A self-disinfecting photocatalyst sheet includes a substrate material and a photocatalyst layer with a primary photocatalyst and a secondary photocatalyst. The primary photocatalyst is a metal oxide photocatalyst, whereas the secondary photocatalyst is a metallic photocatalyst. The primary photocatalyst forms a covalent bond with the substrate material. The self-disinfecting photocatalyst sheet is photocatalytic active to different bands of wavelength. Another self-disinfecting photocatalyst sheet includes a substrate material, a prime material layer and a photocatalyst layer with a primary photocatalyst and a secondary photocatalyst. The prime material layer is between the substrate and the photocatalyst layer. The primary photocatalyst forms a covalent bond with the prime material.

Amorphous silica-titania composite oxide powder is powder untreated with a surface treatment agent and consisting of amorphous silica-titania composite oxide particles, wherein: a refractive index at a measurement wavelength of 589 nm is not less than 1.46; a volume-based cumulative 50% diameter is 0.1 μm to 2.0 μm; and a content of particles having a particle size of not less than 5.0 μm is not more than 10 ppm, and wherein, in a case where the powder is dried in an atmospheric air at 110° C. for 12 hours, and powder thus dried is stored for 24 hours at a temperature of 25° C. and a relative humidity of 85% so as to absorb moisture, a water absorption rate is not more than 0.8% by mass as calculated from a mass X before moisture absorption and a mass Y after the moisture absorption in accordance with the formula: (Y−X)/X×100.

A resin composition and a cured film are provided. The resin composition includes a monomer mixture (A), a siloxane compound (B), a curing agent (C), and inorganic particles (D). The monomer mixture (A) includes a bisphenol fluorene compound (A-1) represented by Formula (I-1). The siloxane compound (B) has a group represented by Formula (II-a).

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The present invention relates to an additive for laser-markable and/or laser-weldable polymer materials, and in particular to the use of pigments which comprise niobium-doped titanium dioxide as laser absorbing additive in polymer materials, to polymer materials which comprise a laser absorbing additive of this type and to a laser-marked or laser-welded product comprising at least one polymer material and niobium-doped titanium dioxide containing pigments as laser absorbing additive.

A composite material that prevents the emission of the radiation and a production method thereof. The composite material which prevents the emission of the radiation mainly includes boric acid, sodium pentaborate, barium sulphate, tribasic lead sulphate, zeolite, zinc borate as anti-odour and/or gas suppressor, at least one thermoset component for hardness ability or thermoplastic component for flexibility ability and preferably magnesium oxide, barium titanate and titanium dioxide.

A method of forming a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) mixture with talc includes: providing a feed of PET (PET feed); providing a feed of talc (talc feed); mixing the feed of PET with the feed of talc in a mixer at a PET:talc ratio of about 3:1 to about 1:3 to form a PET/talc mixture; and providing the PET/talc mixture as output. A method of forming a Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) alloy having talc includes: providing a feed of the PET/talc mixture (PET/talc feed); providing a feed of PET (PET feed); mixing the feed of PET with the feed of PET/talc in a mixer to form a PET alloy having from about 1% (w/w) talc to about 50% talc (w/w); and providing the PET alloy as output.

A cable includes a transmissive core; a jacket surrounding the transmissive core, which has at least an outermost polymeric layer; and an external semi-conductive layer around and in direct contact with the outermost polymeric layer of the jacket. The external semi-conductive layer is made of a composition comprising a base polymer material and an electrically conductive filler. The electrically conductive filler includes carbon nanotubes.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a polymer and cerium (III) carbonate. The composition is useful in coatings formulations that include pigments, dyes, or tints, or a combination thereof, to promote color retention and attenuate unwanted color formation in coatings formed from these formulations.

An inkjet ink composition for textile printing comprising a white pigment, a pigment dispersant, a polyurethane-based binder, a nano-sized layered silicate and an aqueous liquid vehicle. Also described herein is a fluid set comprising said ink and a fixer composition including a cationic polymer and a fixer vehicle; as well as the textile printing method using it.

The present application discloses a thermal insulation coating and a method for applying the same. Raw materials for preparing the thermal insulation coating includes PVDF resin, water-based epoxy resin solution, hollow glass microbead, ytterbium modified nano-powder, diluent, polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide powder, rare earth, negative ion powder, and leveling agent.