Provided is a transparent conducting film having a preferable optical property, a preferable electrical property, and further, a superior durability of folding. The transparent conducting film comprises a transparent substrate and a transparent conducting layer formed on at least one of main faces of the transparent substrate, wherein the transparent conducting layer contains a binder resin and a conducting fiber, a cut portion of the transparent conducting film has a straightness of 0.050 mm or less. Preferably, the transparent substrate is a resin film having an elongated resin film or cut out from an elongated film, and can be folded in with a folding axis in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the elongated resin film.

A coated article that demonstrates a sparkle effect and vibrant color over an expanded range of color space is described. A first coating of at least one fluoroolefin and at least one pigment is applied to a substrate, followed by a second coating of at least one fluoroolefin and at least one effect additive. The effect additive is glass flake designed to provide a sparkle effect. The cured film may be provided in a wide range of colors warrantied similar to conventional coatings. A method of making these coated articles is also provided.

A paint composition includes a fluid and a coloring agent in the fluid. The fluid maintains the coloring agent in a first protonation state. The coloring agent exhibits a first color characteristic in the first protonation state. The paint composition includes microcapsules in the fluid. The paint composition also includes a chemical compound in the microcapsules. Rupture of at least a portion of the microcapsules is configured to release the chemical compound and expose the coloring agent to the chemical compound. Exposure of the coloring agent to the chemical compound changes the coloring agent from the first protonation state with the first color characteristic to a second protonation state with a second color characteristic. The second color characteristic is visually distinct from the first color characteristic.

Transparent, impact-resistant, anti-icing coatings are disclosed. In some variations, a transparent anti-icing coating comprises: a continuous matrix of a hardened material; asymmetric templates that inhibit wetting of water, wherein the asymmetric templates have a length scale from about 10-300 nanometers; porous voids surrounding the asymmetric templates, wherein the porous voids have a length scale from about 15-500 nanometers; and nanoparticles that inhibit heterogeneous nucleation of water, wherein the nanoparticles have an average size from about 5-50 nanometers. Disclosed coatings have transparencies of 90% or higher light transmission. These coatings utilize lightweight and environmentally benign materials that can be rapidly formed into coatings. A uniform distribution of particles and asymmetric templates throughout the coating allows it to be abraded, yet retain its anti-icing function as well as transparency. Therefore if the surface is damaged during use, freshly exposed surface is identical to that which was removed, for extended lifetime.

A composition comprising an emulsion comprising a plurality of particles is provided. An article comprising a substrate, and a plurality of particles comprising a core and a shell, wherein the plurality of particles are in the form of a coating layer on the substrate is provided. Further, a method for coating a substrate, and a method for preparing the composition are provided.

The invention relates to a method of making hybrid organic-inorganic core-shell nano-particles, comprising the steps of a) providing colloidal organic particles comprising a synthetic polyampholyte as a template; b) adding at least one inorganic oxide precursor; and c) forming a shell layer from the precursor on the template to result in core-shell nano-particles. With this method it is possible to make colloidal organic template particles having an average particle size in the range of 10 to 300 nm; which size can be controlled by the comonomer composition of the polyampholyte, and/or by selecting dispersion conditions.

The invention also relates to organic-inorganic or hollow-inorganic core-shell nano-particles obtained with this method, to compositions comprising such nano-particles, to different uses of said nano-particles and compositions, and to products comprising or made from said nano-particles and compositions, including anti-reflective coatings and composite materials.

A hydrophobic or superhydrophobic polymer composite comprising a lattice of poiycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as reduced graphene oxide (rGO) modified with at least one siloxane polymer and a method of preparation thereof is disclosed. A method of coating a material comprising immersing a material in a coating solution made from the rGO and siloxane polymer is also disclosed.

The present application relates to a thermal insulation felt with thermal shock resistance and a preparation method thereof. A thermal insulation felt with thermal shock resistance has a layered structure, and includes a glass fiber layer with filler and a thermal shock-resistant coating, in which the thermal shock-resistant coating is coated on one or two sides of the glass fiber layer with filler. The filler is hollow glass bead or aerogel SiO.sub.2. The thermal shock-resistant coating is obtained by coating a thermal shock-resistant coating material on one or two sides of the glass fiber layer with filler and then drying and solidifying. The thermal shock-resistant coating material, based on a weight percentage, includes 10-50% SiO.sub.2, 5-60% ZnO, 5-40% Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 5-15% poly tetra fluoroethylene, 5-35% silane coupling agent and 15-50% phosphate.

A coating material composition include a hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin, a fluororesin, and light diffusive particles, and the hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin has a weight-average molecular weight in a range of 10,000 to 30,000 and a hydroxyl value in a range of 14 to 70, wherein a mass ratio of the fluororesin to the hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin (the fluororesin/the hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resin) is in a range of 5/95 to 50/50. The coating material composition can provide the light diffusing properties capable of uniformly diffusing light while effectively masking a light source image.

Provided are titanium oxide fine particles which are excellent in transparency and are less photocatalytically active while maintaining a high refractive index, a dispersion of such fine particles, and a method for producing such a dispersion. The method for producing a dispersion of iron-containing rutile titanium oxide fine particles including a step (1) of neutralizing an aqueous metal mineral acid salt solution containing Ti and Fe in Fe.sub.2O.sub.3/(TiO.sub.2+Fe.sub.2O.sub.3)=0.001 to 0.010 to form an iron-containing hydrous titanic acid; a step (2) of adding an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution to form an aqueous solution of iron-containing peroxotitanic acid having an average particle size of 15 to 50 nm; a step (3) of adding a tin compound so as to satisfy TiO.sub.2/SnO.sub.2=6 to 16; a step (4) of adding a sol of silica-based fine particles which contain Si and a metal element M in SiO.sub.2/MO.sub.x/2=99.9/0.1 to 80/20, the addition being made so as to satisfy SiO.sub.2/(oxides of the other elements)=0.08 to 0.22; and a step (5) of hydrothermally treating the solution obtained in the step (4).