Abstract: A multilayer, oriented shrink film includes a core layer, skin layers on opposed sides of the core layer, and an interlayer between each skin layer and the core layer for bonding each skin layer to the core layer. The core layer comprises a polypropylene terpolymer, at least one polybutene-1 copolymer and at least one polypropylene elastomeric copolymer including ethylene. At least one skin layer comprises at least one amorphous glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate. At least one interlayer includes a polypropylene terpolymer and an ethylene copolymer with vinyl acetate or methyl acrylate. The shrink film has a shrinkage of greater than 50% at 95° C. in one of the machine direction and transverse direction of film formation and has a density below 1.0 g/cm3.

Abstract: A gas permeable layer is formed from an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), a polyolefin (B), and an acid-modified ethylene-?-olefin copolymer (C).

Abstract: There are provided rolls comprising an air and water barrier article having opposing first and second major surfaces, a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on at least the first major surface of the article, and a liner having a first major surface that contacts the opposing second major surface of the article, and at least two adhesion modifying zones disposed between the second major surface of the article and the first major surface of the liner, wherein both of a first and second adhesion modifying zones contact the first major surface of the liner, and wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive contacts a second major surface of the liner when wound in the roll. There are also provided films made using these air and water barrier articles and building envelopes made using such films.

Abstract: A method for creating a three dimensional (3D) object from reactive components that form a thermoset product. In one embodiment, a method includes providing first and second reactive components that are effective to form the thermoset product. In one embodiment, the thermoset product includes a urethane and/or urea-containing polymer. In one embodiment, the first reactive component includes an isocyanate and the second reactive component includes a polyol having at least one terminal hydroxyl group, a polyamine having at least one amine that includes an isocyanate reactive hydrogen, or a combination of the polyol and the polyamine. In one embodiment, the first reactive component includes a prepolymer, and optionally the ratio of viscosity of the first and second reactive components is from 1:3 to 3:1. Also provided is a 3D object that includes a completely reacted thermoset product, and a thermoset system that includes a first and a second reactive component.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a water-borne polyaryletherketone composition which possesses outstanding shelf stability and which, when coated onto a variety of substrates, provides for excellent adhesion, to a method of coating a substrate using the same, and to coated substrates obtained therefrom.

Abstract: A hard coat film having excellent adhesion (particularly adhesion over time) to a hard coat layer when a cycloolefin polymer film is used as a base material. The hard coat film comprises a hard coat layer containing an ionizing radiation curable resin laminated on at least one surface of a cycloolefin polymer base film via a primer layer. The primer layer has an arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) in the range of 0.5 nm to 15.0 nm, and a surface of the primer layer has a static friction coefficient in the range of 0.6 to 2.0.

Abstract: A foldable display module is provided. The foldable display module includes a folded region and non-folded regions located on two sides of the folded region, and a flexible display panel and a flexible support layer disposed on a rear portion of the flexible display panel. A thickness of the flexible support layer ranges from 150 micrometers to 1000 micrometers, and a thickness of the flexible support layer corresponding to the folded region is less than a thickness of the flexible support layer corresponding to the non-folded regions. The present invention effectively reduces material and manufacturing costs of current foldable devices by thinning a portion of the flexible support layer corresponding to the folded region.

Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a protective film stacked on at least one surface of the polarizer, and the polarizer includes a hydrophobic polyvinyl alcohol resin, the polarizer has a surface roughness (Ra) of about 10 nm or less on a surface thereof facing the protective film, and the polarizing plate has a maximum metal ion-infiltration length of about 400 ?m or less between the polarizer and the protective film when metal powder-containing pastes are deposited on a surface of the polarizing plate in a thickness direction thereof and left at 60° C. and 95% relative humidity (RH) for 240 hours.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dust-purifying adhesive layer, a dust-purifying film, and a dust-purifying film sleeve. The dust-purifying adhesive layer comprises a substrate layer, an optically clear adhesive (OCA) layer, and a dust-purifying layer, the dust-purifying layer and the OCA layer respectively disposed on two sides of the substrate layer, wherein the dust-purifying layer is adapted for dust-purifying and air bubbles elimination. Compared with the prior art, the dust-purifying adhesive layer comprises a dust-purifying layer having functions of dust-purifying function and anti-foaming and when the dust-purifying film is arranged on the screen of the electronic device, the dust-purifying layer is in direct contact with the screen, and during the film-pasting process, air bubbles can be quickly eliminated, so that no air bubbles are generated during the film-pasting process.

Abstract: Provided herein is a hierarchical superhydrophobic surface comprising an array of first geometrical features disposed on a substrate comprising a first material and a terminal level disposed on the second features, wherein the terminal level comprises a second material, the second material being different from the first material. The second material has a hydrophilicity different from the hydrophilicity of at least one of 1) the hydrophilicity of the second material and 2) hydrophilicity induced by the hierarchical structure. The present disclosure further includes methods of preparing hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces and medical devices comprising the hierarchical superhydrophobic surfaces.

