The present invention discloses a near-infrared reflective functional pigment, a paint, and a panel that are particularly used in vehicle paints and the like. The pigment according to the present invention comprises a platelet-shaped substrate, a first metaloxide layer having a refractive index of 1.8 or more coated on at least a portion of the top of the substrate, and a second metaloxide layer comprising an absorbing material coated on at least a portion of the top of the first metaloxide layer, and reflects an average of 30% or more of IR electronradiation in the range of 850 to 950 nm.
The invention relates to an interferometric pigment comprising a layer of zincsulfide-based material. The pigment advantageously comprises a low refractive index core and at least one high refractive index layer comprising zincsulfide. The invention also proposes a method for synthesizing these pigments by non-homogeneously precipitating zincsulfide on a powdered support, by adding a zinc salt solution to a reaction medium containing a dispersion of the powdered support, titrating a sodium sulfide solution having a fixed pH at a moderate temperature to obtain a precipitate. The invention also relates to cosmetic compositions comprising these interference pigments free of titanium dioxide, titanium dioxide being typically introduced as a filler or by providing a cosmetic ingredient containing titanium dioxide.
The present invention relates to interference pigments comprising layers of zincsulfide-based materials. The pigments advantageously comprise a low refractive index core and at least one high refractive index layer comprising zincsulfide. The present invention also proposes a method for synthesizing these pigments by heterogeneous precipitation of zincsulfide onto a powdery support, which is achieved by adding a zinc salt solution to a reaction medium containing a dispersion of the powdery support and titrating a sodium sulfide solution at a certain pH. The present invention also relates to cosmetic compositions comprising these interference pigments but lacking titanium dioxide, which is typically introduced as a filler or by providing cosmetic ingredients containing titanium dioxide.
A solidcomposite material (16) combining:an inorganic pigment (10) in the form of discrete particles each comprising a colored core and a coating adapted to allow light to pass through;and a matrix (12) based on metalloid or metaloxide, said matrix being adapted to allow light to pass through.
Disclosed are an effect pigment that realizes substantially the same color at different view angles and a method for preparing the same. The effect includes a platelet-shaped substrate; and a pigment particle layer composed of pigment particles attached to at least a portion of a surface of the platelet-shaped substrate, wherein the pigment particles of the pigment particle layer are discontinuously positioned on the surface of the platelet-shaped substrate in an island manner.
The present invention relates to interference pigments comprising layers of zincsulfide-based materials. The pigments advantageously comprise a low refractive index core and at least one high refractive index layer comprising zincsulfide. The present invention also proposes a method for synthesizing these pigments by heterogeneous precipitation of zincsulfide onto a powdery support, which is achieved by adding a zinc salt solution to a reaction medium containing a dispersion of the powdery support and titrating a sodium sulfide solution at a certain pH. The present invention also relates to cosmetic compositions comprising these interference pigments but lacking titanium dioxide, which is typically introduced as a filler or by providing cosmetic ingredients containing titanium dioxide.
The present invention relates to a pigment composition containing plate-shaped aluminum having excellent explosion stability and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pigment composition and a method for preparing the same, wherein the pigment composition contains thin aluminum flakes coated with a plurality of metaloxidelayers and TiO2 coated with a metaloxide layer, thereby ensuring explosion stability. The pigment composition of the present invention can ensure stability against the thermite reaction caused by aluminum and metal oxides and prevent a decrease in chromaticity and hiding power by mixing TiO2 coated with a metal oxide layer having an apparent specific gravity lower than that of other plate-shaped inorganic particles.
The present invention relates to a pigment mixture based on spherical particles having a defined particle-size distribution, and to the use thereof in paints, coatings, printing inks, security printing inks, plastics, ceramic materials, glasses, in cosmetic formulations, as tracer, as filler and for the preparation of pigment preparations and dry preparations.
Weather resistant pearlescent pigment comprising a basic pearlescent pigment which comprises a transparent substrate and at least one metaloxide layer with a refractive index > 1.8 and thereon a weather stabilizing top coating which comprises a first and a second metaloxide followed by an organofunctional surface modification layer, wherein in variant a) the weather stabilizing top coating comprises a first metaloxide, metal hydroxide or oxide hydrate of Zn followed by a second metal oxide, metal hydroxide or oxide hydrate of Si, Zr or Al or mixtures thereof or in variant b) the weather stabilizing top coating consists of a mixture of the first metal oxide, metal hydroxide or oxide hydrate of Zn and the second metal oxide, metal hydroxide or oxide hydrate of Si, Al and / or Zr and wherein in variant a) or b) the carbon content of the weather stabilizing top coating is less than 0.50 wt.%, based on the total weight of the weather resistant pearlescent pigment.
Disclosed are an effect pigment that realizes substantially the same color at different view angles and a method for preparing the same. The effect includes a platelet-shaped substrate; and a pigment particle layer composed of pigment particles attached to at least a portion of a surface of the platelet-shaped substrate, wherein the pigment particles of the pigment particle layer are discontinuously positioned on the surface of the platelet-shaped substrate in an island manner.
The invention relates to a method for preparing colored materials by heterogeneous germination of metallic nanoparticles, said nanoparticles having optical properties based on the surface plasmon phenomenon. The invention also relates to said colored materials obtained, as well as compositions comprising them. In particular, the method for preparing the coloredparticulate material by heterogeneous germination, comprises in particular the mixing at room temperature of a suspension comprising: - at least one salt of a metallic element, said metallic element having a plasmonic effect, - at least one reducing agent, and - at least one particulate substrate, said mixture of the suspension forming a colored particulate material.
The present invention relates to opaque, fluoride-doped effect pigments with metallic luster based on platelet-shaped substrates, as well as a method for producing these pigments and their use, in particular in automotive paints and cosmetic formulations.
Metal effect pigments, having a surface treatment comprising A) phosphoric acid (H3PO4), B) tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and C) at least one organic coupling agent to the metal effect pigments, exhibiting excellent humidity resistance performance without any influence on the chroma, luster and color of base metal effect pigments, a process for producing same and their use.
An asymmetric pigment including a first Fabry-Perot structure; and a second Fabry-Perot structure; wherein the first Fabry-Perot structure and the second Fabry-Perot structure have a similar hue angle within + / −45 degrees is disclosed. Other asymmetric pigments are also disclosed as well as methods of making the disclosed pigments.