An electrical steel sheet with an insulating film, the steel sheet having an insulating film containing a crystalline fibrous material on a surface of the steel sheet, in which a ratio (L.sub.RD/L.sub.TD) of a length in a rolling direction (L.sub.RD) of the crystalline fibrous material in a cross section in the rolling direction of the insulating film to a length in a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction (L.sub.TD) of the crystalline fibrous material in a cross section in the direction perpendicular to the rolling direction of the insulating film is 1.5 or more and 50.0 or less.

This clear-coated stainless steel sheet (10) includes a stainless steel sheet (20), and a clear-coated film (30) formed on at least one surface (20a) of the stainless steel sheet (20) and having an average film thickness of 0.05 ?m or more and 3.00 ?m or less.

A coating including one or more nano-materials and an organic material; wherein the one or more nano-materials are present in a concentration of up to about 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the coating. A razor comprising one or more blades; and a coating disposed on at least one of the one or more blades, wherein the coating comprises one or more nano-materials and an organic material, wherein the one or more nano-materials is present in a concentration of up to about 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the coating.

A method of making a shaving article comprising a substrate comprising stainless steel; and an external polymer coating comprising polymer brushes, the method comprising the steps of: providing said substrate; providing a initiating species comprising an anchor group that is chemically reactive with surface moieties on the substrate, and a polymerization initiator group; reacting said anchor group with said surface moieties of the substrate; providing monomers reactive for polymerization with the polymerization initiator; and polymerizing the monomers with the initiator group of the initiating species.

The invention discloses a novel solution and process comprising a modified solvent for providing enhanced blade edge attributes.

Provided is a bilayer composition for surface treatment of a steel plate and a surface-treated steel plate using same. The bilayer composition for surface treatment of a steel plate, comprising an undercoat coating composition including 1 to 12 wt % of a phenoxy resin, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of colloidal silica, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a silane coupling agent, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of a corrosion inhibitor, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a phosphoric acid compound as a long-term corrosion resistance improving agent, and a balance of water; and a topcoat coating composition including 0.1 to 5.0 wt % of an acrylic acid resin, 30 to 50 wt % of colloidal silica, 40 to 60 wt % of alkoxy silane, 5 to 15 wt % of an acrylate-based monomer, 0.01 to 1.00 wt % of an acidity control agent, and a balance of an organic solvent.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining a base formulation, obtaining an activator formulation, mixing the base formulation with the activator formulation, so as to result in a liquid applied roofing formulation, applying the liquid applied roofing formulation to at least one steep slope roof substrate, and solidifying the formulation, so as to form at least one coating layer on the at least one steep slope roof substrate. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a liquid applied roofing formulation comprising a first part and a second part. In some embodiments, the first part comprises the base formulation and the second part comprises the activator formulation.

The disclosure relates to thin layers comprising a catechol containing polymer or oligomer, as well as methods of making and using the thin layers comprising the catechol containing polymer or oligomer. The layers demonstrate improved adhesion between two materials without substantial modification of the adhesive matrix.

Provided are low coefficient of friction fluoropolymer one coat coatings having a relatively low bake temperature. The fluoropolymer coatings contain high temperature resistant polymer binder, low melting tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer having a melting point of below 255 C. by the method of ASTM D 4591, and low molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene having a heat of crystallization of at least about 50 J/g.

Methods of coating powder coating compositions, particularly substrate powder coating compositions, and methods of making a substrate container, a portion thereof, or a closure for a container, and powder coating systems.