Improved formulations of electrophoretic media that can be incorporated into displays, front plane laminates, inverted front plane laminates, or color changing films. The formulations include a non-polar fluid, a plurality of first charged particles, and charge control agents (CCA) including a quaternary amine and an unsaturated polymeric tail comprising monomers of at least 10 carbon atoms in length. The formulations show improved switching speeds, as well as a larger dynamic range at low temperatures (i.e., below about 0° C.), where compared to state-of-the-art electrophoretic media.

Improved formulations of electrophoretic media that can be incorporated into displays, front plane laminates, inverted front plane laminates, or color changing films. The formulations include a non-polar fluid, a plurality of first charged particles, and charge control agents (CCA) including a quaternary amine and an unsaturated polymeric tail comprising monomers of at least 10 carbon atoms in length. The formulations show improved switching speeds, as well as a larger dynamic range at low temperatures (i.e., below about 0° C.), where compared to state-of-the-art electrophoretic media.

A method for manufacturing a cover member for electronic devices according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a step for forming a magnesium plate; a step for performing primary CNC processing on the magnesium plate using a predetermined cutting oil; a step for performing a primary pretreatment on the magnesium plate using chromate or micro arc oxidation (MAO); a step for performing a primary surface-treatment on the magnesium plate by bake-coating or electrodeposition coating; a step for performing secondary CNC processing on a first region of the magnesium plate using an alcohol-containing cutting oil; a washing and drying step; a step for performing a secondary pretreatment for preventing oxidation on the first region; and a step for performing a secondary surface-treatment on the first region by bake-coating or electrodeposition coating.

The invention relates to electrically conductive coatings, in particular to electrically conductive priming coatings of parts before they undergo electrostatic painting, as well as to priming compositions for creating such coatings (priming coatings). The present invention proposes a priming composition for creating a light, electrically conductive priming coating on a part prior to electrostatic painting, said priming composition comprising single-wall and/or double-wall carbon nanotubes at a concentration of greater than 0.005 wt. % and less than 0.1 wt. %, and having a degree of grinding of the priming composition of not more than 20 microns. The technical result of applying such a priming composition is a light, electrically conductive priming coating with a specific surface resistance of less than 10.sup.9 Ω/sq and a light reflection coefficient (LRV) of at least 60%. The present invention also proposes a method for preparing a priming composition and a light, electrically conducting priming coating.

The technology concerns methods for stabilizing slurries and/or electrophoretic deposition (EPD) bath suspensions for the preparation of electrodes and/or separation area or any other coating and specifically, to electrodes and separators for use in energy storage devices.

The technology concerns methods for stabilizing slurries and/or electrophoretic deposition (EPD) bath suspensions for the preparation of electrodes and/or separation area or any other coating and specifically, to electrodes and separators for use in energy storage devices.

A challenge of the present invention is to provide a water-based coating composition capable of providing a design superior in depth feeling in the formation of a multilayer coating film having a so-called color clear coating film. The present invention relates to a water-based coating composition comprising a coating film-forming resin (i) and a coloring pigment dispersion (ii), wherein the coating film-forming resin (i) comprises: an acrylic resin emulsion (A) having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less in an amount of 10 to 60% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i), a water-soluble acrylic resin (B) in an amount of 5 to 40% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i), and a melamine resin (C) in an amount of 20 to 40% by mass in terms of the resin solid content of the coating film-forming resin (i); and the coloring pigment dispersion (ii) comprises a coloring pigment (D) having a 90%-volume particle diameter (D90) of 100 nm or less.

The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition with a rust prevention property enhanced by improving the adhesion and the blocking property of a coating film obtained from a cationic electrodeposition coating composition as compared with conventional ones. The present invention provides a cationic electrodeposition coating composition including an aminated epoxy resin and a blocked polyisocyanate curing agent, wherein the aminated epoxy resin is an aminated epoxy resin obtained by reacting an amine compound with an epoxy resin, the aminated epoxy resin has a molecular weight distribution of 2.7 or less, and a rate of elongation of an electrodeposition coating film formed by applying the cationic electrodeposition coating composition to a steel sheet such that a cured film thickness is 20 μm, followed by baking at 160° C. for 15 minutes, is 0.1 to 4.5%.

Disclosed are the electrochemical effects of crosslinking polymer chains in nanoscale polypyrrole films with aliphatic ethyl (Ppy-Et), propyl (Ppy-Pr), and butyl (Ppy-Bu) groups were investigated. The films are synthesized by pulsed-electrodeposition of polypyrrole followed by a crosslinking reaction with an alkyl dihalide (dibromoethane, dibromobutane, or dibromopropane) in methanol. By changing the length of the alkyl-dihalide crosslinker, it was shown that one can adjust the properties of the polypyrrole films to achieve properties not typical for polypyrrole. The resulting materials exhibit valuable properties in two areas: (1) excluding anions from transport through the polymer, allowing for the creation of cation-selective membranes using polpyrrole crosslinked with ethyl (2 carbon) crosslinker molecules and (2) enhancing the specific capacity by >50% relative to the uncrosslinked polymer using propyl (3 carbon) crosslinker molecules. These materials have potential value for energy storage, electrochemical desalination, membrane separations, and chemical sensors.

A part assembly (100), comprising: an aluminium part (101); a magnesium part (102), the magnesium part (102) coated in a first coating (104); a bond (103), the bond (103) securing the aluminium part (101) to the coated magnesium part (114); wherein the aluminium part (101), the coated magnesium part (114) and the bond (103) are subjected to an electrophoresis coating process to coat the aluminium part (101) in a second coating (105). By subjecting the aluminium part (101), the coated magnesium part (114) and the bond (103) to an electrophoresis coating process to coat the aluminium part (101) in a second coating (105) this may provide a simpler manufacturing process.