An anti-fogging and anti-fouling laminate, including: a substrate; and an anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer on the substrate where a surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is flat, wherein the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer is a cured product obtained by curing an active energy ray curable resin composition through an active energy ray, wherein the active energy ray curable resin composition includes a hydrophilic monomer having a radically polymerizable unsaturated group and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a content of the hydrophilic monomer having a radically polymerizable unsaturated group in the active energy ray curable resin composition is 60% by mass or more, and wherein a surface of the anti-fogging and anti-fouling layer has a pure water contact angle of 90 or more.

Disclosed herein are compositions to use in biofouling-resistant coatings, biofouling-resistant coatings, methods of making biofouling-resistant coatings, biofouling-resistant devices, and methods of making biofouling-resistant devices.

The present invention is related to a coating composition comprising a) an aqueous dispersion of acrylic or styrene-acrylic polymer particles functionalized with structural units of a monomer with keto functionality and structural units of a phosphorus acid monomer; b) a dispersant comprising structural units of a carboxylic acid monomer and a monomer with keto functionality; and c) a dihydrazide crosslinking agent. The composition of the present invention is useful for improving scrub resistance in a coating formed from the composition.

Process for reducing the fouling of a surface O, wherein an aqueous solution S of at least one polymer P comprising styrene and at least one ester E of (meth)acrylic acid and polyethylene oxide in a molar ratio of 0.05:1 to 50:1 is applied to said surface O.

The present invention provides an aquatic organism repellent paint composition having good dispersion stability and capable of maintaining the repellent effect on aquatic organisms over a long time. The present invention relates to an aquatic organism repellent paint composition containing: a vinyl alcohol polymer (A) having a degree of saponification of more than 65 mol % and less than 88 mol %; an inorganic oxide (B); and a solvent (C).

Described herein are fluid complex coacervates that produce solid adhesives in situ. Oppositely charged polyelectrolytes were designed to form fluid adhesive complex coacervates at ionic strengths higher than the ionic strength of the application site, but an insoluble adhesive solid or gel at the application site. When the fluid, high ionic strength adhesive complex coacervates are introduced into the lower ionic strength application site, the fluid complex coacervate is converted to a an adhesive solid or gel as the salt concentration in the complex coacervate equilibrates to the application site salt concentration. In one embodiment, the fluid complex coacervates are designed to solidify in situ at physiological ionic strength and have numerous medical applications. In other aspects, the fluid complex coacervates can be used in aqueous environment for non-medical applications.

A method of making an oil repellent sheet material according to an embodiment of the present disclosures includes a step of applying to a porous sheet a composition for forming an oil repellent layer, the composition containing a solvent and an amorphous fluorine resin dispersed therein, and a step of swaging the porous sheet after the step of applying, wherein the porous sheet has a fibrous skeleton composed mainly of polytetrafluoroethylene, the method of making an oil repellent sheet material further comprising a heat treatment step of heating the porous sheet to which the composition for forming an oil repellent layer is applied, before or after the step of swaging.

This invention provides slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) using nanoporous or microporous and chemically reactive polymer multilayers. This approach permits fabrication of slippery anti-fouling coatings on complex surfaces and provides new means to manipulate the mobilities of contacting aqueous fluids. The results expand the range of tools that can be used to manipulate the behaviors of SLIPS and open the door to new applications of this emerging class of soft materials.

Disclosed herein are peptide-containing anti-microbial coating compositions. The peptide-containing anti-microbial coating compositions can comprise an acrylic latex coating composition, an anti-microbial enzyme dispersed within the acrylic coating composition and an anti-microbial peptide dispersed within the acrylic coating composition. The anti-microbial enzyme and the anti-microbial peptide are jointly selected to synergistically enhance lysis efficacy of the coating composition in comparison to lysis efficacy of the coating composition with the anti-microbial enzyme alone. The acrylic coating can be an acrylic latex coating composition is an acrylic latex paint.

The present invention provides a high PVC aqueous coating composition that provides coatings with improved beading effect and good stain resistance.