An electron beam curable paint comprises: a dispersion solution of inorganic nanomaterial, a dispersion solution of inorganic nanoultraviolet absorbent, a polyfunctional monomer and an acrylate prepolymer, wherein the dispersion solution of the inorganic nanomaterial is selected from one or two of a dispersion solution of silicon dioxide and a dispersion solution of aluminum oxide, and the dispersion solution of the inorganic ultraviolet absorbent is a dispersion solution of titanium dioxide or a dispersion solution of zinc oxide. The silicon dioxide, the aluminum oxide, the titanium dioxide and the zinc oxide are respectively surface modified and are dissolved in acrylate monomer to form the dispersion solution of the inorganic material without agglomeration.

Various tags and adhesive labels are described which can be used in high temperature environments such as up to 1,000° C. The tags and labels include a substrate having one or more high temperature printable coatings. The labels can also include pressure sensitive adhesives and optional release liners.

Various tags and adhesive labels are described which can be used in high temperature environments such as up to 1,000° C. The tags and labels include a substrate having one or more high temperature printable coatings. The labels can also include pressure sensitive adhesives and optional release liners.

To provide a film or sheet and a screen excellent in visibility of a projected image, in see-through properties when an image is not projected and in bending resistance. A single-layer film or sheet comprising a fluororesin, a light-scattering agent and a light absorbing agent, characterized in that the light-scattering agent is at least one light-scattering agent selected from the group consisting of a titanium oxide-containing pigment, a zinc oxide-containing pigment and a cerium oxide-containing pigment, and the content thereof is from 0.01 to 0.175 g/m.sup.2, and the light absorbing agent is at least one light absorbing agent selected from the group consisting of carbon black, a black interference aluminum pigment, black iron oxide and titanium black, and the content thereof is from 0.0005 to 0.035 g/m.sup.2.

Copolymers and latex paint compositions using such copolymers that are heat-age stable and provide good adhesion, block resistance, and hiding all while using lower amounts of pigment are described herein. In one aspect, the heat-age stable compositions include an acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic copolymer or blends thereof including, as additional polymerizable units, at least one polymerizable phosphate surfactant and at least one linear or branched hydrophobic monomer that are both polymerized into the acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic copolymer backbone.

Copolymers and latex paint compositions using such copolymers that are heat-age stable and provide good adhesion, block resistance, and hiding all while using lower amounts of pigment are described herein. In one aspect, the heat-age stable compositions include an acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic copolymer or blends thereof including, as additional polymerizable units, at least one polymerizable phosphate surfactant and at least one linear or branched hydrophobic monomer that are both polymerized into the acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic copolymer backbone.

A method for obtaining self-cleaning and self-sanitizing surfaces of finished leather, comprising the steps of deposition of two coating layers containing respective active mixtures on the finished leather surface, in which a first active mixture comprises a film-forming compound based on polymers and filler, a flow additive compound, a cross-linking compound, an anti-oxidant compound and an aqueous dispersion, and a second active mixture comprises a water-based auxiliary flow additive compound, a silicone emulsion, a solvent aliphatic prepolymer, a photo-catalyst compound, a water repellent agent, a biocide action powder agent and solvent agents and/or wetting agents and/or dispersing agents and/or anti-foam agents.

A method for obtaining self-cleaning and self-sanitizing surfaces of finished leather, comprising the steps of deposition of two coating layers containing respective active mixtures on the finished leather surface, in which a first active mixture comprises a film-forming compound based on polymers and filler, a flow additive compound, a cross-linking compound, an anti-oxidant compound and an aqueous dispersion, and a second active mixture comprises a water-based auxiliary flow additive compound, a silicone emulsion, a solvent aliphatic prepolymer, a photo-catalyst compound, a water repellent agent, a biocide action powder agent and solvent agents and/or wetting agents and/or dispersing agents and/or anti-foam agents.

An aqueous polyurethane resin having a cationic group in a side chain thereof is obtainable by reacting a polyester polyol, a polyisocyanate, and a diol containing a quaternary N-atom or amino group, the quaternary N-atom or amino group being not present in the carbon chain between the two hydroxyl groups of the diol. The polyester polyol is obtained by reacting an aromatic polycarboxylic acid and a polyol. The polyurethane resin is suitable as a resin in treatment liquids for inkjet printing.

Body protection devices, particularly protective helmets are provided, which comprise a shell of plastic material or of fiber-reinforced plastic material, wherein the shell comprises an outer coating layer formed of a polyacrylic or polyepoxide polymeric matrix including graphene fillers. Processes for the production of body protection devices are also provided.