A dye loaded zeolite composite material comprises a plurality of zeolite crystals each having a plurality of straight through uniform channels extending between the proximal face and the distal face and having a channel axis parallel to and a channel width transverse to a longitudinal crystal axis A. Each channel contains a substantially linear arrangement of dye molecules comprising first and second dye molecules having an elongated shape with a longitudinal extension exceeding said channel width and a lateral extension not exceeding said channel width. Each dye molecule consists of a chromophore moiety arranged between a pair of terminal moieties, wherein: the chromophore moieties of the first and second dye molecules are substantially identical, the terminal moieties of the first dye molecules have a lateral extension larger than half of the channel width, the terminal moieties of the second dye molecules have a lateral extension smaller than half of the channel width, the linear arrangement of dye molecules comprises at least one pair of second dye molecules adjacent each other.

A composition comprising a pigment particle that is coated with a cationic material and isopropyl titanium tri-isostearate. The pigment particle can be included in a cleansing composition for deposition on a surface, such as skin.

A method of forming a mixture including a ceramic material into a sheet, sectioning at least a portion of the sheet using a mechanical object and forming at least one shaped abrasive particle from the sheet, such that the at least one shaped abrasive particle can have a two-dimensional shape as viewed in a plane defined by a length and a width of the shaped abrasive particle selected from the group consisting of polygons, ellipsoids, numerals, Greek alphabet characters, Latin alphabet characters, Russian alphabet characters, complex shapes having a combination of polygonal shapes, and a combination thereof.

The present invention relates to metallic luster pigments, to a process for production thereof and to the use of such metallic luster pigments.

The present invention relates to metallic luster pigments, to a process for production thereof and to the use of such metallic luster pigments.

The present invention provides a powder surface treatment method comprising (i) a step for mixing 0.001-20 parts by mass of a surface treating agent composition with 100 parts by mass of a power, and (ii) a step for adding an acidic liquid, followed by mixing, wherein the surface treating agent composition contains (a)-(d) below: (a) one or more selected from among an N-acyl amino acid having a carbon chain length of C8-C22 and a salt thereof; (b) one or more selected from among monohydric and polyhydric alcohols; (c) water; and (d) one or more selected from among (dl) an amino acid having an isoelectric point of 7.5-11, and (d2) a compound which generates an ion selected from among an aluminum ion, a magnesium ion, a calcium ion, a zinc ion, a zirconia ion, and a titanium ion, in the surface treating agent composition.

The present invention provides a powder surface treatment method comprising (i) a step for mixing 0.001-20 parts by mass of a surface treating agent composition with 100 parts by mass of a power, and (ii) a step for adding an acidic liquid, followed by mixing, wherein the surface treating agent composition contains (a)-(d) below: (a) one or more selected from among an N-acyl amino acid having a carbon chain length of C8-C22 and a salt thereof; (b) one or more selected from among monohydric and polyhydric alcohols; (c) water; and (d) one or more selected from among (dl) an amino acid having an isoelectric point of 7.5-11, and (d2) a compound which generates an ion selected from among an aluminum ion, a magnesium ion, a calcium ion, a zinc ion, a zirconia ion, and a titanium ion, in the surface treating agent composition.

Embodiments are directed to adamantane-intercalated layered double-hydroxide (LDH) particles and the methods of producing adamantane-intercalated LDH particles. The method comprises adding to an aqueous solution a first precursor and a second precursor to form an initial mixture, where the first precursor is Al(OH).sub.3 or Al.sub.2O.sub.3, the second precursor is a hydroxide M(OH).sub.2 or an oxide MO, where M is a metal of oxidation state +2; and the initial mixture has a M/Al molar ratio of from 1 to 5. The method also comprises adding to the initial mixture an amount of adamantane to form a reaction mixture having an Al/adamantane molar ratio of from 0.5 to 2; and heating the reaction mixture to produce adamantane-intercalated LDH particles, where the adamantane-intercalated LDH particles have aspect ratios greater than 100.

A method of producing new hydrophobic aluminas by i) providing a slurry comprising an alumina compound, the slurry having a pH of above 5.5; ii) mixing an organic composition comprising carboxylic acids with long hydrocarbon chains with the slurry to form an acid modified slurry; iii) hydrothermally conditioning the acid modified slurry to form a hydrothermally aged slurry; and iv) drying the hydrothermally aged slurry.

The new hydrophobic aluminas have surface modified structures distinguished by a low humidity content and very small nanoparticles. These new hydrophobic aluminas can be uniformly dispersed in a substrate, for example polymers.

A method of manufacturing a silicon-containing oxide-coated aluminum nitride particle; a method of manufacturing a heat dispersing resin composition containing the silicon-containing oxide-coated aluminum nitride particle; and the silicon-containing oxide-coated aluminum nitride particle. The method of manufacturing includes: a first step of covering the surface of the aluminum nitride particle with an organic silicone compound including a specific structure; and a second step of heating the aluminum nitride particle covered with the organic silicone compound at a temperature of 300° C. or more and less than 1000° C., wherein the content of carbon atoms in the silicon-containing oxide-coated aluminum nitride particle is less than 1000 ppm by mass.