The present invention provides a coating composition wherein the coating composition comprises the following components (A) and (B): (A) an emulsion of a silicone acrylic copolymer resin having a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or higher and being a copolymer of 40 to 90 parts by mass of (a1) a polyorganosiloxane represented by the formula (1) with 10 to 60 parts by mass of (a2) a methacrylic acid ester monomer, provided that a total amount of components (a1) and (a2) is 100 parts by mass; the emulsion being in an amount of 5 to 80 parts by mass as a solid content, and (B) a metal oxide in an amount of 20 to 95 parts by mass, provided that a total mass of the solid content of component (A) and component (B) is 100 parts by mass.

The invention relates to an anti-friction lacquer having a polymer as a resin matrix and functional fillers, the functional fillers containing mixed-phase oxides and optionally further functional fillers. The invention further relates to a sliding element having a metallic substrate layer and a coating which is applied thereon and made of at least such an anti-friction lacquer and to a method for the production thereof.

Provided is a copper-based paste capable of bonding a chip component and a substrate more firmly and obtaining a copper-based bonding material having high thermal conductivity. This copper oxide paste includes copper-containing particles, a binder resin, and an organic solvent. The copper-containing particles contain Cu.sub.2O and CuO. The total amount of copper element constituting Cu.sub.2O and copper element constituting CuO is 90% or more of the copper element contained in the copper-containing particles. The copper-containing particles have a 50% cumulative particle size (D.sub.50) of 0.20-5.0 μm inclusive; the 50% cumulative particle size (D.sub.50) and the 10% cumulative particle size (D.sub.10) satisfy 1.3≤D.sub.50/D.sub.10≤4.9; the 50% cumulative particle size (D.sub.50) and the 90% cumulative particle size (D.sub.90) satisfy 1.2≤D.sub.90/D.sub.50≤3.7, and the BET specific surface area of the copper-containing particles is 1.0 m.sup.2/g to 8.0 m.sup.2/g inclusive.

Compositions for rendering a hydrophobic surface hydrophilic and methods for manufacturing them and applying them to objects such as contact lenses. A hydrophobic binder, typically a silicone compound such as a siloxane, selectively attaches hydrophilic solution-produced nanoparticles to the surface, such as hydrophobic regions of a silicone contact lens. Hydrophilic regions are preferably unmodified. The binder attaches to the particles via functional groups in solution and can autoadhere to the hydrophobic surface. A coating of the composition can be deposited from solution at ambient or room temperature, allowing coating of temperature sensitive substrates. Such coatings can withstand heating (such as for sterilization) in acidic solutions or heat sensitive solutions, retaining their hydrophilic properties.

A coated non-woven fibrous mat is disclosed comprising a non-woven precursor mat including a plurality of randomly oriented fibers bound by a precursor binder composition, The non-woven fibrous precursor mat has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to and having a surface roughness greater than the first surface, defining a thickness therebetween. A coating composition is applied to the second major surface of the non-woven precursor mat and substantially uniformly penetrates 5% to less than 30% of the thickness of the non-woven precursor mat. The coating composition comprises a mineral filler and an organic latex binder composition. The coating composition is applied to the non-woven precursor mat in an amount between 1.0 and 10.0 lbs/100 ft.sup.2.

The invention relates to a coating material for coating a metal or non-metal printing plate, comprising a liquid starting material which can be polymerised using UV light in order to form a polymer matrix, and comprising a filling material which can be covalently incorporated into a polymer matrix of the starting material. The filling material is of a sub-microscale size, wherein absorption of IR radiation can be brought about by the filling material in the starting material, said absorption being higher than an absorption without filling material. The invention also relates to a printing plate comprising a cylindrical main body, wherein a polymer layer is applied to at least parts of a circumferential surface of the main body, with the polymerisation thereof being induced by UV light, wherein the polymer layer has a sub-microscale filling material, and wherein a higher absorption of infrared radiation is brought about using the filling material in the polymer layer than in the polymer layer without filling material.

A gas barrier film-forming composition comprising the following components: plate-like particles composed of exfoliated layer substances generated through interlayer exfoliation of layered compound, plate-like particles having average thickness of 0.7 nm to 100 nm, average major-axis length of 100 nm to 100,000 nm, and ratio of (maximum major-axis length/width orthogonal to maximum major-axis length) of 1.0 to 10.0, and containing quaternary ammonium ions each having total carbon atom number of 13 to 45 and one or two C.sub.10-20 alkyl groups, and anionic surfactant having ammonium ion, wherein the amount of each of quaternary ammonium ions and anionic surfactant is more than 0% by mass and 3.0% by mass or less relative to mass of plate-like particles, a water-soluble polymer; and an aqueous medium. The gas barrier film-forming composition, wherein layered compound is ilerite. A formed product comprising a base and a gas barrier film disposed on surface of the base.

An encapsulating material for compression molding includes an epoxy resin, a curing agent, and an inorganic filler. In an image obtained by observing, with an ultrasonic flaw detector, a compression-molded body formed by compression-molding the encapsulating material for compression molding on a substrate with a silicon chip interposed, the area of the portion other than dark spots of the region corresponding to the compression-molded body on the chip is 86% or more of the area of the entire region corresponding to the compression-molded body on the chip.

Disclosed are a superhydrophobic coating with abrasion resistance and a preparation method thereof. The coating has a composite structure formed by a nanohybrid composed of nano-SiO.sub.2 and multi-wallet carbon nanotubes, and a resin as a matrix.

A home appliance, such as a laundry appliance, includes a component assembly with a sensor and a sensor-controlled component for operating the appliance, and a cover for housing the component assembly therein. The cover has an outer surface and an inner surface. The cover includes a functionalized superhydrophobic multi-layer coating on at least one of the outer surface and inner surface. The functionalized superhydrophobic coating prevents moisture from entering the component assembly and attacking sensors housed therein, and has a water contact angle thereon of at least 145 degrees.