The present invention provides a paint formulation comprising a binder dispersion and a hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion. The wet weight ratio of the binder dispersion to the hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion is from 1:3 to 1:10. The binder dispersion comprises by dry weight based on total dry weight of the binder dispersion, from 0.1% to 80% of polymer particles, and from 0.1% to 5% of a polysaccharide; and the hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion comprises by dry weight based on total dry weight of the hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion, from 30% to 50% of an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, and from 30% to 60% of an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer. The present invention further provides a process for preparing the paint formulation comprising mixing the binder dispersion with the hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion under stirring.

A coating of an outer plate contains a perylene-based pigment, and satisfies (R.sup.OH(P)/R.sup.OH(OA))≥74, where R.sup.OH(P) is the highlight reflectance of the coating of the outer plate at a peak wavelength at which reflectance reaches the maximum value in a spectral reflectance curve, and R.sup.OH(OA) is the average highlight reflectance of the coating of the outer plate in a complementary wavelength range. A coating of an inner plate part contains a perylene-based pigment and an iron oxide-based pigment, the content of the perylene-based pigment in the coating of the inner plate part is in units of PWC, and the mass ratio of the content of the iron oxide-based pigment to the content of the perylene-based pigment in the coating of the inner plate part is 3-20%.

The invention is directed to a metal core substrate having high thermal conductivity and high electrical insulating properties; an electrophoretic deposition fluid for use in fabrication of the metal core substrate; and a method for fabricating the metal core substrate. The electrophoretic deposition fluid is used during electrophoretic deposition, and contains ceramic particles for coating a metal substrate, and an organopolysiloxane composition which binds the ceramic particles.

Disclosed are aqueous resinous dispersions that are electrodepositable and exhibit good anti-settling properties, as well as to their use to produce smooth, low gloss coatings. The aqueous resinous dispersions include an active hydrogen-containing, cationic salt group-containing polymer; a curing agent; and oxidized polyolefin particles.

In various aspects, the processes disclosed herein may include the steps of inducing an electric field about a non-conductive substrate, and depositing functionalized nanoparticles upon the non conductive substrate by contacting a nanoparticle dispersion with the non-conductive substrate, the nanoparticle dispersion comprising functionalized nanoparticles having an electrical charge, the electric field drawing the functionalized nanoparticles to the non-conductive substrate. In various aspects, the related composition of matter disclosed herein comprise functionalized nanoparticles bonded to a surface of a non-conductive fiber, the surface of the non-conductive fiber comprising a sizing adhered to the surface of the non-conductive fiber. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the processes, and related apparatus and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.

Electrochemical methods for probing solid polymer electrolyte surface coatings on electrically conducting, active, three-dimensional electrode materials for use in lithium-ion batteries, to quantitatively determine the conformity, uniformity, and the presence of pinholes, and/or other defects in coatings, without requiring the detachment of the coating from the electrode or otherwise inducing damage to the coating, are described. Coated electrodes are submersed in an electrolyte solution containing a redox-active probe species which does not induce electrochemical damage to either the working electrode or the solid polymer electrolyte surface coating. For coated Cu.sub.2Sb working electrodes, molecules including a water-soluble redox active viologen moiety have been found to be effective. The current as a function of the applied potential for an uncoated working electrode is used as a baseline for testing solid polymer surface coatings on working electrodes, and the difference in the observed current between the electrodes for a given potential is a quantitative indicator of the ability of the probe species to access the surface of the working electrode through the solid polymer electrolyte coating.

A crosslinking composition includes a compound having at least two functional groups that are each independently represented by Chemical Structure (I): ##STR00001##
X is an oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; R.sup.1 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkylaryl group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 are each independently an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, or a hydrogen; R.sup.5 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, or a hydrogen; z is 0 when X is oxygen or sulfur and z is 1 when X is nitrogen; and when a double bond is formed between a carbon atom bonded to R.sup.3 and an adjacent nitrogen, m is 0, and when a single bond is formed between the carbon atom bonded to R.sup.3 and the adjacent nitrogen, m is 1.

A crosslinking composition includes a compound having at least two functional groups that are each independently represented by Chemical Structure (I): ##STR00001##
X is an oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen; R.sup.1 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, or an alkylaryl group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 are each independently an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, or a hydrogen; R.sup.5 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkylaryl group, or a hydrogen; z is 0 when X is oxygen or sulfur and z is 1 when X is nitrogen; and when a double bond is formed between a carbon atom bonded to R.sup.3 and an adjacent nitrogen, m is 0, and when a single bond is formed between the carbon atom bonded to R.sup.3 and the adjacent nitrogen, m is 1.

A method comprises: dispersing a nanoparticle sol, ammonia water and a waterborne hydrophobic treatment agent in deionized water to prepare a modified nanoparticle suspension, and obtaining a superhydrophobic modified nanoparticle powder by means of a spray drying process; and adding a porous ceramic micro-powder and a waterborne silane coupling agent into deionized water, then adding the superhydrophobic modified nanoparticle powder, performing constant stirring to prepare a superhydrophobic particle impregnating porous particle suspension, and obtaining the impregnated porous powder with superhydrophobic particles by means of a filter drying process or the spray drying process.

An electrocoating composition and a coating formed from the composition are described herein. The electrocoating composition includes at least an epoxy resin component, an isocyanate-functional component and a silica-based additive. The coating shows about 40 to 70% reduction in edge corrosion relative to a conventional coating.