In a coated article including a laminated coating film configured such that a first base layer 3 containing a lustrous material 11 and a second base layer 4 and a transparent clear layer 5 containing an organic pigment 15 are stacked on each other in this order on a coating target object, the same type of organic ultraviolet absorbing agent 13 having a molecular weight of equal to or greater than 500 is added to the first base layer 3 and the second base layer 4.

In a coated article including a laminated coating film configured such that a first base layer 3 containing a lustrous material 11 and a second base layer 4 and a transparent clear layer 5 containing an organic pigment 15 are stacked on each other in this order on a coating target object, the same type of organic ultraviolet absorbing agent 13 having a molecular weight of equal to or greater than 500 is added to the first base layer 3 and the second base layer 4.

To provide a powder coating material composition capable of forming a fluororesin layer excellent in adhesion to a base material and having foaming or cracking suppressed even when the firing temperature is as high as at least 380° C.

A powder coating material composition comprising a resin powder with an average particle size of from 10 to 800 μm containing polymer A and heat stabilizer B, wherein the proportion of the heat stabilizer B to 100 parts by mass of the polymer A is from 0.01 to 30 parts by mass. Polymer A: A tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer having at least one type of functional group selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl group-containing group, etc., or a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, having the functional group, and having a melting point of from 260 to 320° C. Heat stabilizer B: A heat stabilizer selected from the group consisting of an aromatic polyether compound, an aromatic amine compound, an aromatic sulfur compound and a polysilane compound.

A coating for conversion of formaldehyde to carbon dioxide includes an alcohol/aldehyde oxidase and a formate oxidase immobilized on a solid particulate support; and a latex binder.

A coating for conversion of formaldehyde to carbon dioxide includes an alcohol/aldehyde oxidase and a formate oxidase immobilized on a solid particulate support; and a latex binder.

A coating composition, which contains one or more compounds (A) according to formula (I) and a pigment (B) having a minimum integrated transmittance within the range of 380 to 600 nm, is provided:

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In formula (I), each R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is independently —OR.sub.4, R.sub.4 being independently hydrogen or a C.sub.1 to C.sub.24 hydrocarbyl group optionally containing heteroatoms, or C.sub.1 to C.sub.24 hydrocarbyl groups optionally containing heteroatoms; n is 2, 3, 4 or 5; o is 2, 3, 4 or 5; p is 2, 3, 4 or 5; with the proviso that at least one of R.sub.1 and at least one of R.sub.2 and at least one of R.sub.3 is —OR.sub.4. A coating is obtained by applying the coating composition to a substrate for protecting the substrate against UV/Vis-radiation or for stabilizing the substrate against the deleterious influence of UV/Vis-radiation.

A coated article includes a substrate and a coating over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate; a first metallic layer over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer over at least a portion of the first metallic layer; and an overcoat over at least a portion of the second dielectric layer. A light absorbing layer is between second dielectric layer and the overcoat or is part of the overcoat. The light absorbing layer includes Ge, GeO.sub.x, Hf, HfO.sub.x, HfO.sub.2, NbN.sub.x, NbN.sub.xO.sub.y, Si.sub.aAl.sub.b, Si.sub.aAl.sub.bO.sub.x, Si.sub.aCo.sub.b, Si.sub.aCo.sub.bO.sub.x, Si.sub.aCo.sub.bCu.sub.c, Si.sub.aCo.sub.bCu.sub.cO.sub.x, Si.sub.aCr.sub.b, Si.sub.aCr.sub.bO.sub.x, Si.sub.aNi.sub.b, SiNiO.sub.x, SiO.sub.x, SnN.sub.x, SnO.sub.x, SnO.sub.xN.sub.y, TiN.sub.x, Ti.sub.aNb.sub.bN.sub.x, Ti.sub.aNb.sub.bO.sub.x, Ti.sub.aNb.sub.bO.sub.xN.sub.y, TiO.sub.xN.sub.y, WO.sub.x, WO.sub.2, ZnO:Co, ZnO:Fe, ZnO:Mn, ZnO:Ni, ZnO:V, ZnO:Cr, Zn.sub.aSn.sub.b, Zn.sub.aSn.sub.bO.sub.x, or any combination thereof.

The present invention relates to the use of (Bi1−xAx)(V1−yMy)O4 in a non-stick coating for a household article so as to catalyse the breakdown of the by-products resulting from said coating during the manufacturing process thereof or the use of said household article, characterised in that: x is 0 or x is from 0.001 to 0.999, y is 0 or y is from 0.001 to 0.999, A and M are selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, a poor metal, a metalloid or a lanthanide, A and M are different from each other.

The purpose of the present invention is the use of (Bi.sub.1-xA.sub.x)(V.sub.1-yM.sub.y)0.sub.4 in a non-stick coating for a household article so as to reduce or prevent the color change of said coating during the manufacturing process thereof, characterised in that: —x is equal to 0 or x is from 0.001 to 0.999; —y is equal to 0 or y is from 0.001 to 0.999; —A and Mare selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, phosphorus, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a transition metal, a poor metal, a metalloid or a lanthanide; —A and M are different from each other.

A photo-curable coating composition comprising (1) a polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer, (2) a photopolymerization initiator, and (3) a specific hydroxyphenyltriazine base UV absorber has high mar resistance and long-term weather resistance.