Abstract:
A product having ultraviolet radiation protection and antimicrobial protection has a quantity of synthetic material, a quantity of zinc oxide particles with each particle having a surface, the quantity of zinc oxide particles in the range of 0.05 percent to 0.10 percent, and a quantity of a reactive group for modifying each surface of each zinc oxide particle, the quantity of the reactive group for incorporating the quantity of zinc oxide particles into the quantity of synthetic material prior to the quantity of synthetic material being formed into a fiber.
Abstract:
To a novel liquid composition comprising C5-10 alkyl tri-C1-3 alkoxysilane-treated zinc oxide particles, and metal compound particles. Redispersibility of metal compound particles in a liquid composition is improved. A liquid composition comprising C5-10 alkyl tri-C1-3 alkoxysilane-treated zinc oxide particles, and metal compound particles.
Abstract:
A composition including a medium and surfactant-free nanoparticles (SFNPs) at different dispersion state or aggregation form. The composition includes: (a) a composition of a medium and surfactant-free nanoparticles in primary form, wherein the dielectric constant value (DE value) of the medium is equal to or larger than the intrinsic dielectric constant value (IDE) of the SFNPs and smaller than about 1.5 times of the IDE of the SFNPs; (b) a composition of a medium and reaction-limited aggregation form of SFNPs, wherein the DE value of the medium is much larger than the IDE of the surfactant-free nanoparticles; (c) a composition of a medium and diffusion-limited aggregation form of SFNPs, wherein the DE value of the medium is smaller than the IDE of the surfactant-free nanoparticles; and (d) a composition comprising redispersible aggregation form of surfactant-free nanoparticles, wherein the surfactant-free nanoparticles are induced to aggregate in the diffusion-limited fashion in a medium with a DE value that is smaller than the IDE of the surfactant-free nanoparticles.
Abstract:
A method of preparing core-shell zinc oxide particles, includes: mixing a calcium-containing material with a first zinc ammonia complex salt solution; heating the thus obtained first mixture to remove ammonia, thereby obtaining a first intermediate product; mixing the first intermediate product with a second zinc ammonia complex salt solution to obtain a second mixture; heating the second mixture to remove ammonia, followed by conducting a drying process to obtain a second intermediate product; and calcining the second intermediate product to obtain the core-shell zinc oxide particles. A core-shell zinc oxide particle is prepared by the aforementioned method, and a composition for shielding ultraviolet light includes the core-shell zinc oxide particles.
Abstract:
There are provided a coating composition being possible to form a cured film which has excellent transparency and weather resistance, and especially hardness. A coating composition obtained by which a silicon-containing substance as a component (M) and a silica colloidal particle having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 80 nm as a component (S) are mixed, and then the component (M) is hydrolyzed, and the resulting aqueous solution is subsequently mixed with a colloidal particle (C) wherein a component (F) is a modified metal oxide colloidal particle (C) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 100 nm, which includes a metal oxide colloidal particle (A) having a primary particle diameter of 2 to 60 nm as a core, whose surface is coated with a coating (B) formed of an acidic oxide colloidal particle.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing aqueous mineral material suspensions or dried mineral materials using at least one lithium ion neutralized water-soluble organic polymer, the ground mineral materials obtained by this process, the use of the mineral materials in paper, paints and plastics, as well as the use of the lithium ion neutralized water-soluble organic polymer in the manufacturing process as a dispersing and/or grinding enhancer.
Abstract:
Zinc oxide compositions and methods for applying anti-reflective coating on oxide particles for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A composition includes multiple zinc oxide particles suspended within a medium forming sunscreen composition, and coating materials applied to each of the multiple zinc oxide particles in distinct layers via a gradation based on refractive index, wherein each of the coating materials has a refractive index that is between the refractive index of air and the refractive index of zinc oxide, and wherein the coating materials comprise a combination of (i) silicon dioxide, (ii) magnesium fluoride, (iii) one or more fluoropolymers, (iv) aluminum oxide, (v) zinc sulfide, and (vi) titanium dioxide.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to ester-coated core particles, thermoplastic polymer composition comprising a thermo-plastic polymer and such coated particles, a method for producing ester coated particles and the use of compositions of the invention as fillers or pigments with improved dispersion properties and pourability.
Abstract:
An anionic polymeric dispersant and a composition comprising inorganic particulate material and an anionic polymeric dispersant. A method of grinding a composition comprising inorganic particulate material and an anionic polymeric dispersant and a use of anionic polymeric dispersant to maintain the viscosity of a composition comprising inorganic particulate material.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) a stable aqueous dispersion of inorganic pigment particles hydrophobically modified with covalently bonded polysiloxane or silyl groups; and b) a polymeric anionic dispersant; wherein the hydrophobically modified inorganic pigment particles have an average particle size in the range of from 200 nm to 10 μm, and the solids content of the hydrophobically modified inorganic pigment particles is from 10 to 80 weight percent, based on the weight of inorganic pigment particles and water. The composition of the present invention provides a way to improve water resistance in coatings formulations.