A water repellent and oil repellent member which has a functional film layer serving as the first layer on at least one surface of a base material, while having a primer layer serving as the second layer on the outer surface of the functional film layer and additionally having a water repellent and oil repellent layer serving as the third layer on the outer surface of the primer layer, wherein: the primer layer is formed of a layer that has a film thickness of 10-500 nm, while being mainly composed of an organosilicon compound which has a plurality of silanol groups in each molecule; and the water repellent and oil repellent layer is formed of a layer that has a film thickness of 0.5-50 nm, while being mainly composed of a cured product of a hydrolyzable fluorine-containing compound. This water repellent and oil repellent member has excellent rubber eraser abrasion resistance, while exhibiting excellent antistatic properties. In addition, the present invention is capable of forming a water repellent and oil repellent layer having excellent rubber eraser abrasion resistance and excellent antistatic properties on various base materials.

The magnetic recording medium includes: a non-magnetic support; and a non-magnetic layer including a non-magnetic powder and a magnetic layer including a ferromagnetic powder on the non-magnetic support in this order, in which a vertical squareness ratio is 0.70 to 1.00, a center line average roughness Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer with an atomic force microscope is equal to or smaller than 2.5 nm, and an interface variation rate between the magnetic layer and the non-magnetic layer in a cross section image obtained by imaging with a scanning electron microscope is equal to or less than 2.5%.

A method for coating a separator for a battery includes creating an electrostatic field and disposing a substrate material within the electrostatic field. The method further includes applying a coating material to the substrate material in a presence of the electrostatic field and drying the coating material upon the substrate material.

A viscoelastic material comprises a unique adhesive and cohesive thermoset viscoelastic polymer coated onto a flexible substrate. The polymer can be formed by curing an uncured polymer mix derived from a thermosetting reaction media of a carefully balanced ratio of isocyanate prepolymer, polyether diols, polyether triols and organic plasticizers. The viscoelastic material can exhibit viscoelastic, adhesive, cohesive, releasability, cleansability and antimicrobial properties. In some aspects, the viscoelastic material can be fabricated into a personal protective article. In one embodiment, the personal protective article is a footwear cover.

A method for coating a separator for a battery includes creating an electrostatic field and disposing a substrate material within the electrostatic field. The method further includes applying a coating material to the substrate material in a presence of the electrostatic field and drying the coating material upon the substrate material.

A method of forming a digital print on a surface by applying powder of dry ink including colourants on the surface, bonding a part of the dry ink powder to the surface by a digital heating print head such that the digital print is formed by the bonded dry ink colourants and removing non-bonded dry ink from the surface.

A window may include a substrate layer and a coating layer on the substrate layer. The coating layer may include water molecules.

A system and method for applying a fragrance or malodor control agent to a plastic web is provided. The system includes a form and seal machine that is used to form and seal a plastic web and a fragrance or malodor control agent applicator that applies a fragrance or malodor control agent to the plastic web. The fragrance or malodor control agent applicator designed to apply fragrance or malodor control agent directly to a first interior surface and a second interior surface formed by folding the plastic web with the form and seal machine.

A method for producing aluminum oxide is provided. The method uses an aluminum-oxide-forming agent containing a partially hydrolyzed aluminum alkyl compound containing an aluminum trialkyl or a mixture thereof, and a solvent. It is thus possible to produce an aluminum oxide thin film or aluminum oxide particles on or in a substrate that is not resistant to polar solvents. A method of producing a polyolefin-based polymer nanocomposite containing zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles using a solution containing a partially hydrolyzed zinc alkyl or a solution containing a partially hydrolyzed aluminum alkyl is also provided. The polyolefin-based polymer nanocomposite contains a polyolefin substrate and zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles, and does not contain a dispersant. The zinc oxide particles or aluminum oxide particles have an average particle size of less than 100 nm.

A method of treating PVC plates as well as plates and panels manufactured by this method. The plates and panels, in particular wall, ceiling or floor panels, comprise a heat-treated carrier plate based on polyvinyl chloride with a density of, for example, 900 to 2,500 kg/m.sup.3 and a film applied thereon. The film is a thin PVC-film and comprises a decorative pattern directly printed thereon.