Abstract: This invention deals with effect pigment mixture comprising platelet-like aluminum effect pigments obtained by grinding of aluminum or aluminum based alloy shot and silvery pearlescent pigments, wherein the silvery pearlescent pigments are taken from the group consisting of: a) pearlescent pigments comprising a transparent substrate which is coated with a high-refractive index layer with n>1.8, which comprises or consists of an iron-oxide with Fe(II)-ions, b) pearlescent pigments comprising a transparent substrate which is coated with a high-refractive index layer with n>1.8, which comprises or consists of titanium suboxide or a pearlescent pigment comprising a substrate with a high-refractive index with n>1.8 layer, which comprises or consists of a titanium suboxide that is optionally coated with a high-refractive index layer with n>1.8, c) pearlescent pigments comprising a transparent substrate which is coated with a high-refractive index layer with n>1.

Abstract: A document, product, or package, such as a banknote, passport or the like comprises structures having dichroic effects that change color with viewing angle in both transmission and reflection. Such structures can be useful as security features that counter the ability to effectively use counterfeit documents, products, packages, etc.

Abstract: Effect pigments based on Al2O3 flakes with high weather resistance and less photoactivity and to their use thereof in paints, industrial coatings, automotive coatings, printing inks, cosmetic formulations. The effect pigments have a ratio of the amount by weight of Al2O3 of the Al2O3 flake and the amount by weight of the metal oxide(s) of the coating layer(s) in the range of from 27:73 to 83:17 based on the total weight of the effect pigment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology for producing a black pearlescent pigment for cosmetics which is a human-friendly and nature-friendly by using a pigment including natural charcoal powder. The production method of the pearlescent pigment using natural charcoal according to the present invention includes (a) milling natural charcoal to produce a pigment including natural charcoal powder; and (b) coating a flake substrate with the produced pigment including the natural charcoal powder, wherein the milling is performed at 20 to 40 Hz for 24 to 72 hours, and an average particle size of the pigment including the natural charcoal powder is 100 to 300 nm.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a composite material combining a metal oxide or metalloid based matrix suited for allowing light to pass, and a mineral pigment dispersed in the matrix, the method comprising a step of mixing the mineral pigment in powder form with the matrix in powder form, and a step of sintering of the mixture under sufficient pressure such that the densification temperature of the matrix under said pressure is below the breakdown temperature of the mineral pigment, where the sintering temperature is greater than or equal to the densification temperature of the matrix and below the breakdown temperature of the mineral pigment.

Abstract: An article including a reflector having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first selective light modulator layer external to the first surface of the reflector; a second selective light modulator layer external to the second surface of the reflector; a first absorber layer external to the first selective light modulator layer; and a second absorber layer external to the second selective light modulator layer; wherein each of the first and second selective light modulator layers include a host material is disclosed herein. Methods of making the article are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mineral compound, referred to as synthetic mica, with formula At(Six-Ge1x)4MzO10(OH)2, wherein: A designates at least one monovalent interfoliar cation of a metal element, A having the formula Liw(1)Naw(2)Kw(3)Rbw(4)Cssw(5), each instance of w(i) representing a real number in the interval [0; 1], such that the sum of the instances of w(i) is equal to 1; t is a real number in the interval [0.3; 1]; x is a real number in the interval [0; 1]; M designates at least one divalent metal having the formula Mgy(1)Coy(2)Zny(3)Cuy(4)Mny(5)Fey(6)Niy(7)Cr, each instance of y(i) representing a real number in the interval [0; 1], such as the formula (A); and z is a real number in the interval [2.50; 2.85]. The invention also relates to a composition comprising such a compound and a method for preparing such a compound.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite white pigment having mixed together white pigments having different colorimeter values from each other by comprising substrates having various sizes and/or TiO2 having various thicknesses. The composite white pigment, according to the present invention, comprises: a first white pigment comprising a substrate and a white metal oxide layer formed on the substrate; and a second white pigment comprising a substrate and a white metal oxide layer formed on the substrate, and having a different colorimeter value from that of the first white pigment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent effect pigment which includes a non-metallic platelet-shaped substrate and a coating applied thereto, wherein the coating has a spacer layer. The invention further relates to a method for the production, as well as the use, of the transparent effect pigment.

