Metal nanoparticle agglomerates may render the surface of an article biocidal toward microorganisms. Articles having a biocidal surface may comprise a coating comprising metal nanoparticle agglomerates adhered via an adhesive to at least a portion of a surface of the article. A coating formulation comprising metal nanoparticle agglomerates may be applied to the surface of an article to accomplish the foregoing.

The present disclosure relates to a hard coating film capable of providing excellent durability, elastic recovery rate, and abrasion resistance, by including a base layer; a first hard coating layer formed on at least one surface of the base layer and including a fluorine-based UV-curable functional group-containing compound; and a second hard coating layer formed between the base layer and the first hard coating layer and including inorganic particles; and an image display device including the hard coating film.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a super-liquid-repellent coating film that has improved abrasion resistance. Provided as a means for solving the problem is a coating film that has a fluorine atom content of 1 to 60 wt %, the coating film having a surface that has an average surface roughness Ra of 0.5 to 20, a surface area ratio of 1.7 to 5, a contact angle with water of 150° or more, a contact angle with n-hexadecane of 80° or more, and a surface that has a contact angle with water of 150° or more after being rubbed 100 times with a PET film under a load of 100 g.

The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of coatings, and in particular relates to a graphene-modified silicon-titanium nano-polymer slurry, and a preparation method and use thereof. When the graphene-modified silicon-titanium nano-polymer slurry provided by the present disclosure is added to a polymer coating, the high resistance of graphene to gas and liquid permeation and the silicon-titanium graphene network structure can significantly increase the resistance of a formed coating layer to medium permeation; due to the corrosion resistance of graphene, titanium, and silicon nanoparticles, a formed coating layer has very high stability, is not easy to react with various media such as an acid, an alkali, and a salt, is not easily consumed to form pores, and is not easy to react with corrosive media to generate soluble salts or cathodic loose and expanded products, which ensures the long-term stability of a composition and a structure of the coating layer.

A coating composition contains silica fine particles having an average particle size of 3 nm or more and 25 nm or less, a solvent having a boiling point of 150° C. or higher and 300° C. or lower, and water. The content of the silica fine particles is 0.1 mass% or more and 5 mass% or less. The content of the solvent is 20 mass% or more and 70 mass% or less.

A nanocomposite includes a plurality of nanoparticles, where each nanoparticle of the plurality of nanoparticles includes a TiO.sub.2 nanoparticle core characterized by a diameter between about 1 nm and about 20 nm and a surface .OH density below about 6.OH/nm.sup.2, and a nanoparticle shell conformally formed on surfaces of the TiO.sub.2 nanoparticle core. The nanoparticle shell is continuous and is thinner than about 2 nm. The nanoparticle shell includes a transparent material with a refractive index greater than about 1.7 for visible light. A valence band of the nanoparticle shell is more than about 0.1 eV lower than a valence band of the TiO.sub.2 nanoparticle core. A conduction band of the nanoparticle shell is more than about 0.5 eV higher than a conduction band of the TiO.sub.2 nanoparticle core.

An optical coating has a siloxane polymer and noble metal particles. The coating has an index of refraction that is different for in-plane and out-of-plane. The coating has reverse optical dispersion within the visible wavelength range, and preferably a maximum absorption peak between 400-1000 nm wavelength range is greater than 700 nm. In one example the metal particles are noble metal nanorods having an average particle width of less than 400 nm.

The present invention relates to the use of coating compositions, comprising shaped transition metal, especially silver, particles and a binder, wherein the ratio of pigment to binder is preferably such that the resulting coating shows an angle dependent colour change, for the production of security elements and holograms. When the coating compositions of the present invention are used in coating a hologram the obtained products show a an angle dependent colour change (flip/flop effect), different colours in reflection and transmission, an extremely bright OVD image and extremely strong rainbow effect, high purity and contrast.

An electron beam curable paint comprises: a dispersion solution of inorganic nanomaterial, a dispersion solution of inorganic nanoultraviolet absorbent, a polyfunctional monomer and an acrylate prepolymer, wherein the dispersion solution of the inorganic nanomaterial is selected from one or two of a dispersion solution of silicon dioxide and a dispersion solution of aluminum oxide, and the dispersion solution of the inorganic ultraviolet absorbent is a dispersion solution of titanium dioxide or a dispersion solution of zinc oxide. The silicon dioxide, the aluminum oxide, the titanium dioxide and the zinc oxide are respectively surface modified and are dissolved in acrylate monomer to form the dispersion solution of the inorganic material without agglomeration.

A hardcoat comprising a host matrix, a nanoporous filler in which the dispersed phase is a gas, and nonporous nanoparticles. Also, coating and curable compositions useful for preparing the hardcoat, methods of preparing the hardcoat and compositions, articles comprising the hardcoat or composition, and uses thereof.