Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process. The process includes (A) providing at least 6 film layers, each film layer being a pearlized biaxially oriented polypropylene; (B) applying a solvent-less adhesive at a coat weight of 2.0 g/m2 to 3.5 g/m2 between each film layer; and (C) forming a laminate, the laminate having a thickness of at least 300 ?m. The solvent-less adhesive contains (i) a polyol component including at least one polyol selected from a polyester polyol, a polyether polyol, and combinations thereof; and (ii) an isocyanate component including an isocyanate prepolymer that is the reaction product of at least one isocyanate monomer and at least one polyol selected from a polyester polyol, a polyether polyol, and combinations thereof. The present disclosure also provides a laminate formed by said process.

Abstract: In embodiments, a precursor glass composition comprises from about 55 wt. % to about 80 wt. % SiO2; from about 2 wt. % to about 20 wt. % Al2O3; from about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. % Li2O; greater than 0 wt % to about 3 wt. % Na2O; a non-zero amount of P2O5 less than or equal to 4 wt. %; and from about 0.2 wt. % to about 15 wt. % ZrO2. In embodiments, ZrO2 (wt. %)+P2O5 (wt. %) is greater than 3. When the precursor glass composition is converted to a glass-ceramic article, the glass-ceramic article may include grains having a longest dimension of less than 100 nm.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to flexible energy absorbing systems and body armor, helmets and protective garments incorporating flexible energy absorbing systems. A flexible energy absorbing system may comprise a first plurality of cells having a first re-entrant geometry and a second plurality of cells having a second, different geometry. The first plurality of cells and the second plurality of cells may comprise an elastomeric material.

Abstract: A foamed sheet including: a polylactic acid; and a filler, wherein the foamed sheet has a compressive stress of 0.2 Mpa or less when the cushioning coefficient of the foamed sheet is 10 or less; and wherein the foamed sheet has a puncture strength of 2 N or more when the sheet thickness of the foamed sheet is 2 mm.

Abstract: A fibrous texture has the shape of a strip extending in a longitudinal direction over a determined length between a proximal portion and a distal portion and in a lateral direction over a determined width between a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The fibrous texture has a three-dimensional or multi-layer weaving between a plurality of layers of warp strands extending in the longitudinal direction and a plurality of layers of weft strands extending in the lateral direction, the fibrous texture including first and second longitudinal sections extending over a width from the first or second lateral edge smaller than the determined width of the fibrous texture along the lateral direction. The first and second longitudinal sections each include warp strands and weft strands constituted by carbon fibers. The fibrous texture further includes a third section present between the first and second sections.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass compositions that present several advantages over glasses and other materials currently used for redistribution layers for RF, interposers, and similar applications. The glasses disclosed herein are low cost, flat glasses that have high throughput for the laser damage and etching process used to create through glass vias (TGV). TGV generated using the silicate glasses and processes described herein have large waist diameters (Dw), which is a desirable feature with respect to producing glass articles such as interposers.

Abstract: Glasses comprising SiO2, Al2O3, and P2O5 that are capable of chemical strengthened by ion exchange and having high damage resistance. These phosphate-containing glasses have a structure in which silica (SiO2) is replaced by aluminum phosphate (AlPO4) and/or boron phosphate (BPO4).

Abstract: A microelectronic device and method of making the same including a substrate and at least one expansion layer that adds stress to the substrate when said substrate expands.

Abstract: A glass substrate comprises: a first position, wherein a tensile stress of the glass substrate is insufficient to cause fragmentation of the glass substrate into small pieces upon fracture of the glass substrate; and a second position, wherein the glass substrate is bent relative to the first position, and wherein the tensile stress of the glass substrate is sufficient to cause fragmentation of the glass substrate into small pieces upon fracture of the glass substrate. The glass substrate can include a first surface and a second surface. In the first position, the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate can be planar. In the second position, the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate can be planar. The small pieces can be generally cubic. In the second position, the glass substrate can be bent uniaxially along a bend axis of the glass substrate.

Abstract: Glass-ceramics exhibiting a Vickers indentation crack initiation threshold of at least 15 kgf are disclosed. These glass-ceramics may be ion exchangeable or ion exchanged. The glass-ceramics include a crystalline and amorphous phases generated by subjecting a thin precursor glass article to ceramming cycle having an average cooling rate in the range from about 10° C./minute to about 25° C./minute. In one or more embodiments, the crystalline phase may comprise at least 20 wt % of the glass-ceramics. The glass-ceramics may include ?-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase and may exhibit an opacity?about 85% over the wavelength range of 400-700 nm for an about 0.8 mm thickness and colors an observer angle of 10° and a CIE illuminant F02 determined with specular reflectance included of a* between ?3 and +3, b* between ?6 and +6, and L* between 88 and 97.