Abstract: The invention relates to coated effect pigments, wherein the coating comprises a binder which is suitable for powder paints. They comprise a crystalline and an amorphous fraction which is determined by C13 NMR MAS relaxation measurements, the relaxation of the 13C cores being fitted as a biexponential relaxation according to the formula (II) and the degree of crystallinity c being in a range between 40 to 85%, and relaxation having a short average relaxation time T1S and a long average relaxation time T1I, and T1I being in a range of from 65 to 130 s. The effect pigments coated according to the invention have at least one endothermic peak with a maximum from a range of Tmax=100 to 150° C. and an enthalpy ?H associated with said peak from a range of 15 J/g to 80 J/g in DSC at a feed speed of 5° C./min, the enthalpy being calculated relative to the amount of the binder. The binders are applied to the effect pigment by way of spontaneous precipitation.

Abstract: An omnidirectional structural color pigment having a protective coating. The pigment has a first layer of a first material and a second layer of a second material, the second layer extending across the first layer. In addition, the pigment reflects a band of electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than 300 nm and a predetermined color shift of less than 30° when the pigment is exposed to broadband electromagnetic radiation and viewed from angles between 0 and 45°. The pigment has a weather resistant coating that covers an outer surface thereof and reduces a relative photocatalytic activity of the pigment by at least 50%.

Abstract: Disclosed are a glossy pigment having a hollow structure and a method for producing the same. The glossy pigment having a hollow structure according to the present invention comprises: a hollow which penetrates through the center of the inside thereof; and a metal oxide coating layer which covers a part or all of the hollow, wherein the metal oxide coating layer has a hollow structure having a thickness of 0.1-3 ?m.

Abstract: An effect pigment includes a substrate; an outer layer disposed above the substrate; and particles disposed above the substrate and at least partially entrapped by the outer layer, the particles comprising quantum dots.

Abstract: A modular cosmetics system and method of use is provided. In one embodiment, a modular cosmetic system is disclosed that includes a primary and a color component. The modular cosmetic system may also include a modifier. The primary, color, and modifier component may be combinable together in multiple ways to create every kind of makeup of any color and texture of a user's choosing.

Abstract: Optical products that include a composite coating, deposited on a substrate, provided with at least one bilayer having a first layer and a second layer, each provided with a binding group component which together form a complementary binding group pair. The at least one bilayer comprises a pigment blend that includes: a) at least two pigments that, when mixed together and formed into a bilayer, exhibit a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5; and b) one or more pigments that when mixed and formed into a bilayer selectively block visible light in a wavelength range of interest.

Abstract: Optical products that comprise a composite coating having multiple bilayers of a first layer and a second layer, each provided with a binding group component which together form a complementary binding group pair, the multiple bilayers comprising: at least one bilayer a) comprised of a first pigment or pigment blend that exhibits a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5; at least one bilayer b) comprised of a pigment or pigment blend that selectively blocks visible light in a wavelength range of interest; and at least one bilayer c) comprised of a second pigment or pigment blend that exhibits a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5, wherein the optical product selectively blocks visible light in the wavelength range of interest, while exhibiting a color reflection value that is less than about 2.5.

Abstract: A makeup cosmetic composition contains a first composite powder and a second composite powder, wherein the first composite powder and the second composite powder are plate-like powders coated in a coating layer. The first composite powder contains a coating layer having an average thickness of 20 to 70 nm, and the second composite powder contains a coating layer having an average thickness of 74 to 104 nm.

Abstract: A gold pigment is disclosed. The gold pigment according to the present disclosure includes a substrate; a first coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate and including a metal oxide having a refractive index of more than 1.8; a second coating layer formed on the first coating layer and including an oxide containing manganese; a third coating layer formed on the second coating layer and including a colorless metal oxide having a refractive index of 1.8 or less; a fourth coating layer formed on the third coating layer and including a metal oxide having a refractive index of more than 1.8; and a fifth coating layer formed on the fourth coating layer and including Fe2O3.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a persistent, weatherable blend of a bird repellent and a paint coating composition on exterior surfaces such as wood or building materials, to deter birds from damaging such wood or building material. The bird repellent blend has improved weatherability while retaining the effectiveness of the bird repellent.

