Articles having poly(vinyl alcohol)-containing (PVA-containing) and silica nanoparticle multilayer coatings are provided. More specifically, articles include a substrate and a multilayer coating attached to the substrate. The multilayer coating includes a first silica layer and a first PVA-containing layer. The first silica layer is a primer layer of the multilayer coating, and the silica layer comprises a plurality of acid-sintered interconnected silica nanoparticles arranged to form a continuous three-dimensional porous network. The PVA-containing and silica nanoparticle multilayer coatings can be used on a large variety of substrates and tend to be resistant to wet and dry abrasions, scratches, and impacts.

Disclosed is a process for applying an insulative coating to a mandrel used in an electromagnetic telemetry antenna assembly. One process includes applying a bond coat to at least a portion of an outer radial surface of a mandrel; applying an electrical isolation layer to the bond coat; applying a first sealant layer to the electrical isolation layer; and heat treating the mandrel in an oven.

A polyimide metal laminated plate has a first metallic film, a first thermoplastic polyimide film laminated on a surface of the first metallic film, a first thermosetting polyimide film laminated on a surface of the first thermoplastic polyimide film distal from the first metallic film, and a second thermoplastic polyimide film laminated on a surface of the first thermosetting polyimide film distal from the first thermoplastic polyimide film. The polyimide metal laminated plate has no adhesive layer, so the polyimide metal laminated plate not only has good heat resistance, flame resistance, anti-chemical properties, and dimensional stability, but also meets the thinning tendency of FPCB. In addition, by the first thermosetting polyimide film and the second thermoplastic polyimide film having a water vapor transmission rate equal to or more than 170 g-m/m.sup.2-day, the delamination and whitening of the polyimide metal laminated plate is prevented.

Retroreflective articles include a layer of optical elements, and a polyurethane bead bond layer. The optical elements include transparent microspheres, and at least one reflective layer. The polyurethane bead bond layer is the reaction product of a reaction mixture of at least one aliphatic polycarbonate polyol and at least one polyisocyanate, and the reaction mixture is free of polyols containing unsaturated groups. The retroreflective articles have improved wash durability.

The present invention relates to synthesizing reduced graphene oxide on the surface of a metal sheet and glass. The invention particularly relates to a process for coating a substrate with reduced graphene oxide using seedlac as a carbon source. As per the process of the current invention, a solution of seedlac is prepared in an alcohol and the substrate is dipped in to the solution for one or more time. The substrate is then dried in air for 1-10 minutes and thereafter, heated to a temperature range of 400 to 1200 C. under controlled atmosphere of Ar/N.sub.2/ArH.sub.2/N.sub.2H.sub.2 at a different flow rate ranging from 100 to 500 seem for a period of 10 to 120 minutes.

A top cover of a battery pack including a metallic coated steel sheet wherein the metallic coating is topped by an organic coating and wherein the organic coating has two layers, the first layer of the organic coating in contact with the metallic coating having a thickness of 2 to 25 m, and the second layer of the organic coating being based on polyester or polyurethane.

A coating method for forming a laminated coating film including: preparing a thermosetting coating material as a lower layer-coating material, an intermediate layer-coating material, and as an upper layer-coating material; forming an uncured laminated coating film by applying the lower layer-coating, the intermediate layer-coating, and the upper layer-coating materials on the base material using a wet-on-wet technique; and simultaneously curing the lower layer-coating, the intermediate layer-coating, and upper layer-coating materials by baking the uncured laminated coating film. In the preparation step, the lower layer-coating, the intermediate layer-coating, and the upper layer-coating materials are selected so a sum of an absolute value of a difference in shrinkage ratio between the lower layer-coating and the intermediate layer-coating materials and an absolute value of a difference in shrinkage ratio between the intermediate layer-coating and the upper layer-coating materials at the late stage of the baking is 3.0% or smaller.

Disclosed is a surface covering including: a wood-based substrate; a surface coating layer, the surface coating layer being obtained by the irradiation of a radiation-curable coating agent with UV light having a wavelength included from 120 nm to 230 nm; and a filler coating layer, the filler coating layer being located between the wood-based substrate and the surface coating layer. Also disclosed is a method for the manufacture of such a surface covering.