Abstract: A foldable display device includes a display panel including a first non-folding area including a bending area and a non-bending area, a folding area connected to the first non-folding area, and a second non-folding area spaced apart from the first non-folding area by the folding area, an adhesive layer disposed on the non-bending area of the display panel and having a first height in a direction perpendicular to a main plane extension direction of the display panel, a polarizing layer disposed on the adhesive layer and a bending protective layer disposed on the bending area of the display panel and having a second height, in the direction, lower than the first height.

Abstract: Insulation panels and methods of use and manufacturing are described herein. The insulation panel may comprise a polymer composite comprising a first polymer and a first filler, wherein the first filler is present in an amount of 40% to 80% by weight, based on the total weight of polymer composite, wherein the polymer composite has a closed cell structure, and wherein the polymer composite has a density of 2 pcf to 30 pcf; and a facer covering at least a portion of the polymer composite, the facer comprising a second polymer and a second filler; wherein the insulation panel has an insulation R-value per inch of at least 2.5.

Abstract: A coating on a substrate is disclosed having layers including yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) and yttrium aluminum monoclinic (YAM).

Abstract: A textured glass article includes: a body comprising an aluminosilicate glass comprising greater than or equal to 16 wt % Al2O3, the body having at least a first surface; and a plurality of polyhedral surface features extending from the first surface, each of the plurality of polyhedral surface features comprising a base on the first surface, a plurality of facets extending from the first surface, and a surface feature size at the base greater than or equal to 10 ?m and less than or equal to 350 ?m, wherein the plurality of facets of each polyhedral surface feature converge toward one another.

Abstract: A glass article including at least about 40 mol % SiO2 and, optionally, a colorant imparting a preselected color is disclosed. In general, the glass includes, in mol %, from about 40-70 SiO2, 0-25 Al2O3, 0-10 B2O3; 5-35 Na2O, 0-2.5 K2O, 0-8.5 MgO, 0-2 ZnO, 0-10% P2O5 and 0-1.5 CaO. As a result of ion exchange, the glass includes a compressive stress (?s) at at least one surface and, optionally, a color. In one method, communicating a colored glass with an ion exchange bath imparts ?s while in another; communicating imparts ?s and a preselected color. In the former, a colorant is part of the glass batch while in the latter; it is part of the bath. In each, the colorant includes one or more metal containing dopants formulated to impart to a preselected color. Examples of one or more metal containing dopants include one or more transition and/or rare earth metals.

Abstract: A multilayer material, including a first polymer foam layer having a density of less than 481 kg/m3, a compression force deflection of 5 to 1,035 kPa, at 25% deflection determined in accordance with ASTM D3574-17, and a thickness of less than 3.5 millimeters; and a second polymer foam layer having a density of greater than 240 kg/m3, wherein the density of the second polymer foam layer is at least two times greater than the density of the first polymer foam layer, and a thickness of less than 0.3 millimeters, wherein the thickness of the first polymer foam layer is at least two times greater than the thickness of the second polymer foam layer; wherein the first polymer foam layer and the second polymer foam layer include a flame retardant composition, and wherein the multilayer material has a thickness of 3.5 millimeters or less, and a UL-94 rating of V1.

Abstract: A nonwoven composite for high temperature applications requiring Sow flammability, smoke, and/or toxicity, including a fibrous structure having one or more nonwoven material layers including a scrim layer. The scrim is formed from inorganic fibers, at least some of which are adapted to withstand temperatures of up to about 1150° C. The scrim is formed from a wet-laying process. The composite further comprises one or more fiber matrix layers.

Abstract: A laminated glazing with an optically transparent area including at least one inner and one outer glass sheet, each having an internal and an external face, and being high level of near infrared radiation transmission glass sheets, at least one thermoplastic interlayer to laminate the at least the inner and the outer glass sheets, including at least a first zone and a second zone, the second zone being delimited by the optically transparent area, and at least one optical sensor device provided on the inner face of the inner pane integrated in the optically transparent area. The thermoplastic interlayer further includes a second zone delimited by the optically transparent area where the laminated glazing has a value of infrared transmission TIR1 higher than the value of infrared transmission TIR2 of the first zone for the working wavelengths of the optical device.

Abstract: A layered composite component includes a plate-shaped base member formed from a plastic material, a cover member layered on the base member, and a stitching. The cover member includes a plate-shaped main body extending along the base member such that the main body is spaced apart by a gap from the base member and projections projecting from an opposing surface of the main body opposed to the base member. The cover member is formed from a plastic material and is elastically deformable. The cover member includes a stitched portion linearly extending and including a portion on which the stitching is formed. The projections are not formed on the stitched portion, and the stitched portion includes a ridge extending along the stitching.

Abstract: A strengthened cover glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article as well as processes and systems for making the strengthened glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article is provided for use in consumer electronic devices. The process comprises cooling the cover glass sheet by non-contact thermal conduction for sufficiently long to fix a surface compression and central tension of the sheet. The process results in thermally strengthened cover glass sheets for use in or on consumer electronic products.