Abstract: There is provided a method for preparing an analytical sample by fusion. A mixture of a sample and flux material is heated and stirred, in a crucible, at a temperature sufficient to fuse the mixture and obtain a substantially homogeneous fused mixture; a first portion of heat radiation radiating from the crucible is reflected back to the crucible so as to provide additional heat to fuse the mixture, while heating and stirring the mixture; and the homogeneous fused mixture, is subsequently cooled, thereby forming the analytical sample.

Abstract: A treated, particulate inorganic pigment is provided. The treated, particulate inorganic pigment comprises a plurality of pigment particles, and a polyol ester deposited on the surfaces of the pigment particles. A method of forming a treated, particulate inorganic pigment and a polymer composition are also provided.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a big-model low-permeability microcrack core includes: (1) determining the size of a microcrack core to be manufactured; (2) placing stones in a baking oven to bake for 24h under 120° C., placing the stones into a mixer, mixing and spraying oil, enabling the oil to seep into the stone, evenly forming a thin oil film on stone's surface; (3) mixing the oil sprayed stone with quartz sand and cement, adding water to mix evenly to obtain cement paste; (4) spreading butter on core mold's inner surface to form a thin butter film, pouring the cement paste into the core mold to obtain a cement sample; (5) loading confining pressure outside the core according to the requirements of porosity and permeability of the mold to adjust a pore permeability value; (6) obtaining the big-model core with microcrack after the cement sample is dried and formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing pearlescent pigment through metal oxide coating based on a sheet-like substrate, and the obtained pearlescent pigment. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing pearlescent pigment through coating a sheet-like substrate by hydrolyzing metal salt under an acid condition, wherein a pH value is adjusted by using inorganics such as MgO, MgOH or CaCO3 that does not dissolve in water but can dissolve through reacting with an acid. According to the method, no free metal oxide is generated when the metal salt is hydrolyzed, so that the production cost is reduced, product quality is improved, problems possibly generated in an application process of the product are avoided, and a production process is more environment-friendly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cosmetic composition capable of exhibiting various colors, including red, yellow and blue colors. The disclosed cosmetic composition comprises a red, yellow or blue pearlescent pigment prepared by coating a natural pigment on a matrix, so that it is capable of exhibiting various colors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to electrically conductive, colored interference pigments, in particular flake-form interference pigments, which have an outermost layer which comprises crystalline carbon in the form of graphite and/or graphene, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use of the pigments prepared in this way.

Abstract: The present invention relates to non-metallic interference pigments, in particular laminar interference pigments, which comprise a thin high-refractive layer and an outermost layer that contains crystalline carbon in the form of graphite and/or graphene. The invention also relates to a method for producing such pigments and the use of the thus produced pigments.

Abstract: The present invention provides a material that has a good compatibility with monomers and can be used as dispersing agent even after a period of not shorter than one week since the preparation of the dispersion. The dispersion of the present invention comprising metal oxide particles with an average primary particle diameter of not more than 50 nm; an organic acid; a dispersion medium; and an organophosphorus compound represented by formula (1) or an organosulfur compound represented by formula (2).

Abstract: Compositions and methods related to providing an object with metallic and reflective qualities when illuminated with ultraviolet light are provided herein. Such compositions generally comprise reflective metal flakes and ultraviolet-luminescent pigments. Also provided are methods for making compositions comprising reflective metal flakes and ultraviolet-luminescent pigments and for applying a composition comprising reflective metal flakes and ultraviolet-luminescent pigments to an object.

