A waterborne coating composition including a film-forming binder, a water-based carrier liquid, monosize polymeric particles having a coefficient of variation (CV) of about 50 percent or less and a Shore D hardness of at least about 75 as measured by ASTM D2240-15; and a polysiloxane dispersible in water, which provides improved scuff and mar resistance in architectural coating compositions.

An anti-glare film is disclosed. The anti-glare film comprises a transparent substrate and an anti-glare layer comprising an acrylic binder resin, an acrylate-ether-group-containing surface active agent and a plurality of silica nanoparticles, wherein the silica nanoparticles are flocculated into a micro-floccule with an average secondary particle diameter of 1,600 nm to 3,300 nm. The present anti-glare film can provide a reliable anti-glare property with a low haze.

A dip-coat binder solution comprises a metal dip-coat powder and a dip-coat binder. The dip-coat binder solution has a viscosity greater than or equal to 1 cP and less than or equal to 40 cP. The metal dip-coat powder may comprise a stainless steel alloy, a nickel alloy, a copper alloy, a copper-nickel alloy, a cobalt-chrome alloy, a titanium alloy, an aluminum alloy, a tungsten alloy, or a combination thereof. A method of forming a part includes providing a green body part comprising a plurality of layers of print powder, dipping the green body part in a dip-coat binder solution to form a dip-coated green body part, and heating the dip-coated green body part. After dipping, the dip-coated green body part has a surface roughness Ra less than or equal to 10 m.

An upconversion phosphor having a formula of LiRSiOF:xPr.sup.3+, where R is yttrium (Y) or lutetium (Lu). The value of x is 0.001 to 5 and represents a mole percentage (%) based on the total number of moles of all elements in the upconversion phosphor. Following excitation with sunlight, the upconversion phosphor emits light with a wavelength in the range of 250 nanometers (nm) to 350 nm.

Provided is a spherical silver powder that can bring about excellent fine line printability when used in a conductive paste or the like. The spherical silver powder has a diameter D.sub.10 at a volume-based cumulative value of 10%, a diameter D.sub.50 at a volume-based cumulative value of 50%, and a diameter D.sub.90 at a volume-based cumulative value of 90% according to laser diffraction that satisfy a formula: (D.sub.90D.sub.10)/D.sub.50<1, and has a ratio D.sub.50/D.sub.BET of the D.sub.50 relative to a BET diameter D.sub.BET of not less than 0.90 and not more than 1.20.

This invention relates to a defoamer active. The defoamer active may include hydrophobized silica particles obtained by treating silica particles with a hydrophobilizing agent. The silica particles may have a BET surface of less than about 150 m.sup.2/g, a surface pH of at least about 10, and a median particle size ranging from about 2 m to about 50 m. The carbon content of the hydrophobized silica particles may not be more than 3%.

A coating material for a lightning-prone object includes a base color substance and an additive admixed with the base color substance. The additive comprises rigid hollow beads filled with an inert gas. At least a portion of the hollow beads have an electrically conductive coating.

This invention relates to a coating composition. The coating composition may include hydrophobized aluminum silicate particles, a film-forming binder, and a solvent. the hydrophobized aluminum silicate particles comprise aluminum silicate particles having a pore diameter of about 50 or more and a hydrophobic coating on a surface of the aluminum silicate particles.

Paint and coating compositions including a low molecular weight chitosan that may be incorporated in a coating composition at higher loading levels, which exhibits one or more of improved elongation, improved thermocycling characteristics, reduced leaching of coating components, are lesser susceptibility to fungal and mildew defacement than conventional coatings or coatings containing higher molecular weight chitosan compounds, articles coated in the same, and methods for making said coatings and coated articles.

Parts made by additive manufacturing are often structural in nature, rather than having functional properties conveyed by a polymer or other component. Printed parts having piezoelectric properties may be formed using compositions comprising a plurality of piezoelectric particles non-covalently interacting with at least a portion of a polymer material via - bonding, hydrogen bonding, electrostatic interactions stronger than van der Waals interactions, or any combination thereof. The piezoelectric particles may be dispersed in the polymer material and remain substantially non-agglomerated when combined with the polymer material. The polymer material may comprise at least one thermoplastic polymer, optionally further including a polymer precursor. The compositions may define an extrudable material that is a composite having a form factor such as a composite filament, a composite pellet, a composite powder, or a composite paste. Additive manufacturing processes using the compositions may comprise forming a printed part by depositing the compositions layer-by-layer.