A disclosed positive electrode is a positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode mixture layer contains active material particles having an average particle diameter less than 5 m, a conductive material, a dispersant, and a binder. The active material particles include composite oxide particles and a surface modification layer formed on surfaces of the composite oxide particles and containing a boron compound. The composite oxide particles are particles of a lithium transition metal composite oxide. The conductive material includes a carbon material. The dispersant includes nitrile group-containing rubber. The binder includes a fluorine-containing polymer.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing a hierarchical surface. The method comprises applying a first formulation comprising particles with a median particle diameter, D.sub.50, in the range of from 1 nm to 450 nm and a polymeric binder to a substrate, and then applying a second formulation comprising particles with a median particle diameter D.sub.50 in the range of from 500 nm to 1000 m on top of the first formulation. The particles self-assemble to provide a robust hierarchical structured surface. The particles can be functionalised to introduce functionalities, such as anti-viral functionality, which present at the surface. The method can be used to prepare robust, hydrophobic or super-hydrophobic anti-viral surfaces.

The present disclosure provides a paint composition, and methods of making and using the same, wherein the composition includes metal silicate particles, a binder, pigment particles, and a solvent. A benefit of the paint composition can be that it captures carbon dioxide from the air and excludes toxic or non-naturally occurring ingredients.

The invention relates to a composition for providing barrier properties for a cellulosic fibre web, such as paper, board or the like. The coating composition comprises microfibrillated non-wood biomass, having a particle size D90<250 m and particle size D50<100 m, which microfibrillated non-wood biomass comprises at least 5 weight-% of a hemicellulose fraction and/or pectin, calculated from the dry weight of the microfibrillated non-wood biomass; an auxiliary agent comprising at least one cellulose derivative, and/or a synthetic binding agent, such as polyvinyl alcohol or polystyrene acrylate copolymer.

An alkyd-polyester paint which includes an alkyd resin, a polyester resin and three fissure-responsive microcapsules. The first microcapsule contains an epoxy resin, a polythiol and a hypervalent iodine compound. The second microcapsule contains a diamine and a photoinitiator. The third microcapsule contains a phosphine.

A resin composition is provided. The resin composition comprises (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a dicyclopentadiene-based phenol resin, and (C) a first filler. The first filler is a boehmite filler having a D50 diameter ranging from 1 m to 4 m.

Provided is a silica that exhibits a high matting property when utilized as a matting agent for a paint, and can also suppress the occurrence of cloudiness. The silica has an aggregated structure in which primary particles are aggregated, has a particle diameter ratio R represented by the following equation (1) of from 4.3 to 5.2, has an absorbance of 0.6 or less for light having a wavelength of 700 nm as an aqueous dispersion having a concentration of 1.48 mass %, and has a particle density measured with a He pycnometer of 2.18 g/cm.sup.3 or more: Equation (1) R=.sup.LD50/.sup.CD50 (in the equation (1), .sup.LD50 represents a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter (m) of the silica measured based on a laser diffraction/scattering method, and .sup.CD50 represents a volume-based 50% cumulative particle diameter (m) of the silica measured based on a Coulter counter method).

A fireproof and flame-retardant material based on waste slag of aluminum factory, a preparation method and applications thereof, and a flame-retardant cable and a preparation method thereof are provided. The present disclosure provides a fireproof and flame-retardant material based on waste slag of aluminum factory, measured by weight parts, including raw materials: waste slag of aluminum factory (dry weight) 1-6 phr, inorganic hydroxide 0-6 phr, VAE latex 3-8 phr, and water 20-50 phr. The present disclosure only uses water as a solvent, VAE latex as a polymer matrix, the waste slag of aluminum factory and inorganic hydroxide as fillers. The price of raw materials is low and easy to obtain. The fireproof and flame-retardant material based on the waste slag of aluminum factory has excellent flame retardant, tensile strength, elongation and gram weight.

A resin composition is provided. The resin composition comprises (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a dicyclopentadiene-based phenol resin, and (C) a first filler. The first filler is a boehmite filler having a D50 diameter ranging from 1 m to 4 m.

Modeling material formulations usable in additive manufacturing of a denture structure, and additive manufacturing of denture structures employing same are provided. The modeling material formulations and the additive manufacturing parameters provide denture structures that exhibit mechanical, physical and biocompatibility properties that meet the requirements of the acceptable standards.