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.

The present invention relates to a dry refractory paint precursor composition comprising, 5 to 55 wt.-% mineral filler, 20 to 45 wt.-% glass frit comprising SiO.sub.2, Na.sub.2O, B.sub.2O.sub.3 and/or Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and 0.1 to 25 wt.-% of a binder selected from waterglass, cement and mixtures thereof, all based on the total weight of the composition. The invention further relates to refractory paints comprising said compositions, and to methods for preparing said paints.

The invention relates to ester-linked surface-modifying macromolecules and admixtures thereof as shown below by the representative compounds. The admixtures can be used in industrial and medical applications where enhanced surface properties are desirable (e.g., surface properties reducing or preventing biofouling, immobilization of biomolecules, or denaturation of certain biomolecules).

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There are provided an active-energy-ray-curable resin composition of which a cured coating film has a high surface hardness, high transparency, high resistance to curling, and high surface smoothness; a coating material containing such a resin composition; a coating film formed of the coating material; and a film containing a layer of the coating film. In particular, an active-energy-ray-curable resin composition containing fine wet-process silica particles (A) subjected to a hydrophobic treatment and a compound (B) having a (meth)acryloyl group is provided. Also provided are a coating material containing such a resin composition, a coating film formed by curing the coating material, and a laminated film having a layer of the coating film.

A coating composition suitable for providing a hardcoat comprising a topcoat and an epoxy modified adhesion promoter. The epoxy modified adhesion promoter comprises, in one embodiment, a molecule with the formula (1):

U-Q-R.sup.1—SiR.sup.2.sub.gR.sup.3.sub.(3-g)   (1)

wherein Q is —CH.sub.2CH(OH)CH.sub.2—O— or —CH.sub.2CH(OH)CH.sub.2—NR.sup.4—; U is: —O—(C.sub.6H.sub.hR.sup.2.sub.(4-h)—CR.sup.5—C.sub.6H.sub.hR.sup.2.sub.(4-b)—O—H.sub.2CH(OH)CH.sub.2—O).sub.i—C.sub.6H.sub.hR.sup.2.sub.(4-h)—CR.sup.5—C.sub.6H.sub.hR.sup.2.sub.(4-h)—O-J; where R.sup.2 is chosen from a C1-C10 alkyl or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; R.sup.3 is chosen from an alkoxy, an acetoxy, or a ketoxime radical; R.sup.1 is a C1-C4 alkylene; g is 0-2; h is 0-4; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or —CH.sub.2CH(OH)CH.sub.2—U—; R.sup.5 is hydrogen or an alkyl; i is 0-100; and J is H, Q-R.sup.1SiR.sup.2.sub.hR.sup.3.sub.(3-h), or formula (2). The coating composition is suitable for application to a substrate without the use of a primer.

A containment for crude oil that inhibits paraffin deposition thereon is described. One to twenty coatings of a composition including a polyacrylate are applied to a crude oil contact surface of a crude oil containment; the polyacrylate includes at least about 50 mole % acrylic acid residues or the conjugate base thereof. The coating compositions are suitably delivered from a water dispersion, solution, or emulsion and dried before applying a subsequent coating. Each of the one to twenty coatings are formed from the same or from different polyacrylate coating compositions. The coated containment surfaces inhibit deposition of at least 10 wt % and as much as 90 wt % of paraffin solids from a crude oil compared to the same crude oil contact in the absence of the one to twenty coatings. The coatings inhibit paraffin deposition at temperatures between about 60° C. and −40° C.

The present invention provides a hard coating film, comprising a transparent substrate; and a hard coating layer formed on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the hard coating film has a pencil hardness of 4H or more as measured by a load of 1 kg and satisfies the physical property defined by the following mathematical formula 1, and an image display device using the same. The hard coating film according to the present invention exhibits excellent bending resistance while having high hardness, thereby permitting its repetitive folding.

A/B×100<50%  [Mathematical Formula 1] wherein, A represents the area of strain regions from 0 to 1% in a stress-strain curve, and B represents the total area under the stress-strain curve.

A dielectric nanolubricant composition is provided. The dielectric nanolubricant composition includes a nano-engineered lubricant additive dispersed in a base. The nano-engineered lubricant additive may include a plurality of solid lubricant nanostructures having an open-ended architecture and an organic, inorganic, and/or polymeric medium intercalated in the nanostructures and/or encapsulate nanostructures. The base may include a grease or oil such as silicone grease or oil, lithium complex grease, lithium grease, calcium sulfonate grease, silica thickened perfluoropolyether (PFPE) grease or PFPE oil, for example. This dielectric nanolubricant composition provides better corrosion and water resistance, high dielectric strength, longer material life, more inert chemistries, better surface protection and asperity penetration, no curing, no staining, and environmentally friendly, compared to current products in the market.

Provided is a method of producing isolated graphene sheets from a supply of coke or coal powder containing therein domains of hexagonal carbon atoms and/or hexagonal carbon atomic interlayers. The method comprises: (a) dispersing particles of the coke or coal powder in a liquid medium containing therein an optional surfactant or dispersing agent to produce a suspension or slurry, wherein the coke or coal powder is selected from petroleum coke, coal-derived coke, meso-phase coke, synthetic coke, leonardite, anthracite, lignite coal, bituminous coal, or natural coal mineral powder, or a combination thereof; and (b) exposing the suspension or slurry to ultrasonication at an energy level for a sufficient length of time to produce the isolated graphene sheets.

Provided are methods of forming stacks comprising a substrate and one or more sol-gel layers disposed on the substrate. Also provided are stacks formed by these methods. The sol-gel layers in these stacks, especially outer layers, may have a porosity of less than 1% or even less than 0.5%. In some embodiments, these layers may have a surface roughness (R.sub.a) of less than 1 nanometers. The sol-gel layers may be formed using radiative curing and/or thermal curing at temperatures of between 400° C. and 700° C. or higher. These temperatures allow application of sol-gel layers on new types of substrates. A sol-gel solution, used to form these layers, may have colloidal nanoparticles with a size of less than 20 Angstroms on average. This small size and narrow size distribution is believed to control the porosity of the resulting sol-gel layers.