Touch screen displays and other coated articles demonstrating antiglare properties are provided. A method of forming an antiglare coating on a substrate is also provided, and may be used to prepare the coated articles. The method comprises: (a) heating the substrate to a temperature of at least 100° F. (37.8° C.) to form a heated substrate; (b) applying a curable film-forming composition on at least one surface of the heated substrate to form a substrate coated with a sol-gel layer; and (c) subjecting the coated substrate to thermal conditions for a time sufficient to effect cure of the sol-gel layer. The curable film-forming composition comprises: (i) a silane; (ii) a mineral acid; and (iii) a solvent;
wherein the weight ratio of mineral acid to silane is greater than 0.008:1 and the curable film-forming composition has a solids content of less than 10 percent by weight.

Touch screen displays and other coated articles demonstrating antiglare properties are provided. A method of forming an antiglare coating on a substrate is also provided, and may be used to prepare the coated articles. The method comprises: (a) heating the substrate to a temperature of at least 100° F. (37.8° C.) to form a heated substrate; (b) applying a curable film-forming composition on at least one surface of the heated substrate to form a substrate coated with a sol-gel layer; and (c) subjecting the coated substrate to thermal conditions for a time sufficient to effect cure of the sol-gel layer. The curable film-forming composition comprises: (i) a silane; (ii) a mineral acid; and (iii) a solvent;
wherein the weight ratio of mineral acid to silane is greater than 0.008:1 and the curable film-forming composition has a solids content of less than 10 percent by weight.

Disclosed are an anti-glare coating resin composition and an anti-glare coating film including the same. Specifically, provided are an anti-glare coating resin composition that includes a siloxane resin containing an epoxy group and an acrylic group, and further includes organic or inorganic particles, and thus ensures hardness, scratch resistance and processability, and provides anti-glare property by introduction of particles, and an anti-glare coating film produced using the same. Also, it is possible to realize hardness, abrasion resistance and anti-glare property of a film resin prepared using the resin composition and a film produced using the same.

A coating process includes adding a body to a reactor; adding a metal alkoxide or precursors thereof to the reactor; adding a catalyst for the hydrolysis of the metal alkoxide to the reactor; and coating the surface of the body with a metal oxide-containing coating layer through the hydrolysis and dehydration condensation of the metal alkoxide. The addition of a body precedes at least one of the addition of a metal alkoxide or precursors thereof and the addition of a catalyst.

Described herein is a coating composition comprising: (a) a zwitterionic compound comprising (i) sulfonate-functional groups and (ii) alkoxysilane groups and/or silanol-functional groups; (b) an acid-catalyzed hydrolysis product of an alkoxylsilane, wherein the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis product of an alkoxylsilane comprises at least one (i) (RO)(.sub.4-a)Si(OH).sub.a where R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group and a is an integer from 1 to 4; or (ii) an alkanol silicate acid oligomer; (c) a water-miscible organic solvent; and (d) water, along with articles thereof and methods of making the same.

A silicone resin represented by formula (1) and having a Mw of 1,000-8,000 is useful in cosmetics.
[(C.sub.6H.sub.5).sub.3SiO.sub.1/2].sub.a[R.sup.1.sub.3SiO.sub.1/2].sub.b[R.sup.2.sub.2SiO.sub.2/2].sub.c[R.sup.3SiO.sub.3/2].sub.d[SiO.sub.4/2].sub.e  (1)
R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl group, C.sub.6-C.sub.12 aryl group (exclusive of phenyl) or C.sub.1-C.sub.8 fluorinated alkyl group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently a C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl group, C.sub.6-C.sub.12 aryl group or C.sub.1-C.sub.8 fluorinated alkyl group, a=0-0.2, b=0.1-0.5, c=0-0.2, d=0.01-0.5, e=0-0.6, a+b+c+d+e=1.0, at least one phenyl group is included in the molecule. A film of the silicone resin has a refractive index of at least 1.48.

A silicone resin represented by formula (1) and having a Mw of 1,000-8,000 is useful in cosmetics.
[(C.sub.6H.sub.5).sub.3SiO.sub.1/2].sub.a[R.sup.1.sub.3SiO.sub.1/2].sub.b[R.sup.2.sub.2SiO.sub.2/2].sub.c[R.sup.3SiO.sub.3/2].sub.d[SiO.sub.4/2].sub.e  (1)
R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl group, C.sub.6-C.sub.12 aryl group (exclusive of phenyl) or C.sub.1-C.sub.8 fluorinated alkyl group, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently a C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl group, C.sub.6-C.sub.12 aryl group or C.sub.1-C.sub.8 fluorinated alkyl group, a=0-0.2, b=0.1-0.5, c=0-0.2, d=0.01-0.5, e=0-0.6, a+b+c+d+e=1.0, at least one phenyl group is included in the molecule. A film of the silicone resin has a refractive index of at least 1.48.

Methods of preparing surfaces are disclosed relating to polymeric substrates that include the use of nano-scale silica particles, solvents and oligomers. Resulting surface preparations on those polymeric substrates may take the form of resilient superhydrophobic coatings having high optical transmittance.

Methods of preparing surfaces are disclosed relating to polymeric substrates that include the use of nano-scale silica particles, solvents and oligomers. Resulting surface preparations on those polymeric substrates may take the form of resilient superhydrophobic coatings having high optical transmittance.

Curable adhesive films, primers for adhesion of curable adhesive films, and adhesive systems comprising adhesive films and primers are provided. In some embodiments, an adhesive system comprises: I) a curable adhesive free-standing film comprising a blend of: a) a first film-forming polymer or oligomer; b) a first species comprising first unsaturated free-radically polymerizable groups, which may be a) or a species other than a); and c) a first transition metal cation; and II) a primer for adhesion of a curable adhesive free-standing film to a first substrate comprising an oxidizing agent. In some embodiments, an adhesive system comprises: I) a curable adhesive free-standing film comprising an outer surface bearing embossed air bleed channels capable of aiding in escape of air during application of the outer surface to a primed substrate; and II) a primer comprising components that initiate cure of the curable adhesive free-standing film.