Provided is a water-borne coating composition capable of forming a metallic coating film having high-design, and further capable of forming a coating film that exhibits good coating film properties. A water-borne coating composition set for forming a multilayer coating film, containing a first base coating composition that forms a first base coating film and a second base coating composition that forms a second base coating film, wherein the first base coating composition contains a first coating film-forming resin, a first curing agent, a first inorganic brightener, and a first hydrophobic association rheology control agent, the first inorganic brightener contains one or more species selected from the group consisting of silica, talc, calcium carbonate, kaolin, barium sulfate, and diatomaceous earth, the second base coating composition contains a second coating film-forming resin, a second curing agent, a second luster material, a second inorganic rheology control agent, a second hydrophobic association rheology control agent, and a second dispersant, and the second inorganic rheology control agent contains a layered material having a stacked structure of a large number of inorganic crystal layers stacked.

Disclosed are a magnetic coating material, a magnetic sheet, and a metal compatible tag that have excellent magnetic shielding characteristics against radio waves in the UHF band and do not interfere with a distribution process. A magnetic coating material includes a magnetic filler and a binder resin, wherein the magnetic filler is an Fe—Cr alloy, and wherein in a magnetic sheet formed from the magnetic coating material, complex relative permeability in 860 MHz to 960 MHz has a loss factor tan δ of 0.3 or less and a real part μ′ of 5 or more. Also, a magnetic coating material includes a magnetic filler and a binder resin, wherein the magnetic filler is an Fe—Cr alloy, and wherein a mass ratio of the magnetic filler to a solid content of the binder (mass of the magnetic filler/mass of the solid content of the binder) is from 70/30 to 95/5.

Ruptureable, dual reagent mono-capsules are disclosed that have a core composition, which includes a first reagent, encapsulated within a polymer wall, and a shell connected to an exterior surface of the polymer wall by a surfactant. The shell is made from a second reagent that is chemically bonded to the surfactant by a chemical electrostatic interaction. Upon rupture of the polymer wall of the mono-capsule, the first reagent and the second reagent chemically react with one another to form a reaction product.

There are disclosed methods for producing curable elastomeric compositions comprising carbon black particles, as well as their corresponding cured products. Such compositions, once cured, can be used for the preparation of numerous articles of wide industrial applicability.

Disclosed is an electrical steel sheet with an insulating coating formed by applying a surface-treatment agent to at least one surface of the electrical steel sheet and drying the surface-treatment agent, wherein the surface-treatment agent contains: certain trialkoxysilane and/or dialkoxysilane (A); a silane coupling agent (B) that does not contain a polymerizable unsaturated group in its structure; plate-like silica (C); a polymerizable unsaturated-group-containing compound (D); and water, within a range satisfying the following conditions (1) to (3): (1) a mass ratio (A/B) of (A) to (B) is from 0.05 to 1.00; (2) a content of (C) is 2 mass % to 30 mass % with respect to a total mass of (A) to (D) in the surface-treatment agent; and (3) a content of (D) is 2 mass % to 18 mass % with respect to the total mass of (A) to (D) in the surface-treatment agent.

The present invention discloses a sound absorption material including an organic frame material; a binder; a thickener; and a plurality of sound absorption grains attached to the organic frame material via the binder, having a grain size in a range of 10-100 μm. The stability and the sound absorption performance of the sound absorption material have been effectively improved.

The present invention mainly relates to a protective varnish hardenable by radiation comprising at least one compound hardenable by cationic or radical means and at least one metal selected from silver, copper, zinc and mixtures thereof, characterized in that said metal is in the zero oxidation state and in a supported particulate form.

The present invention relates to a biocidal coating composition for a surface, comprising overlapping flat lamellar metallic nanoparticles and/or microparticles having a diameter of less than 45 microns, in suspension in a binder comprising an epoxy resin, a thixotropic agent and a natural diluent selected from among water, preferably demineralized water, and/or ethylene glycol and/or denatured alcohol. Moreover, the invention also relates to a coating process comprising a step of applying said composition, and to the use of the coating composition according to the invention for coating a surface.

The present invention relates to a technique of cooling a temperature on the surface or under a material by emitting heat under a radiative cooling device to the outside while minimizing the absorption of light in a solar spectrum by forming a paint coating layer with excellent radiative cooling performance on various surfaces. A radiative cooling device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a paint coating layer formed by coating or dyeing on various surfaces a paint solution mixed with nano or microparticles of which a particle size and a composition are determined in consideration of infrared emissivity and reflectance to incident sunlight in a wavelength range corresponding to a sky window and a binder mechanically connecting the surfaces of the nano or microparticles in a solvent.

A matter-repellent colloid-infused smooth surface (CISS) device has a solid substrate with a smooth surface where a thin coating of a non-volatile lubricating fluid and a plurality of nanoparticles and/or microparticles reside on the surface. The non-volatile lubricating fluid can be a perfluorinated fluid and the nanoparticles and/or microparticles can be polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to provide a slippery surface to a metal, ceramic, glass, or plastic substrate. As needed, the smooth surface of the substrate can be modified with a silylating agent that is miscible with the lubricating fluid to enhance the stability of the coating smooth surface interface. In this manner, tubes, catheters, vials, bottles, or other devices can be imparted with a slippery surface that repels most gases, liquids, and solids.