A coated article is described, including a substrate with a coating composition applied thereon to provide a coated article with a textured surface. In one aspect, the coated article is a steel rebar used to reinforce concrete. The textured surface provides optimal surface roughness and demonstrates superior pullout strength relative to an uncoated standard.

A powder coated substrate system includes a base substrate with integrated structural support flanges having a powder coated front surface; a powder coating resin applied to the substrate to create a textured powder coated front surface, the textured surface having a roughness; the textured powder coated flanged substrate attached to a frame; the textured surface is suitable for receiving a writing device thereon.

The present application is directed to a multifunctional coating for operation at temperatures in excess of 150° C., and up to 300+° C. The multifunctional coating includes: a) one or more polysilazanes (i.e., a group of silicon-based polymers) that include inorganic and/or organic functionalized polysilazane; b) one or more secondary polymeric additives one or more secondary polymeric additives (e.g., siloxane compounds and/or polysilane compounds); c) one or more optional functionalized nanoparticles and/or fillers; d) one or more optional additive polymers that include: i) Polysulfones (PSF) such as Polyethersulfone (PES) and/or Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS); ii) Polyimides (PI); iii) Polybenzimidazole (PBI); iv) Polybenzoxazoles (PBO); and/or v) fluoropolymers including Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), Polyvinylidene fluoride or polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF), Fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), and/or hexafluoropropylene (HFP); e) one or more optional additives (e.g., biocide, foaming agent, surface tension agent, pigment, curing agent, surface friction reducing agent, stabilizers, flexibilizers, inhibitors, flow control agents, anti-oxidants, degassing agents, dyes, coupling agent, dispersing agents, catalyst and/or hardeners; etc.); and f) one or more optional solvents; and which multifunctional coating is formulated such that it can optionally i) function as a high-temperature insulator, ii) have high elongation and/or improved hydrolytic stability, iii) have extreme weather resistance, iv) have high chemical resistance, v) have high impact and/or abrasion resistance, and/or vi) have improved thermal cycling resistance.

A self-cleaning device and methods relating thereto can include a base, a plurality of channels formed in a first surface of the base, where the plurality of channels divide the first surface of the base into a plurality of sections, a plurality of cavities formed within the base, where each cavity of the plurality of cavities are disposed adjacent a corresponding section of the plurality of sections, and one or more capillary channels formed between the first surface of the base on the corresponding section and the corresponding cavity.

The invention relates to an one-component (1 K) thermosetting powder coating composition A (PCC A). The invention further relates to a process for making the thermosetting powder coating composition A and processes for coating an article with the PCC A. The invention further relates to a cured PCC A. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon the thermosetting powder coating composition A as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon the thermosetting powder coating composition A. The invention further relates to the use of: the PCC A, the cured PCC A, articles coated with the PCC A, articles having coated and cured thereon the PCC A. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A for matt powder coatings. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A for matt and impact resistant powder coatings. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A for impact resistant matt powder coatings which have also at least sufficient—preferably excellent—low gloss consistency. The invention further relates to the use of the PCC A as described in the claims and as disclosed herein for impact resistant matt powder coatings which have also at least sufficient—preferably excellent low gloss consistency, and also at least sufficient—preferably excellent—batch-to-batch low gloss consistency.

A hydrophobic structure includes: a resin substrate; and a superhydrophobic mixture layer formed on the resin substrate and including a mixture of a hydrophobic part and a resin forming a surface portion of the resin substrate. The hydrophobic part includes one or both of a fluororesin and hydrophobic fine particles formed by subjecting inorganic fine particles having an average particle size of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less to a hydrophobic treatment. The superhydrophobic mixture layer has a surface roughness Sa of 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less.

Provided is a steel sheet having lowered visibility of the curvature of the outer surface by lowering the side glossiness of the steel sheet used on a refrigerator body, a refrigerator comprising same, and a manufacturing method of the steel sheet. The refrigerator includes: the body; and a door rotatably coupled to the body. The body includes: a base steel sheet, a base coating layer provided on the base steel sheet and comprising 2.5 to 4.0 weight % of silica relative to the total weight of the base coating layer, and a clear coating layer provided on the base coating layer and comprising silica and 2.0 to 5.0 weight % of beads relative to the total weight of the clear coating layer.

Provided is an antistatic powder coating composition, which includes single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) having specific physical properties as a conductive additive, thereby providing an environmentally friendly coating exhibiting excellent coating workability and constantly demonstrating stable surface resistance, irrespective of the thickness of a film.

A method of coating a substrate with a particulate coating composition is disclosed that creates a coated substrate having a controlled, nonuniform surface property profile that varies along at least one primary dimension. The substrate is positioned on a textured template. An effective amount of the particulate coating composition is buffed onto a surface of the substrate with the at least one orbital applicator moving in a plane parallel to surface in a plurality of directions relative to a point on the surface in an orbital manner while at least one process variable is changed during the coating of the substrate. Process variable that can be varied during coating include application time, application pressure, coating temperature, the contour of the textured template, orbital speed, web speed, and the particulate coating composition.

Provided is a powder coating composition, whereby a cured film excellent in water resistance, chemical resistance and weather resistance, can be formed by single coating operation, wherein a fluorinated resin layer and a polyester layer are layer-separated in the process of melting and curing the powder coating composition. A powder coating composition comprising a fluorinated resin (A), a polyester polymer (B), a curing agent (C) and an ultraviolet absorber (D), wherein the polyester polymer (B) is a polyester polymer comprising units derived from a C.sub.8-15 aromatic polybasic carboxylic acid compound and units derived from a C.sub.2-10 a polyhydric alcohol compound.