Coating materials and coated personal protective clothing items incorporating the coating material are described. The coating material includes a polymeric component; a metal oxide component; and a catalytic component. The catalytic component includes a metal oxide or a mixed metal oxide which is an effective catalyst for an oxidation reaction. The coated personal protective clothing item includes a personal protective clothing substrate with a coating including the coating material.

A water repellent composition containing: (A) water repellent particles in which the number of surface alkyl groups on the water repellent particles is 600×10.sup.18-50,000×10.sup.18 per 1 g of water repellent particles; (B) a water-repellent resin which is a polymer having a long-chain C.sub.7-40 hydrocarbon group; and (C) a liquid medium. The water-repellent particles preferably have an average primary particle size of 1-100 nm. Also disclosed is a method for treating a fiber using the water repellent composition, a method for producing a treated textile product, a film formed from the water repellent composition, and a textile product treated with a treatment liquid containing the water-repellent composition

A fabric print medium can include a woven fabric substrate, a first barrier layer on an imaging side of the woven fabric substrate where the first barrier layer includes first barrier layer binder and first barrier layer flame retardant, a primer layer on the first barrier layer wherein the primer layer includes primer layer binder and primer layer pigment filler, an imaging layer on the primer layer where the imaging layer includes imaging layer film-forming binder and where the first barrier layer, the primer layer, and the imaging layer have a combined thickness from 10 μm to 70 μm, and a non-woven support layer on a back side of the woven fabric substrate.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to coated substrates having, e.g., anti-viral properties, to articles including the coated substrates, and to processes for making such coated substrates and articles. In an embodiment, a mask for preventing infection by a virus is provided. The mask includes a coated substrate having a breathing resistance (95 L/min, EN 149:2001) of about 6 mbar or less and a water droplet absorption time of less than about 5 seconds. The coated substrate includes a non-woven fabric having a weight of about 120 g/m.sup.2 or less according to ASTM D3776, and mineral oxide particles, iron oxide particles, or both, coupled to at least a portion of the non-woven fabric.

Provided are a self-cleaning coating, a self-cleaning fiber, a self-cleaning carpet and uses thereof. The self-cleaning coating is provided with a porous structure where pores communicate with one another; the volume of the pores comprised in the coating makes up 20%-98% of the total volume of the coating; and the pore diameter of the pores in the porous structure is between 0.5 nm-50 nm. The self-cleaning coating is mainly prepared from host materials; the host materials are one or more of titanium oxide, zirconia, titanium nitride, silicon oxide, tungsten oxide, g-C.sub.3N.sub.4 semiconducting polymer, perovskite semiconductor, silver, iron, gold, aluminum, copper, zinc, tin and platinum.

A fabric print medium can include a woven fabric substrate, a first barrier layer on an imaging side of the woven fabric substrate where the first barrier layer includes first barrier layer binder and first barrier layer flame retardant, a primer layer on the first barrier layer wherein the primer layer includes primer layer binder and primer layer pigment filler, an imaging layer on the primer layer where the imaging layer includes imaging layer film-forming binder and where the first barrier layer, the primer layer, and the imaging layer have a combined thickness from 10 μm to 70 μm, and a non-woven support layer on a back side of the woven fabric substrate.

A fabric print medium can include a woven fabric substrate, a first barrier layer on an imaging side of the woven fabric substrate where the first barrier layer includes first barrier layer binder and first barrier layer flame retardant, a primer layer on the first barrier layer wherein the primer layer includes primer layer binder and primer layer pigment filler, an imaging layer on the primer layer where the imaging layer includes imaging layer film-forming binder and where the first barrier layer, the primer layer, and the imaging layer have a combined thickness from 10 μm to 70 μm, and a non-woven support layer on a back side of the woven fabric substrate.

A mask assembly having antimicrobial properties is provided. The mask is preferably worn on a user's face and it comprises a material layer, preferably a polyester fabric, and an applied emulsion or combination of chemical components (a silver containing stabilized solution and a phosphorescent compound). The combination provides enhanced antimicrobial properties in the mask via the silver containing stabilized solution and the phosphorescent compound, which emits a controlled field around the mask of microbe destroying UV-C radiation, preferably in the 200-290 nm wavelength range. The emulsion may be applied to other surfaces wherever antimicrobial properties are desired.

A mask assembly having antimicrobial properties is provided. The mask is preferably worn on a user's face and it comprises a material layer, preferably a polyester fabric, and an applied emulsion or combination of chemical components (a silver containing stabilized solution and a phosphorescent compound). The combination provides enhanced antimicrobial properties in the mask via the silver containing stabilized solution and the phosphorescent compound, which emits a controlled field around the mask of microbe destroying UV-C radiation, preferably in the 200-290 nm wavelength range. The emulsion may be applied to other surfaces wherever antimicrobial properties are desired.

The present invention relates to twisted yarn obtained by twisting a plurality of carbon fiber resins which are slit from a carbon fiber resin tape in which adhesive, alumina sol, and potassium persulfate permeate between a plurality of the carbon fibers spread flatly. An open yarn is obtained by S-twisting and Z-twisting covering yarn around the periphery of the twisted yarn. A carbon fiber covered twisted yarn is obtained by winding the twisted yarn around the periphery of a core material