Abstract: Provided is a treated platy substrate, a method of making it, and methods of using it. The substrate can be synthetic mica, optionally comprising metal-oxide layers. The treated platy substrate is useful in cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: A surface treatment technique having excellent adhering function, excellent reacting function and rich diversity is provided. The surface treatment includes applying a solution containing compound (?) to a substrate and thus providing compound (?) thereon, wherein: the compound (?) is at least one of Formula [IV] and Formula [V]: wherein A is —N(Ra)Rb—Si(Rc)n(ORd)3?n, or —N{Rb—Si(Rc)n(ORd)3?n}2, B is ——N(Re)Rf(NH2)m, or —N{Rf(NH2(m}2, C is A, B, or —N(Rg)Rh, D is Ri and wherein each of Ra, Re, and Rg is independently H or a hydrocarbon group, Rb, Rc, Rd, Rf, Rh, and Ri are hydrocarbon groups, n is 0, 1, or 2, and m is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes a thermoplastic resin; a pearlescent pigment; and a pigment that is not the same as the pearlescent pigment, wherein the pearlescent pigment and pigment have da and db satisfying da<15 and db<15 in an L*a*b* colorimetric system, respectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a solid cosmetic composition, in the form of a loose or compact powder, comprising: (a) from 50% to 99% by weight of at least one particulate solid phase, (b) from 0.5% to 50% by weight of at least one non-volatile liquid phase, and (c) from 0.01% to 4% by weight of at least one block copolymer obtained from a first monomer of 2-acrylamidomethylpropanesulphonic acid and from a vinyl second monomer having a nitrogenous cyclic side chain. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a composition, which comprises: (i) mixing the particulate solid phase, the non-volatile liquid phase, the block copolymer and water so as to obtain a slurry, (ii) suctioning off the water present in the slurry so as to obtain a dry powder.

Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes a base resin comprising about 5 to about 95 weight % of polycarbonate resin and about 5 to about 95 weight % of polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer resin; and about 0.1 to about 5 parts by weight of luster pigment per about 100 parts by weight of the base resin.

Abstract: This invention provides a laminate in which distortion has been suppressed, said laminate exhibiting excellent adhesion characteristics and having a design imparting a sense of luxury; and a laminate which, while imparting a sense of luxury, has excellent fire resistance. This laminate uses a thermosetting resin as the bonding material for a decorative layer which is in contact with a transparent glass plate, and has a fibrous layer and/or a flame-retardant layer laminated on the back side of the decorative layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat dissipating coating composition in a liquid or paste form for application to a heat generating article, comprising an infrared absorbing binder resin (A), infrared absorbing inorganic particles (B), and an organic solvent, having such proportions of the component (A) and the component (B) that the component (A) is 10 to 70 vol % and the component (B) is 90 to 30 vol % based on the total of both components being 100 vol %, and satisfying conditions 1, 2, and 3 specified herein, and also provides a heat dissipating coating film obtained by applying the heat dissipating coating composition to a heat dissipating article and then thermally curing the composition.

Abstract: A coated wet-chemically oxidized aluminum effect pigment is provided having at least one metal oxide layer having at least one metal oxide which differs from aluminum oxide and an enveloping organic polymer layer, wherein the weight ratio of the metal oxide of the metal oxide layer to aluminum oxide in the wet-chemically produced aluminum oxide layer of uncoated wet-chemically oxidized aluminum effect pigment is in a range of from 1:1 to 1:40. Also, a method for the production of the pigment is provided.

Abstract: A multi-functional composite poser having the properties of (a) excellent adhesiveness, (b) excellent extendability, (c) an appropriate glossy effect, (d) appropriate covering capability, and (e) excellent soft-focusing capability. The powder is constituted by a scale-like base material, a group of particles including titanium dioxide particles deposited on a part of a surface of the scale-like base material, and a thin film of a composite oxide containing titanium and iron coating part of the surface of the scale-like base material.

Abstract: Disclosed is an organic dispersion comprising a flaky titanium oxide particle having a high crystallinity and high light permeability contained in an organic solvent. The dispersion can be prepared by a method comprising preparing an aqueous dispersion of a flaky titanium oxide particle containing an organic cation, centrifuging the aqueous dispersion to produce a precipitate, and adding the precipitate to an organic solvent, or a method comprising lyophilizing the aqueous dispersion to produce a lyophilized material and mixing the lyophilized material to an organic solvent. When the organic dispersion is used, it becomes possible to form a film comprising a monolayer of a titanium oxide nanosheet densely arranged therein by such a simple manner that the dispersion is coated on a base material and drying the dispersion. The film thus produced has a photocatalytic activity and a super-hydrophilic property.