Abstract: To provide a vinylidene-fluoride resin film having low cloudiness and good visibility of a pattern and the like of a decorative film of a lower layer although having a matte tone with low glossiness. The vinylidene-fluoride resin film comprises crosslinked acrylic acid ester resin particles, in which the crosslinked acrylic acid ester resin particles have an average particle diameter of 5% or more and 40% or less to the thickness of the vinylidene-fluoride resin film and the arithmetic average surface roughness (Ra) of the vinylidene-fluoride resin film is 0.4 ?m or more and less than 2 ?m.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite including a plurality of stacked thermoplastic layers, and a plurality of carbon fiber reinforcing layers interposed between the thermoplastic layers, wherein the carbon-fiber-reinforced composite further comprises a stitching part stitched with an upper yarn and a lower yarn from outside of the thermoplastic layers at a folding location of the carbon-fiber-reinforced composite.

Abstract: A thermal interlace material for transferring heat by interposing between two materials may include a graphite film. The graphite film may have a thickness T of 200 nm to 3 ?m, and a ratio Ra/T of an arithmetic average roughness Ra on a surface of the graphite film to the thickness T of the graphite film, may be 0.1 to 30.

Abstract: A thermal interface material for transferring heat by interposing between two materials may include a graphite film. The graphite film may have a thickness of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, a density of 1.40 g/cm3 to 2.26 g/cm3, a thermal conductivity of 500 W/mK to 2000 W/mK in a film plane direction, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.1 ?m to 10 ?m on a surface of the graphite film.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a packaging material, more specifically a packaging material having gas and/or moisture barrier properties, wherein the material comprises a barrier material comprising a layer comprising at least 50% of a zinc ionomer, a layer of polyethylene and a layer that forms a gas barrier. The invention is also directed to packaging products using said barrier material. Such products are in particular packages suitable for cosmetics and personal care products.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dispersible adhesively bonded wet tissue laminate and more particularly a dispersible wet wipe comprising two or more adhesively bonded tissue plies. Generally, the wipe comprises first, and second tissue plies adhesively bonded to one another by an adhesive, particularly a triggerable binder, disposed at the interface of the plies. The first and second tissue plies preferably comprise fibrous tissue plies and more preferably wet-laid tissue plies consisting essentially of conventional papermaking fibers. The adhesively bonded laminates are generally strong enough to withstand use, such as having a geometric mean wet tensile strength (GMWT) greater than about 250 g/in, but disperse quickly in water, such as having a Slosh Time less than about 60 minutes.

Abstract: A laminated multilayer polymer containing film (P) comprises at least one layer comprising at least one copolyamide wherein the copolyamide is prepared by polymerizing the following components: (A) 15% to 84% by weight of at least one lactam, (B) 16% to 85% by weight of a monomer mixture (M) comprising the following components: (B1) at least one C32-C40 dimer acid and (B2) at least one C4-C12 diamine, where the percentages by weight of components (A) and (B) are each based on the sum total of the percentages by weight of components (A) and (B) and wherein the laminated multilayer polymer containing film (P) comprises at least one further layer, where the at least one further layer is selected from the group consisting of (i) at least one further polymer (FP) selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, poly(ethylene-vinyl alcohols), poly(ethylene-vinyl acetates), polyethylene terephthalates, polyvinylidene chlorides, maleic anhydride-grafted polyolefins, polyesters and ionomers and (ii) aluminum metal a

Abstract: Provided is a shoe sole member formed by at least two types of polymer compositions, a first composition and a second polymer composition, including: a first part formed by the first polymer composition; a second part formed by the second polymer composition; and a third part formed by a mixture of the first polymer composition and the second polymer composition between the first part and the second part.

Abstract: There is provided a method for producing a metal-resin composite which includes a resin member and a metal member having a roughened surface in at least a portion of the surface thereof, the resin member being joined so as to be in contact with at least a portion of the roughened surface. The method includes a step of joining the resin member and the metal member by melting the resin member with the frictional heat generated in the surface of the metal member on its side opposite to the resin member in a state where the metal member and the resin member are superposed. The method includes making adjustment so that when the roughened surface is measured at arbitrary five points by using a confocal microscope according to ISO 25178, the developed area ratio (Sdr) is 5 or more in terms of number-average value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) resin composition, an EVOH film formed therefrom, and a multilayer structure containing the same. The core height difference (Sk) of the surface of the EVOH resin composition is between 0.6 and 2.0 ?m, and the overall standard deviation of Sk is between 0.05 and 0.55. The invention can reduce the torque output during processing to achieve the effect of energy saving, and can also improve the stability during output to obtain a better film appearance.