Abstract: Disclosed is a laminate which includes one or more soft layers and an electronic device enclosed by the one or more soft layers, wherein the one or more soft layers have a flexural modulus of 80 MPa or more and 1,000 MPa or less and a water vapor permeability at 40° C. and 90% RH of 15 [g/(m2·24 h)·100 ?m] or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a composition comprising (a) a vinylidene chloride/methyl acrylate interpolymer having greater than 6 wt % methyl acrylate mer units in the interpolymer, (b) greater than 6 wt % of an epoxy plasticizer; and (c) less than 4 wt % of an acrylate polymer. The composition exhibits a crystallization time greater than 25 minutes to crystallization at 35° C. Films made from the present composition show improved processability and find advantageous application as permeable barrier film for food packaging, for specialty food packaging, and for gassy cheese.

Abstract: A curative for epoxidized plant-based oils and epoxidized natural rubber is created from the reaction between a naturally occurring polyfunctional acid and an epoxidized plant-based oil is disclosed. The curative may be used to produce at least one of six different materials, wherein each type of material may be configured as a thermosetting elastomer that is crosslinked with ?-hydroxyester linkages. The materials may be configured as a leather-like material, a foam material, a molded elastomer, a coating, an adhesive, and/or a rigid or semi-rigid material. Illustrative articles made from any combination of the six materials may be recycled using a mechano-chemical process to de-crosslink the thermosetting elastomer.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a hard coat laminated film including a first hard coat, a second hard coat, and a transparent resin film layer in order from the outermost surface layer side, where the first hard coat is formed of a coating material containing no inorganic particles; the second hard coat is formed of a coating material containing inorganic particles; and the hard coat laminated film satisfies the following requirements: (i) the total light transmittance is 85% or more; and (ii) the pencil hardness of the surface of the first hard coat is 5H or higher.

Abstract: A metal-clad laminate includes an insulating layer including a cured product of a resin composition, and a metal foil disposed on at least one principal surface of the insulating layer. The resin composition includes a thermosetting curing agent and a polyphenylene ether copolymer. The polyphenylene ether copolymer has an intrinsic viscosity ranging from 0.03 dl/g to 0.14 dl/g, inclusive. The intrinsic viscosity is measured in methylene chloride at 25° C. And the polyphenylene ether copolymer has, at a molecular terminal, a group represented by one of formula (1) and formula (2) at an average number of more than or equal to 0.8 and less than 1.5 per one molecule. Further, the metal foil includes a barrier layer containing cobalt on a first surface of the metal foil. The first surface is in contact with the insulating layer, and has a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of less than or equal to 2.0 ?m.

Abstract: Provided is a coextruded multilayer film. The coextruded multilayer film has at least two layers, including a sealant layer and a second layer in contact with the sealant layer. The sealant layer contains (A) a first ethylene-based polymer having a density from 0.865 g/cc to 0.930 g/cc and a melt index from 0.5 g/10 min to 25 g/10 min; (B) an unsaturated primary fatty acid amide having a melting point of 100° C. or less; and (C) a diprotic fatty acid having a melting point greater than 100° C. and a decomposition temperature greater than 200° C. The second layer contains a second ethylene-based polymer. Also provided is a laminate containing said sealant layer.

Abstract: Provided is a stretchable film having excellent stretchability and excellent air permeability. Also provided is an article including such stretchable film. The stretchable film of the present invention includes an olefin-based resin and a filler.

Abstract: Described herein is a coating composition suitable for application to a building panel. The coating composition comprises inorganic pigment, liquid carrier, and a humectant comprising a first ester-containing compound. The liquid carrier may be present in an amount ranging from about 10 wt. % to about 30 wt. % based on the total weight of the coating composition. Described herein are also building panels coated with the coating composition and methods of their production.

Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers acting on infrared radiation including at least one functional layer. The stack includes a protective coating deposited above at least a part of the functional layer. The protective coating includes at least one lower protective layer based on titanium and zirconium, these two metals being in the metal, oxidized or nitrided form, and at least one upper protective layer of carbon, within which layer the carbon atoms are essentially in an sp2 hybridization state, located above the layer based on titanium and zirconium.

Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave shielding material that can exhibit improved electromagnetic wave shielding property, light-weight property and formability. The present invention relates to an electromagnetic wave shielding material comprising a laminate in which N number of metal foils each having a thickness of 5 to 100 ?m and N+1 number of resin layers each having a thickness of 5 ?m or more are alternately laminated or a laminate in which N+1 number of metal foils each having a thickness of 5 to 100 ?m and N number of resin layers each having a thickness of 5 ?m or more are alternately laminated, N being an integer of 2 or more, wherein thickness of the laminate is from 100 to 500 ?m, and wherein, when a thickness center of the laminate is used as a reference, for all pairs of interfaces at which sequences of the resin layers and the metal foils on both upper and lower sides of the reference correspond to each other, distances from the reference to the interfaces have an error of within ±10%.

