The present disclosure describes thermoformable sheets capable of retaining an absorbing stain, pigmented sealer or clear sealer. The unique resin binder formulations and products include porosity-promoting agents that result in the resin binder having a porous surface capable of being stained, while still having the favorable properties of traditional Thermofoil products. The methods of the invention produce a Thermofoil product that can be stained with a variety of stains and colorants after manufacturing to suit the individual builder's or homeowner's preference.

The present disclosure relates to a carbon nanotube dispersion including carbon nanotubes, a first dispersant having an amide group, a second dispersant having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl and carboxyl groups, and sulfur. The present disclosure also relates to a method of preparing the dispersion, an electrode slurry composition including the dispersion, an electrode including the electrode slurry composition, and a secondary battery including the electrode.

Provided is a silicone resin coated silicone elastomer particle which can be easily produced on an industrial scale, has superior dispersibility and oil absorptivity in a curable organic resin such as an epoxy resin, and has superior workability due to low secondary aggregation compared to conventional silicone elastomer particles. Also provided are applications containing the particles such as organic resin additives, organic resins, coating compositions or coating agent compositions, and cosmetic compositions. The silicone resin coated silicone elastomer particles have part or all of their surface coated with a silicone resin made up of two types of siloxane units. The siloxane units are selected from D units represented by R.sub.2SiO.sub.2/2, T units represented by RSiO.sub.3/2, and Q units represented by SiO.sub.4/2. The particles also have a structure in which at least two silicon atoms in the particles are cross-linked by a silalkylene group with 2 to 20 carbon atoms.

Disclosed are a novel aqueous composition which can be used for a base material surface by application, which is resistant to high temperature and high-frequency impact, which provides a film surface strength enough to withstand the combustion pressure and the fuel injection pressure, which is capable of forming a cured-product film having a low specific heat and a low thermal conductivity, and which gives a cured product capable of film formation not only on an aluminum alloy base material, but also on a metal base material such as an iron base material or a titanium base material, and a cured product of the novel aqueous composition. The aqueous composition includes: a hollow powder material composed of a silicon dioxide compound, having a hollow structure therein, the hollow structure being a porous or single-spherical structure; a metal oxide powder material having a non-hollow structure; a metal oxide fiber material; an alkali metal silicate; and water. The aqueous composition includes at least sodium silicate and potassium silicate as the alkali metal silicate, and the hollow powder material has an average particle size within the range of 5 ?m to 40 ?m, a bulk specific gravity within the range of 0.14 to 0.95 g/cm.sup.3, and a pressure strength of not less than 10 MPa.

The present invention relates to a self-lubricating coating comprising a dispersion made of nanoparticles containing sulfur that are incorporated into a silver matrix, wherein the nanoparticles containing sulfur have the composition Ag.sub.2S and/or Au.sub.2S. The present invention furthermore relates to a self-lubricating coating comprising a dispersion made of fluorinated graphene, and/or carbon nanotube (CNT), and/or carbon nanoparticles of the formula (CF).sub.x incorporated into a silver matrix, wherein the fluorinated graphene, CNT, or carbon nanoparticles of the formula (CF).sub.x have a fluorine to carbon ratio of 1 to 1.25. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for the fabrication of the coating, and an electrical contact which comprises such a coating.

A conductive paste, a manufacturing method of a conductive paste, a capacitor element and a manufacturing method of a capacitor element are provided. The conductive paste includes a conductive composite material powder and a resin. The conductive composite material powder is obtained by grinding a conductive composite material in a solid state. The resin is mixed with the conductive composite material powder.

A disclosed liquid composition includes particles; a resin; a solvent A; and a solvent B differing from the solvent A, wherein a surface tension with respect to air at 25? C. is 25 mN/m or more and less than 50 mN/m, a 90% diameter is 2.5 ?m or less, and a median diameter is 1 ?m or less.

Compositions containing diamond particles for producing reflective coatings and methods of wet and dry application of diamond particles to substrates to produce reflective coatings. The coatings have a desirable appearance, are robust and easy to apply.

A solid composition, of use in particular on any type of metallic substrate as a hydrophobic, electrically conductive, metal-adhesive coating, comprises at least (% by weight of composition): as conductive filler, from 75% to 95% of electrically conductive microparticles, the weight-average size of which is between 1 m and 100 m; and as hydrophobic, metal-adhesive polymer matrix, from 5% to 25% of a polymer matrix denoted P, comprising at least 2 different polymers P1, a thermoplastic fluoropolymer, the weight-average molecular weight of which, denoted Mw, is between 100 000 and 1 000 000 g/mol; and P2, a thermoset resin, the glass transition temperature of which is between 30 C. and 150 C. A steel bipolar plate, especially made of stainless steel, for a fuel cell, may be coated with such a composition.

A waterborne coating consists in an ink-absorbing spheres emulsion containing acrylate micro-sphere formed with a hollow chamber, an inorganic ink-absorbing material worked with the ink-absorbing spheres emulsion together for use in absorbing ink, a waterborne acrylate emulsion containing a low-Tg acrylate monomer liquid to fix the inorganic ink-absorbing material, and a waterborne crosslinker having two or more reactive functional groups to bridge with carboxyl monomers; and particularly the waterborne coating is coated onto synthetic paper as a surface coating to endow the synthetic paper with good printability, coating adhesion, water resistance, scrape resistance and solvent resistance.