摘要 |
A method for forming a coating composition for application to a surface. The method includes forming conglomerates by providing a plurality of nano-sized particles having a mean diameter in a range from about 1 to about 500 nanometers, the nano-sized particles having hydrophobic, super-hydrophobic, olephobic, or super-olephobic properties; mixing the plurality of nano-sized particles with a binding material to form a mixture and heating the mixture to induce curing to bind the nano-sized particles to form a consolidated cake-form material; cooling the consolidated cake-form material and grinding the cake-form material to produce conglomerates having a size in a range from about 1 micron to about 40 microns; and b) mixing the conglomerates with a coating material to be applied to a surface, the binding material being one of a thermosetting resin and a thermoplastic resin having a melting temperature higher than a curing temperature of the coating composition.
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