver compound; a film thickness of the metal thin film layer is 5 to 15 nm; a film thickness of the dielectric layer is ((Nλ)/(4r))±20 nm (N=1, 2 or 3) wherein wavelength λ of incident light is 250 to 980 nm, and r is a refractive index of the dielectric layer; and a proportion of the infrared-reflective pigment having a particle diameter of 1 μm or smaller is 10% by volume or smaller.

The present invention relates to an antireflection film which includes a hard coating layer and a low refractive index layer formed on the hard coating layer, wherein a roughness skewness (Rsk) of the concavo-convex shape of the surface is greater than 0.5 and less than 5, and a slope angle of the concavo-convex shape of the surface is greater than 0.01 degree and less than 0.2 degree, and a display device comprising the antireflection film.

A heat dissipating coating composition is provided. A heat dissipating coating composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a coating layer forming component including a main resin. The heat dissipating coating composition also includes a carbon-based filler including 8 to 72 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the main resin and a physical property enhancing component for improving heat dissipating and adhering properties. Accordingly, a heat dissipating coating layer having excellent heat dissipating performance can be realized by having not only good heat conductivity but also good heat radiation.

The present invention relates to a paint composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a) polymer particles having an average particle size in the range of from 80 nm to 500 nm; b) polymeric organic crosslinked microspheres having a particle size in the range of from 1 μm to 20 μm; c) polysiloxane particles having a particle size in the range of from 1 μm to 30 μm; d) a rheology modifier; e) an opacifying white pigment having a refractive index of >1.9; and f) less than 10 weight percent of a low T.sub.g polyurethane. The composition of the present invention gives coatings with excellent burnish resistance.

Methods and compositions related to subsurface modified silica materials are described. The silica materials include silicon- and carbon-containing groups covalently bonded to the silicon-oxygen matrix. The silica materials have tunable permeability, modulus, hardness, flexibility, and elongation. The silica materials are suitable for use as polymer fillers and as functional coatings.