Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-stick coating comprising a transparent finishing coat, said finishing coat comprising at least one thermostable resin and fillers whose d50 is greater than the average thickness of said finishing coat.

Abstract: Provided is a culinary item, one surface of which is provided with a coating including at least one rare-earth oxide layer. Such a coating has the specific feature of not only having mechanical hardness and abrasion resistance comparable to those of enamels and ceramics, but also excellent intrinsic hydrophobic properties that enable the coating obtained to have a non-stick property that is comparable to that of fluorocarbon coatings and suitable for culinary applications.

Abstract: A method for cooking a food including free water, uses a cooking vessel having at least one cooking surface, the cooking surface being such that a drop of distilled water can form a contact angle with the cooking surface that is greater than or equal to 150° at ambient temperature, and the food being such that its water activity aw is greater than or equal to 0.5. The method includes heating the cooking surface to a minimum temperature of 125° C.; placing the food on the cooking surface; and cooking the food on the cooking surface.

Abstract: Provided is a cooking item, at least one of the surfaces of which has a fluorocarbon coating including rare earth oxide fillers. The use of a composition including a fluorocarbon resin and rare earth oxide fillers makes it possible to obtain coatings, the mechanical properties of which (particularly in terms of hardness and resistance to abrasion) are reinforced without any breakdown in the non-stick properties of said composition. Also provided is a method for manufacturing such a cooking item.

Abstract: Provided is a method for decorating a kitchen item by means of mechanical treatment in order to produce a decoration. The mechanical treatment involves removing and/or displacing part of a thermostable decorative composition by means of pressure and moving a tool or a compressed air jet over the surface of the decorative layer.

Abstract: A method for producing a small heating household appliance article having a substrate with at least two opposite faces, includes providing the substrate and obtaining a heat-stable coating on the substrate. The procedure for obtaining a coating includes depositing by digital printing, on at least one of the two opposite faces of the substrate and through at least one nozzle having an aperture of at least 80 ?m, at least one layer of a composition including at least one binder and having a dry extract of at least 15% by weight, and curing the coated substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a cooking item, at least one of the surfaces of which has a fluorocarbon coating including rare earth oxide fillers. The use of a composition including a fluorocarbon resin and rare earth oxide fillers makes it possible to obtain coatings, the mechanical properties of which (particularly in terms of hardness and resistance to abrasion) are reinforced without any breakdown in the non-stick properties of said composition. Also provided is a method for manufacturing such a cooking item.

Abstract: Provided is a culinary item, one surface of which is provided with a coating including at least one rare-earth oxide layer. Such a coating has the specific feature of not only having mechanical hardness and abrasion resistance comparable to those of enamels and ceramics, but also excellent intrinsic hydrophobic properties that enable the coating obtained to have a non-stick property that is comparable to that of fluorocarbon coatings and suitable for culinary applications.

Abstract: Provided is a heat-stable particulate composition for inkjet use, preferably pigmented and including 10 wt % to 95 wt % of water relative to the total weight of the composition, and 90 wt % to 5 wt % of at least one fluorinated heat-stable binder in particle form, at least one of the characteristic dimensions thereof being smaller than 800 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a method for decorating a kitchen item by means of mechanical treatment in order to produce a decoration. The mechanical treatment involves removing and/or displacing part of a thermostable decorative composition by means of pressure and moving a tool or a compressed air jet over the surface of the decorative layer.

Abstract: Provided is a ceramic coating intended to be applied on a metal support and having the form of at least a continuous film having a thickness between 2 and 100 ?m, this coating comprising a matrix including at least a metal polyalkoxide and wherein are dispersed particles whereof the diameter ranges between 0.01 and 50 ?m, said particles being from a material having a thermal conductivity equal to or higher than 10 W·m?1·K?1 and a bulk density of at the most 3.9 g/cm3. Also provided is an article, for example culinary, comprising such a coating and its method of manufacture.

Abstract: Provided is a nonstick coating, including at least one outer layer including at least one infusible domain and at least one fusible domain. The infusible domain having at least one infusible material with a softening point above 200° C., and the fusible domain including at least one fusible material having a softening point above ambient temperature and at least 20° C. below the softening point of the infusible material. Also provided is a utensil including a support having two opposite faces, at least one of which is covered with a nonstick coating described above, and also to processes for manufacturing such a utensil.

Abstract: Provided is a decoration method in which a decoration using specific heat-stable inks is applied by flexography to a non-stick coating made of fluorocarbon resin, the decoration optionally consisting of colored hyperrealistic patterns.

Abstract: Provided is a heat-stable particulate composition for inkjet use, preferably pigmented and including 10 wt % to 95 wt % of water relative to the total weight of the composition, and 90 wt % to 5 wt % of at least one fluorinated heat-stable binder in particle form, at least one of the characteristic dimensions thereof being smaller than 800 nm.

Abstract: Provided is a ceramic coating intended to be applied on a metal support and having the form of at least a continuous film having a thickness between 2 and 100 ?m, this coating comprising a matrix including at least a metal polyalkoxide and wherein are dispersed particles whereof the diameter ranges between 0.01 and 50 ?m, said particles being from a material having a thermal conductivity equal to or higher than 10 W·m?1·K?1 and a bulk density of at the most 3.9 g/cm3. Also provided is an article, for example culinary, comprising such a coating and its method of manufacture.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and to a process for the detection and/or quantification of cesium ions Cs+ in solution in a liquid medium. The apparatus of the invention comprises: a) an electrical device comprising two electrodes and a substrate comprising at least one portion made of a semiconductor material, the electrodes being in electrical contact with said semiconductor material; and b) a device for measuring the variation of the conduction current between the two electrodes, and at least one ligand comprising at least one calix[n]arene group bonded by grafting to the semiconductor material of the substrate of the electrical device or to one of the electrodes of the electrical device. The invention finds an application in the field of the detection of cesium ions in particular.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and to a process for the detection and/or quantification of cesium ions Cs+ in solution in a liquid medium. The apparatus of the invention comprises: a) an electrical device comprising two electrodes and a substrate comprising at least one portion made of a semiconductor material, the electrodes being in electrical contact with said semiconductor material; and b) a device for measuring the variation of the conduction current between the two electrodes, and at least one ligand comprising at least one calix[n]arene group bonded by grafting to the semiconductor material of the substrate of the electrical device or to one of the electrodes of the electrical device. The invention finds an application in the field of the detection of cesium ions in particular.