A flowable luminescent coating composition includes a curable thermoset resin, a filler material, two or more solvents, a plasticizer, a stabilizer, phosphorescent aluminate particles. The phosphorescent aluminate particles are present in the flowable luminescent coating composition at a concentration of 30 to 70% by weight of the composition. The composition in a cured form has an intensity of glow of 1-50 candelas per square meter for a period of 0.1 to 2 hours upon excitation with ultraviolet light for 5 to 120 seconds. A glow-in-the-dark (GiD) film, a GiD traffic sign, and a GiD system.

Disclosed herein are a multilayer coating system present on a substrate and including at least three coating layers L1, L2 and L3 being different from one another, namely first coating layer L1 including at least one kind of platelet-shaped pigment applied over at least a portion of the substrate, a second coating layer L2 applied over the first coating layer L1, and a third coating layer L3 applied over the second coating layer L2, wherein the second coating layer L2 is formed from a coating composition including at least one block copolymer containing a backbone and at least two blocks B1 and B2 and side chains S1 and S2 including different polymeric moieties M1 and M2, a method of preparing the multilayer coating system, a coated substrate obtained therefrom, and a method of using a coating composition including the block copolymer for improving, in particular for increasing, the chromaticity of the multilayer coating system.

A composition for forming a coating layer includes inorganic particles, a binder, a solvent, and a dispersant. The dispersant includes polyacrylic acid (PAA) having a weight average molecular weight of 200,000 g/mol to 500,000 g/mol, and the content of the dispersant is 1 part by weight to 5 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the inorganic particles.

The present disclosure provides for compositions including a composite particle, methods for making the composite particle, methods for using the composite particle, articles upon which the composite particle have been disposed, compositions including the composite particle and a fluid, devices including the composite particle and the fluid, and methods of using the composition including the composite particle and the fluid. Due to the structure and composition of the composite particle, the composite particle can be dispersed in an aqueous medium and then coated on a surface of an article, where upon evaporation of the aqueous solution forms a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic coating on the surface of the article.

A waterborne coating composition including a novel polymer latex and methods of preparing the polymer latex for the waterborne coating composition. The disclosed polymer latex, when incorporated into the waterborne coating composition, reduces gloss, and achieves a matte appearance without the need for and/or with reduced amounts of traditional inorganic matting additives. In one approach, the polymer latex disclosed herein includes latex particles having a core/shell arrangement configured to not only participate in film formation but also impact surface morphology of dried films to produce the low gloss coatings.

The invention relates to an aqueous pseudoplastic gel composition, having a first viscosity .sub.1 at a shear rate of 0.01 s.sup.1 of between 5 and 200 Pa.Math.s and a second viscosity .sub.2 at a shear rate of 100 s.sup.1 that is between 10 and 1000 times lower than the first viscosity, wherein the aqueous pseudoplastic gel consists of, based on the total weight of the composition: 15-60 wt. % of water; 20-60 wt. % of spherical glass beads having a median particle diameter D50, as measured with laser diffraction, between 5 and 150 m, and a refractive index, measured at a wavelength of 589 nm, between 1.8 and 2.8; 0.15-1.5 wt. % of a thickener; and 0-50 wt. % of one or more further ingredients. The invention further relates to methods for its preparation. The invention further concerns a process for coating a substrate with a retroreflective layer using said aqueous pseudoplastic gel composition and to substrates coated with a retroreflective layer obtainable by said process.

An RFID system includes an RFID antenna assembly configured to be positioned on a product module assembly of a processing system. The product module assembly is configured to releasably engage at least one product container. A first RFID tag assembly configured to be positioned on the at least one product container. The at least one product container is configured to position the first RFID tag assembly within a detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the product module assembly releasably engages the at least one product container.

A superhydrophobic asphalt and a method of its preparation. The superhydrophobic asphalt contains an asphalt layer containing a polymer modified asphalt, preferably a radial SBS modified asphalt, and a polypropylene layer. The polypropylene layer comprises granules of polypropylene thermally fused to the asphalt layer. The superhydrophobic asphalt has a water contact angle of 145 to 170, above the classification threshold for superhydrophobicity. The method of preparing the superhydrophobic asphalt involves distributing polypropylene granules over the surface of a polymer modified asphalt and curing below the melting temperature of the polypropylene. The asphalt may find use in waterproofing applications such as roofing.

The disclosure relates to the coating of a Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting tube or the like to diffuse and reduce spotting along with glare that is produced by the individual LEDs within the unit. More specifically, the disclosure relates to coating intended for use with LED light sources and for allowing the transmission of radiation in the ultra-violet (UV) range of 315 to 400 mm (UV-A), 280-315 mm (UV-B) and 100-280 nm (UV-C) wavelengths, also suitable for visible lights LEDs at 400 to 700 nm wavelengths.

The present invention provides a coating film composition and a coated metal plate using same, the coating film composition comprising: a polymer resin; foaming capsules; a plasticizer; and silica, wherein the coating film composition comprises, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polymer resin, 0.1-10 parts by weight of the foaming capsules; 5-40 parts by weight of the plasticizer; and 1-10 parts by weight of the silica, the foaming capsules are in the form of foaming capsules containing a foaming agent in a thermoplastic plastic cell structure, and the weight ratio of the foaming capsules to the silica is 1:1-1:10.