Abstract: A multilayer film for use in adhesive tape or adhesive label applications comprising a core layer and skin layers on each side of the core layer. The core layer comprises a polypropylene mini-random homopolymer, wherein the mini-random homopolymer comprises polypropylene, up to 2 wt % ethylene components, and a acid neutralizer in a concentration up to 5000 ppm calcium. The skin layers each comprise a) at least about 95 wt % of a polypropylene mini-random homopolymer comprising polypropylene, up to 2 wt % ethylene components, and an acid neutralizer in a concentration up to about 5000 ppm, and b) an anti-block agent in a concentration up to about 1 wt %, wherein the anti-block agent comprises at least 95 wt % homopolymer of polypropylene and 1 to 5 wt % of silica having a particle size between about 1 to 3 ?m.

Abstract: The industrial roll according to the invention includes a core member made of a metal, a first adhesive layer formed in contact with an outer surface of the core member, a second adhesive layer formed on an outer surface side of the first adhesive layer, and a cover member formed in contact with an outer surface of the second adhesive layer and made of an elastic material. The first adhesive layer is made of a material with better adhesive properties to the core member than to the cover member, and the second adhesive layer is made of a material with better adhesive properties to the cover member than to the core member.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a composite for forming an insulating substrate. The composite includes 100 parts by weight of a liquid crystal polymer and 0.5-85 parts by weight of a dielectric additive. The liquid crystal polymer has a repeating unit represented by in which Ar is 1,4-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene, 2,6-naphthalene, or 4,4?-biphenylene, Y is —O— or —NH—, and X is carboxamido, imido/imino, amidino, aminocarbonylamino, aminothiocarbonyl, aminocarbonyloxy, aminosulfonyl, aminosulfonyloxy, aminosulfonylamino, carboxyl ester, (carboxyl ester)amino, (alkoxycarbonyl)oxy, alkoxycarbonyl, hydroxyamino, alkoxyamino, cyanato, isocyanato, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure including a base (X) and a layer (Y), wherein the layer (Y) includes an aluminum-containing compound (A) and a phosphorus compound (BH) in which a phosphorus atom having at least one hydroxy group and a polar group are bonded via an alkylene chain having 3 to 20 carbon atoms or a polyoxyalkylene chain based on an alkylene having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and the aluminum-containing compound (A) is a compound (Ab) including a reaction product (D) of an aluminum-containing metal oxide (Aa) and an inorganic phosphorus compound (BI).

Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided bio-based mineral oil barrier coatings and films usable for decreasing mineral oil migration, for example in food packaging materials, and thus improving the safety of the materials facing the mineral oil containing environment.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, among other things, surface coverings with a protective coat applied thereto a rubber material. As provided herein, in some embodiments, a surface covering has or includes an exposed surface that is no-wax. The present disclosure further provides methods of making, and methods of using. Such surface coverings have surprising and beneficial attributes. They are particularly advantageous as resistant to soiling and abrasion. These surface covering are also resistant to crumbling under load. Such surface coverings would be useful as flooring products with desirable properties. In particular, such abrasion and soil resistant surfaces could be useful as a rubber flooring product.

Abstract: Recycled or brown paper board is provided having a surface with a coating having one or more layers, at least one coating layer comprising one or more copolymers selected from the group consisting of styrene-acrylic-based copolymers, styrene-butadiene-based copolymers, and mixtures thereof, wherein the average Tg of the copolymers present in the coating layer is 25° C. or greater and the average polymer particle size of the copolymers present in the coating layer is 130 nm or greater. A method of producing a coated recycled paper board or brown paper board and a coating composition are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated packaging material that has a substrate having a base material of cellulose, an outer side to be faced away from the packaging item as well as an inner side to be faced towards the packaging item. The inner side of the substrate carries at least one layer of an aqueous composition, which includes at least polyvinyl alcohol and/or at least one polyvinyl alcohol copolymer as well as a cross-linking agent, wherein the aqueous composition has at most 40% by wt. of polyvinyl alcohol and/or polyvinyl alcohol copolymer and a total solid content of at most 55% by wt. The layer and cross-linking the polyvinyl alcohol and/or the polyvinyl alcohol copolymer is dried with the aid of the cross-linking agent with formation of a barrier layer for hydrophobic compounds are performed.

Abstract: Provided is a plastic lens obtained by curing a curable composition including a curable compound, wherein the curable composition includes 50 parts by mass or more of a (meth)acrylic curable compound relative to 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the curable compound, and in the plastic lens, the absorbance ratio of the maximum absorbance Abs1 at a wave number of 1680 to 1620 cm?1 relative to the maximum absorbance Abs2 at a wave number of 1800 to 1690 cm?1 in an infrared spectrum obtained by measurement with a Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer is 7.0% or less, as calculated by using the following Formula 1: Absorbance ratio (%)=(Abs1/Abs2)×100.

Abstract: A film is described comprising a (meth)acrylic polymer and polyvinyl acetal polymer composition, wherein the film comprises a structured layer.