Abstract: An optical film includes a film body defining an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and at least one outer edge extending between the upper and lower surfaces. The optical film also includes at least one energy radiated discolored portion formed in the film body. The at least one energy radiated discolored portion includes a radiation absorbing material.

Abstract: To provide an antistatic laminate and an antistatic adhesive agent capable of maintaining antistatic performance and adhesive force necessary during high-temperature heat treatment, easily removable from an adherend after heat treatment, and capable of reducing or eliminating contaminants such as an antistatic agent and an adhesive agent residue present on an adherend obtained after the removal.

Abstract: Method of three-dimensionally printing an article onto a surface.

Abstract: Article comprising, in order, a substrate, a hardcoat comprising: a binder; and a mixture of nanoparticles in a range from 60 wt. % to 90 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hardcoat, wherein a range from 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % of the nanoparticles comprise a first group of nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in a range from 2 nm to 200 nm, and in a range from 50 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of the nanoparticles comprise a second group of nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in a range from 60 nm to 400 nm, based on the total weight of nanoparticles in the hardcoat, and having a ratio of the average particle size of the first group of nanoparticles to the average particle size of the second group of nanoparticles are in a range from 1:2 to 1:200; a layer comprising SiOxCy, where 0<x<2 and 0<y<1; and a hydrophilic layer. Articles described herein are useful, for example, for optical displays (e.g.

Abstract: Method of three-dimensionally printing an article onto a surface.

Abstract: Multilayer barrier coatings or films and methods of making the same are provided. The coatings or films include a hardcoat layer (122) including nanoparticles hosted by a binder, and a barrier layer (124) directly disposed on a major surface (122s) of the hardcoat layer (122). The binder includes one or more silicone (meth)acrylate additives.

Abstract: Method of three-dimensionally printing an article onto a surface comprising a composition, the composition comprising: a binder and a mixture. The mixture comprises nanoparticles in at least two groupings of size ranges.

Abstract: To provide an abrasive material having a structured surface that is excellent in preventing adhesion and accumulation of foreign objects, and a manufacturing method thereof. The abrasive material of an embodiment of the present disclosure is an abrasive material having an abrasive layer with a structured surface with a plurality of three-dimensional elements arranged thereon, a surface treatment selected from the group consisting of fluoride treatment and silicon treatment being performed on at least a portion of the structured surface, and the fluoride treatment being selected from the group consisting of plasma treatment, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, and fluorine gas treatment.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reflective trays (101) comprising a polymeric dielectric multilayer reflector material, backlight modules incorporating said reflective trays, articles using said backlight modules, and methods of making said reflective trays useful for backlight modules. In particular, the backlight modules have a reduced tendency to leak light into unwanted areas, and also form a compact unit having a narrow bezel, that at least partially surrounds the components of the backlight and/or the display.

Abstract: An acoustic decorative sheet includes a film layer, a glass cloth layer, and an adhesive layer separating the film layer from the glass cloth layer. The adhesive layer is adhered to the film layer and the glass cloth layer. The film layer and the adhesive layer have a plurality of micro bores disposed there through. The micro bores have a diameter in a range from 20 to 500 micrometers and number from 2 to 700 microbores per cm2. An acoustic assembly includes the acoustic decorative sheet, a substrate; and an air gap at least partially separating the acoustic decorative sheet from the substrate.

Abstract: An acoustic decorative sheet includes a film layer, a glass cloth layer, and an adhesive layer separating the film layer from the glass cloth layer. The adhesive layer is adhered to the film layer and the glass cloth layer. The film layer and the adhesive layer have a plurality of micro bores disposed there through. The micro bores have a diameter in a range from 20 to 500 micrometers and number from 2 to 700 microbores per cm2. An acoustic assembly includes the acoustic decorative sheet, a substrate; and an air gap at least partially separating the acoustic decorative sheet from the substrate.

Abstract: A multilayer sheeting with a 3D floating image. The sheeting includes a layer of microlenses and a multilayer material disposed adjacent the microlenses. The multilayer material includes multiple adjacent layers having X-Y planar positions and a Z-direction orthogonal to the X-Y planar positions. Individual images, which contrast with the material, are formed in the multilayer material and include connected elements at interfaces between the multiple layers and conjunction elements between connected elements. The connected elements are registered in the Z-direction at the X-Y planar positions in the interfaces between the layers. The individual images collectively form a composite 3D image that appears to the unaided eye to be three-dimensional and floating above or below the sheeting, or both.

