Communication: A simple CVD process for coating titanium dioxide parti
cles to improve dispersion, pigment durability, and resistance to visc
osity increases in paints is presented. The conventionally used liquid
-phase routes are complicated and expensive and often lead to porous l
ayers, which have high oil absorption, whereas the continuous, high te
mperature gas phase route described here produces dense layers of sili
ca. The Figure shows a possible mechanism fur the coating process.