A construction material includes a base material. The base material includes a low-gloss region having a 60° gloss value of smaller than and a high-gloss region having a 60° gloss value of larger than or equal to 8. The 60° gloss value of the low-gloss region and the 60° gloss value of the high-gloss region are different from each other by 5 or greater.

An adhesive composition of the present application includes the following components (A) to (C): (A) a radically polymerizable compound; (B) a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of 35,000 to 110,000 and having a repeat unit derived from a polymerizable compound of formula (I) (wherein X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each independently represent a C7 to C20 alkyl group or a C7 to C20 alkoxy group, n represents 0 or 1, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each independently represent a single bond or a Cl to C3 alkylene group, each R independently represents an organic group or a halogeno group, m1 and m2 each independently represent any integer of 0 to 4, and Y represents a polymerizable functional group); and (C) a radical polymerization initiator.

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Coating compositions for coating an oilfield operational component, and related methods, may include in some aspects a coating composition having a trifunctional silane, a silanol, and a filler. The coating composition may be applied to a surface of the oilfield operational component that is configured to be exposed to a fluid. The coating composition may be applied to at least partially cover or coat the surface. The coating composition may be configured to chemically bond with a cured primer composition that includes an epoxy.

Provided is a method of producing a fluorosilicone rubber laminate. The method comprises: (1) applying a primer composition onto a substrate, and forming a primer layer on a surface of the substrate; and (2) bringing a fluorosilicone rubber composition into contact with the primer layer, and adhering a fluorosilicone rubber to the primer layer. The fluorosilicone rubber composition comprises a platinum-based catalyst and/or a fluorosiloxane containing a silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atom. The primer composition comprises a platinum-based catalyst or a fluorosiloxane containing a silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atom, however the primer composition does not simultaneously comprise a platinum-based catalyst and a fluorosiloxane containing a silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atom. Either the primer composition or the fluorosilicone rubber composition comprises a platinum-based catalyst or a fluorosiloxane containing a silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atom. A laminate in which a fluorosilicone rubber layer and a base material are favorably adhered to each other can be obtained.

Articles including durable and icephobic polymeric coatings are disclosed. The polymeric coatings include a bonding layer which may contain a substantially fully cured polymeric resin providing excellent adhesion to metallic or polymer substrates. The polymeric coating further includes an outer surface layer which is smooth, hydrophobic and icephobic and, in addition to a substantially fully cured resin, contains silicone comprising additives near the exposed outer surface. The anisotropic polymeric coatings are particularly suited for strong and lightweight parts required in aerospace, automotive and sporting goods applications. A process for making the articles is disclosed as well.

A coating composition, a coating layer, and a coating system, and a method for making a and using the same are provided. The coating system comprises a flop index of 2 or greater and comprises a coating layer formed by a coating composition. The coating composition comprises a film-forming resin and a pigment composition. The pigment composition comprises 50% or greater by weight radar transmissive pigment based on the total weight of the pigment composition and no greater than 50% by weight electrically conductive pigment based on the total weight of the pigment composition. The coating system has a radar signal transmission of 70% or greater. The coating system has a CIELAB color difference, ΔE, compared to a color-matched coating system of no greater than 4, as measured at 110°, using a multi-angle spectrophotometer with D65 Illumination and 10° observer.

In one embodiment, the present application discloses a photo-cleavable surface binding compound of the Formula I and Formula II:

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wherein the variables EG, EG1, SP1, SP2, SP3, Ar and BG are as defined herein. In another embodiment, the application discloses a method for forming a coating on a surface of a substrate using the surface binding compound.

The present disclosure provides a method for forming a barrier coating on a surface of a substrate. The method includes applying a barrier coating forming solution to the substrate, allowing the applied barrier coating forming solution to partially cure, applying an antimicrobial coating forming solution atop the partially cured barrier coating forming solution, and allowing the two applied coatings to fully cure or dry to produce a multifunctional surface coating. The barrier coating forming solution includes at least one performance component other an antimicrobial component, and the antimicrobial coating forming solution includes an antimicrobial component. A formed multifunctional surface coating produced according to the method positions the antimicrobial component at a concentrated amount at or near the surface of the formed multifunctional coating.

The present application relates to a vulcanization label that can be used to label tires. The label comprises a facestock layer, a first primer layer, a second primer layer comprising a zinc oxide, and a reactive adhesive layer. The two primer layers have different compositions. The second primer layer has a coating weight that is greater than 3 gsm. At least a portion of the second primer is in contact with at least a portion of the reactive adhesive layer.

A substrate having a burnable coating mask includes: a substrate having a first section and a second section; a mask coating layer over the first section of the substrate; and a functional coating layer over at least a portion of the mask coating layer and over the second section of the substrate. A method of segmenting a substrate having a layer thereover, a method of preparing a segmented substrate having a layer thereover, a segmented substrate, and a transparency are also disclosed.