Provided is a millable silicone rubber composition capable of yielding a silicone rubber (cured product) superior in heat resistance. The composition contains: (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded alkenyl groups in one molecule, and having an average polymerization degree of not lower than 100; (B) 5 to 100 parts by mass of a reinforcing silica having a specific surface area of not smaller than 50 m.sup.2/g; (C) 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a titanium oxide doped with a transition metal oxide of 0.01 to 5% by mass; (D) 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a cerium oxide and/or a cerium hydroxide; and (E) 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of a curing agent.

Disclosed is polymer-ceramic composite material with colossal permittivity, comprising polymer matrix and ceramic powders embedded in the polymer matrix, wherein a part of the polymer matrix is exposed and adsorbed to the surface of the ceramic powders, and the polymer is electrically insulating. This invention simultaneously achieves large dielectric constant, negligible dielectric loss and high energy density in flexible composite capacitors based on metal-ion co-doped colossal permittivity materials. The host oxides used in this CP system is friendly to the environment, non-toxic and abundant. Additionally, the process developed is relatively simple, low cost and suitable for mass production-scale. Therefore, these composite capacitors have great technological potential for many applications. Compared to the conventional ceramic materials, composites of this invention are lightweight, scalable and easily fabricated into complex shapes towards miniaturization of the compact systems. The additional flexibility feature also possesses broad application prospects in modern electronic and energy storage devices.

Disclosed are a glossy pigment having a hollow structure and a method for producing the same. The glossy pigment having a hollow structure according to the present invention comprises: a hollow which penetrates through the center of the inside thereof; and a metal oxide coating layer which covers a part or all of the hollow, wherein the metal oxide coating layer has a hollow structure having a thickness of 0.1-3 m.

Composite pigments are provided which comprise a mineral pigment (such as kaolin clay, titanium dioxide, talc, mica or a mixture of two or more of these mineral pigments) and calcium carbonate precipitated in-situ on the surfaces of the particles of the mineral pigment.

A titania-carbon-sulfur composite including a titania-carbon composite prepared by mixing cylindrical carbon materials and titania (TiO.sub.2-x), in which some oxygen is reduced (i.e., x is less than 2), to have a structure in which cylindrical carbon materials are entangled and interconnected in three dimensions; and sulfur introduced into at least a part of the external surface and inside of the titania-carbon (TiO.sub.2C) composite, and a method for preparing the same.

The invention relates to composite pigment particles containing calcium phosphate, their manufacture and their use in coatings, plastics and laminates. The composite pigment particles contain titanium dioxide pigment particles and precipitated calcium phosphate. In one embodiment, the composite pigment particles additionally contain an inorganic and/or organic filler as an extender, preferably selected from the group comprising Ca, CaMg and Mg carbonates, natural and synthetic silicon dioxide and oxides. The composite pigment particles are manufactured in a combined process of dispersion and precipitation. Depending upon the combination selected, use of composite titanium dioxide pigment particles of the invention can provide improved optical properties such as tinting strength or permits pigment savings with little to no loss of optical properties. In particular, the composite pigment particles of the invention can be used to replace part or all of the titanium dioxide contained in the user's system.

Provided is an ink containing at least: an inorganic pigment having a surface hydrophobicity; resin particles; and water.

A coated particulate inorganic material includes a particulate inorganic material selected from at least one of titanium dioxide and a doped titanium dioxide, and a coating. The particulate inorganic material has an average crystal size of 0.4-2 m. The coating includes a first and second layer. The first layer includes an inorganic oxide and/or an inorganic phosphate. The second layer is alumina. The first layer is from 0.1 to 2.2% w/w based on a total weight of the first layer with respect to a total weight of the particulate inorganic material. The second layer is 0.1 to 3.5% w/w based on a total weight of the second layer with respect to the total weight of the particulate inorganic material. The coating is from 0.2 to 4.5% w/w based on the total weight of the first and second layer with respect to the total weight of the particulate inorganic material.

A non-aqueous composition for forming doped TiO.sub.2 nanoparticles, comprising: i. a polar solvent comprising an organic compound having one or more oxygen atoms in its chemical structure, ii. a titanium(IV) halide, and iii. a dopant precursor selected from transition metal halides and lanthanide halides.

A dispersion that inorganic oxide microparticles may be dispersed at a high concentration in a solvent, a composition for film formation having high transparency, high refractive index and adhesion to a base layer. Inorganic oxide microparticles wherein an amphiphilic organosilicon compound having one or more selected from a polyoxyethylene group, a polyoxypropylene group, or a polyoxybutylene group as a hydrophilic group, and one or more selected from a C.sub.1-18 alkylene group or a vinylene group as a hydrophobic group bonded to a surface of modified metal oxide colloidal particles (C) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm, the modified metal oxide colloidal particles wherein a surface of metal oxide colloidal particles (A) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 60 nm as a nucleus is coated with a coating material (B) including metal oxide colloidal particles having a primary particle diameter of 1 to 4 nm.