Abstract: A composite material which expands the range of light-absorption of an original constitution material, which is formed through two or more total oxides contacting and fixing to the oxygen reduced oxides with the same composition of materials as the total oxides. The composite material can excite the light-driven reaction to achieve an enlarged absorption range of the light band. In the contacting and fixing process of the composite material, a calcination process is not required, so that the process can be applied to a substrate which is plastic or not suitable for high-temperature heating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an effect pigment comprising a plate-shaped non-metallic substrate and at least one copper-containing coating, wherein the average particle size D50 of the effect pigment is more than 5 ?m and the copper content of the effect pigment is in a range from 3 to 70 wt.-%, relative to the total weight of the effect pigment. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the latter and use of the effect pigment in anti-fouling coatings.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a treated inorganic particle, in particular a titanium dioxide particle, having reduced photoactivity, lower acid solubility and improved anti-microbial properties comprising: an inorganic core particle, in particular a titanium dioxide particle; a first treatment of silica, wherein the silica is added in a single step; and a second treatment comprising co-precipitated zinc oxide and alumina. These particles have reduced photoactivity, lower acid solubility and improved anti-microbial properties.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an effect pigment comprising a plate-shaped non-metallic substrate and at least one copper-containing coating, wherein the average particle size D50 of the effect pigment is more than 5 ?m and the copper content of the effect pigment is in a range from 3 to 70 wt.-%, relative to the total weight of the effect pigment. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the latter and use of the effect pigment in anti-fouling coatings.

Abstract: Composite pigments are provided which comprise a mineral pigment (such as kaolin clay, titanium dioxide, talc, mica or a mixture of two or more of these mineral pigments) and calcium carbonate precipitated in-situ on the surfaces of the particles of the mineral pigment.

Abstract: An omnidirectional structural color pigment having a protective coating. The pigment has a first layer of a first material and a second layer of a second material, the second layer extending across the first layer. In addition, the pigment reflects a band of electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than 300 nm and a predetermined color shift of less than 30° when the pigment is exposed to broadband electromagnetic radiation and viewed from angles between 0 and 45°. The pigment has a weather resistant coating that covers an outer surface thereof and reduces a relative photocatalytic activity of the pigment by at least 50%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to intensely colored and/or optically variable pigments which have a flake-form transparent or semitransparent electrically conductive core and at least one coloring dielectric layer surrounding the core, to a process for the preparation of such pigments, and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pigments with improved and adjustable sparkling effect comprising A) a plate-like substrate of perlite coated with (a) dielectric material, and/or metal; and B) a plate-like substrate of mica, coated with (a) dielectric material, and/or a metal; and a process for their production and their use in paints, ink jet printing, for dyeing textiles, for pigmenting coatings (paints), printing inks, plastics, cosmetics, glazes for ceramics and glass. The pigments show an improved sparkle effect; in particular an attractive high sparkle intensity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers comprising absorption pigments, which are distinguished by the fact that they have high absorption in the near IR region, and to the use thereof, in particular in thermoforming and in IR light welding.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new mineral matter particle hydrophobization agent and to its various uses for the surface treatment of mineral matter particles.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a silver (Ag) coating pigment. The method for producing a silver coating pigment according to the present invention comprises: a step of forming a tin compound pretreatment layer on the matrix surface; and a step of forming a silver coating layer on the lower portion of the tin compound pretreatment layer through a reflux and electroless plating process using a diluted solution of silver nitrate, ammonia water, a citric acid solution, and a diluted solution of potassium hydroxide.

Abstract: A bright pigment of the present invention is a bright pigment including flaky particles and a metal oxide layer covering each surface of the flaky particles. The metal oxide layer has a thickness variation coefficient (standard deviation of thickness of the metal oxide layer/average thickness of the metal oxide layer) of 20% or less. The bright pigment preferably contains a sodium component, and the sodium component is Na2O. The content of Na2O in the flaky particles is 3% by mass or more and less than 9.5% by mass. The bright pigment preferably has a specific surface area of 5.0 m2/g or less.