Nanostructured coating materials, methods of their production, and methods of use in a variety of applications are described. The nanostructured materials described herein include one or more 2.sup.+ and/or 3.sup.+ metal ion(s), optionally in a ternary phase, on a substrate.

Methods for forming a fluoropolymer coated component, such as a metal component, comprise applying an adhesion promoter onto a surface of the component; applying an organic material onto the adhesion promoter; and applying a mixture comprising a fluoropolymer and a solvent selected from a furan or a fluorinated solvent onto the organic material. Fluoropolymer coatings have a thickness of from about 5 mil to about 80 mil on a component, an average porosity of from about 20% to about 70% based on the total volume of the layer, and a void density of from about 10.sup.11 to about 10.sup.13 voids per cm.sup.3.

The present invention relates to a steel sheet with improved yellowing resistance and phosphatability, wherein the steel sheet contains 0.5% by weight or more of Mn, and contains 0.01 to 10 mg/m.sup.2 of Ca+Mg, 0.01 to 10 mg/m.sup.2 of P, 0.01 to 20 mg/m.sup.2 of C, and 0.05 to 30 mg/m.sup.2 of O as components excluding a steel component on the surface of the steel sheet after pickling, water rinsing, and drying. According to the present invention, in a manufacturing process of the steel sheet, the surface of the steel sheet is subjected to a chemical conversion treatment for improving phosphatability and yellowing resistance in a water-cooling section or a water-washing section, thereby having an effect of improving the surface quality of products using same and various subsequently treated products.

A coating technique and a priming material are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the coating technique includes receiving a substrate and identifying a material of the substrate upon which a layer is to be formed. A priming material is dispensed on the material of the substrate, and a film-forming material is applied to the priming material. The priming material includes a molecule containing a first group based on an attribute of the substrate material and a second group based on an attribute of the film-forming material. Suitable attributes of the substrate material and the film-forming material include water affinity and degree of polarity and the first and second groups may be selected to have a water affinity or degree of polarity that corresponds to that of the substrate material and the film-forming material, respectively.

A coating composition includes: (i) a film-forming resin; (ii) an infrared reflective pigment; and (iii) an infrared fluorescent pigment or dye different from the infrared reflective pigment. A multi-layer coating including the coating composition, and a substrate at least partially coated with the coating composition is also disclosed. A method of detecting an article at least partially coated with the coating composition is also disclosed.

An object is to providing a coating composition for attaining excellent storage stability of a coating material, excellent stain resistance (a property of preventing stains from adhering or a property of removing stains) of a coating film, and excellent durability of stain resistance of the coating film, and excellent scratch resistance of the coating film, and having transparency, and protecting the appearance for a long period of time, as well as a method of forming the coating film of the same. As a solution, provided is a coating composition comprising a silyl group-containing acrylic resin (A), a silyl group-free acrylic resin containing hydroxyl group (B), a polyisocyanate compound (C), and a catalyst (D), wherein the silyl group-containing acrylic resin (A) includes at least one polydimethyl siloxane segment.

The invention relates to a window for a building structure containing optically transparent and self-cooling coatings on a substrate. The optically transparent and self-cooling coatings has a multi-layered structure including a passive cooling layer, a near-infrared radiation absorption layer and a near-infrared radiation reflecting layer. The optically transparent and self-cooling coatings have a visible light transmittance of more than approximately 70%. In addition, an air temperature under the window under ventilation condition is reduced by at least approximately 2° C., and an air temperature under the window under insulated condition is reduced by at least approximately 8° C.

A coated steel sheet has a coating film on at least one side of a plated steel sheet. The coating film contains a binder resin, non-oxide ceramic particles containing V (excluding VC particles), and doped zinc oxide particles. The respective contents of the non-oxide ceramic particles containing V and the doped zinc oxide particles relative to the coating film satisfy the expressions: [(1) C.sub.Zn≥10.0, (2) C.sub.V≤0.5.Math.C.sub.Zn, (3) C.sub.V≤70−C.sub.Zn, (4) C.sub.V≥0.125.Math.C.sub.Zn, and (5) C.sub.V≥2.0], where C.sub.V represents the content (mass %) of the non-oxide ceramic particles containing V, and C.sub.Zn represents the content (mass %) of the doped zinc oxide particles. The coated steel sheet is excellent in both corrosion resistance before electrodeposition coating, and weldability.

The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a monomolecular nano-thin film, including: coating, on a substrate, a dispersion solution containing a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1; and performing annealing to the coated substrate: ##STR00001## in the above Chemical Formula 1, X and Y are each independently nitrogen, carbon, sulfur, or oxygen, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently hydrogen, oxygen, a hydroxy group (—OH), or a linear or branched C.sub.1 to C.sub.10 alkyl group.

The elastomeric electrode includes: a stretchable substrate 10 having wrinkles formed on one surface thereof, the peaks C and valleys T of the wrinkles being repeated; a wrinkled metal nanoparticle layer 20 including metal nanoparticles 21 and formed by deposition of the metal nanoparticles along the wrinkles of the substrate 10; and a wrinkled monomolecular layer 30 including a monomolecular material having one or more amine groups (—NH.sub.2) and formed by deposition of the monomolecular material onto the metal nanoparticle layer 20. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the elastomeric electrode.