Provided are an aerosol coating composition excellent in a matte effect and capable of preventing co-rotation from occurring. The aerosol coating composition contains a modified alkyd resin, inorganic microparticles and an organic solvent. Herein, the modified alkyd resin is a non-aqueous dispersion resin which is a copolymer of a vinyl based monomer and an alkyd resin. The inorganic microparticles are made of one selected from silica, titanium oxide, zinc oxide, alumina, calcium carbonate, talc and clay or the like. The inorganic microparticles have a mean particle diameter of 1.0 to 10.0 m, and a content of 0.1 to 5 mass %. There is also provided a metallic mechanical part coated with the aerosol coating composition.

Polyester-based resin particles including a polyester-based resin as a base resin, in which the base resin exhibits a plurality of endothermic peaks corresponding to crystal melting temperatures by DSC measurement, at least one of the endothermic peaks exists in each region of a low temperature side region and a high temperature side region, a maximum endothermic peak of the low temperature side region and a maximum endothermic peak of the high temperature side region exhibit a crystal melting heat amount ratio (low temperature side crystal melting heat amount/high temperature side crystal melting heat amount) in a range of 0.1 to 1.5, and the polyester-based resin particles have a volume average particle diameter of 1 to 50 m.

An object has a durable superhydrophic, self-cleaning, and icephobic coating includes a substrate and a layer disposed on the substrate, the layer resulting from coating with a formulation having an effective amount of hierarchical structuring micro/nanoparticles, liquid silane having one or more groups configured to graft to a hierarchical structuring micro/nanoparticle and at least another group that results in hydrophobicity. The hierarchical structuring micro/nanoparticles are dispersed in the liquid silane. Another effective amount of synthetic adhesive, selected from thermosetting binders, moisture curing adhesives or polymers that form a strong interaction with a surface, is in solution with a solvent. Upon curing, the layer has a contact angle greater than 90 and a sliding angle of less than 10 and, less than 5% of an area of the layer is removed in a Tape test.

A matte clear coating composition for an aluminum member, comprising acrylic resin (A) having a hydroxy value of 100 to 200 mgKOH/g; melamine resin (B); silica particles (C) having an average particle size of 1.0 to 15 m; and polyolefin wax (D) having an average particle size of 10 to 40 m and a melting point of 145 C. to 180 C., the matte clear coating composition comprising 5 to 20 mass % of silica particles (C) and 3 to 15 mass % of polyolefin wax (D) based on the total solids content of acrylic resin (A) and melamine resin (B). The matte clear coating composition for an aluminum member satisfies both corrosion resistance and abrasion resistance (scratch resistance).

A surface treatment formulation configured to inhibit scaling or climbing of a surface is provided. The surface treatment formulation may include a base binding material configured to adhere to the surface and a filler material embedded in the base binding material. The filler material may include a dry lubricant having a layered lamellar structure or low inter filler interaction. Furthermore, the surface treatment formulation may be configured to be activated in order to expose the filler material thereby causing formation of a slippery surface to inhibit the scaling or climbing of the surface.

A method and equipment to form a digital print by applying dry colourants on a surface of a panel, bonding a part of the colourants with a binder and removing the non-bonded colourants from the surface. The method of forming a digital print on a surface of a panel includes displacing the panel under a digital drop application head, applying a liquid binder with the digital drop application head on the surface; applying colourants on the liquid binder and the surface; bonding a part of the colourants to the surface with the liquid binder; removing non-bonded colourants from the surface such that a digital print is formed by the bonded colourants; and applying heat and pressure on the panel, the surface and the bonded colorants such that the colourants are permanently bonded to the surface.

The disclosure relates to omniphobic surface coatings including a solution of fluor-modified polymer and crystalline and/or semi-crystalline polymer and/or inorganic nanoparticles. The disclosure further relates to biphilic substrate surfaces for heat exchangers, including 50-95% of the surface showing a first solid-liquid contact angle and 5 to 50% of the surface showing a second solid-liquid contact angle, wherein the second liquid-solid contact angle is at least 10 higher than first liquid-solid contact angle, and the surface area of second contact angle includes a multitude of discrete surface areas of second contact angle dispersed over the substrate surface.

The invention concerns a pigmentary preparation having universality of use in tinting plastics.

A packaging material is described. The packaging material comprises a substrate comprising a thermoplastic and a coating comprising an emulsion. The emulsion comprises (a) water, (b) a first particle comprising particles having an average particle size of greater than 0 but less than 10 microns and comprising acrylic beads, (c) an acrylic-based carrier, and (d) a second particle comprising particles having an average particle size of from 65 microns to 110 microns and comprising polyamide, polyethylene, polypropylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, or combinations of polyamide, polyethylene, polypropylene, or polytetrafluoroethylene. The combination of the water, the first particle, and the acrylic-based carrier comprises from about 75% to about 95% by weight of the coating, and the second particle comprises from about 5% to about 25% by weight of the coating. Various embodiments of the packaging material are also described.

A gas barrier film includes on one surface of a transparent base material, a gas barrier layer having, combination of an inorganic layer and a base organic layer, and an overcoat layer including an organic compound and provided on a surface of the inorganic layer, which is most distant from the base material; and on a surface of the base material opposite to the surface on being provided the gas barrier layer, a hardcoat layer in which particles are dispersed in an organic compound, in which a diameter of the particles is smaller than a thickness of the overcoat layer, a pencil hardness of the hardcoat layer is equal to or higher than a pencil hardness of the overcoat layer, the pencil hardness of the overcoat layer is HB to 3H, and a difference of the pencil hardness between the overcoat layer and the hardcoat layer is within 2 grades.