Abstract: Hardcoat and precursor therefore comprising a binder and a mixture of nanoparticles in a range from 40 wt. % to 95 wt. %, based on the total weight of the hardcoat, wherein 10 wt. % to 50 wt. % of the nanoparticles have an average particle diameter in a range from 2 nm to 200 nm and 50 wt. % to 90 wt. % of the nanoparticles have an average particle diameter in a range from 60 nm to 400 nm, and wherein the ratio of average particle diameters of nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in the range from 2 nm to 200 nm to average particle diameters of nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in the range from 60 nm to 400 nm is in a range from 1:2 to 1:200. Hardcoat described herein are useful, for example, for optical displays (e.g., cathode ray tube (CRT), light emitting diode (LED) displays), and of devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, touch-sensitive screens and removable computer screens; and for body of such devices.

Abstract: A microlens sheet that can be used as a floating image material is provided having a microlens array layer that can be produced by a more simple replication process, without requiring adjustment of the thickness. The microlens sheet has high scratch resistance and dust resistance. The microlens sheet has a microlens array layer including a first surface, and a second surface formed by replication, having a plurality of arranged convex lenses and one or more partition walls with a fixed height (Hw) that protrudes past the top of the convex lenses, a radiation sensitive layer which is disposed substantially at a focal position of the convex lenses on a side of the microlens array layer opposite the first surface, and which is substantially parallel to the second surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microlens laminate having a protected surface and exhibiting excellent appearance. The microlens laminate is capable of providing a composite image that floats above, in the plane of and/or below the laminate. The microlens laminate includes (a) a microlens sheeting comprising a microlens layer composed of a plurality of microlenses, the microlens layer having first and second sides, and a light-sensitive material layer disposed adjacent the first side of the microlens layer; and (b) a transparent material layer disposed at the second side of the microlens layer in the microlens sheeting.

Abstract: A multilayer sheeting with a 3D floating image. The sheeting includes a layer of microlenses and a multilayer material disposed adjacent the microlenses. The multilayer material includes multiple adjacent layers having X-Y planar positions and a Z-direction orthogonal to the X-Y planar positions. Individual images, which contrast with the material, are formed in the multilayer material and include connected elements at interfaces between the multiple layers and conjunction elements between connected elements. The connected elements are registered in the Z-direction at the X-Y planar positions in the interfaces between the layers. The individual images collectively form a composite 3D image that appears to the unaided eye to be three-dimensional and floating above or below the sheeting, or both.

Abstract: There are provided optical members having a microlens array structure that can be produced by a more simple process, as well as devices employing them. The optical members have on one main surface a microlens array formed using a replication process that employs a mold comprising a plurality of gas bubbles arranged on a replication surface. There are also provided devices that employ the optical members.

Abstract: In the conventional initial operation and activation processing (pre-processing), a processing time of ten odd hours or more is usually required, and special processing equipment and complex processing steps are needed. An aqueous alcohol solution is prepared, a membrane electrode assembly (10) for a solid polymer-type fuel cell is brought into contact with the aqueous alcohol solution, and the assembly (10) is then washed with water. Then, the membrane electrode assembly (10) is sandwiched between bipolar plates (30, 31) to configure a unit cell. The unit cell is sandwiched between collector plates (50, 51), a plurality of unit cells sandwiched between the collector plates are stacked, and the stack is tightened and held between insulating plates (60, 61) and end plates (70, 71) to produce a solid polymer-type fuel cell.

Abstract: T-DNA tagging with a promoterless ?-glucuronidase (GUS) gene generated transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plants that expressed GUS activity either only in developing seed coats, or constitutively. Cloning and deletion analysis of the GUS fusion revealed that the promoter responsible for seed coat specificity was located in the plant DNA proximal to the GUS gene. Analysis of the region demonstrated that the seed coat-specificity of GUS expression in this transgenic plant resulted from T-DNA insertion next to a cryptic promoter. This promoter is useful in controlling the expression of genes to the developing seed coat in plant seeds. Similarly, cloning and characterization of the cryptic constitutive promoter revealed the occurrence of several cryptic regulatory regions. These regions include promoter, negative regulatory elements, transcriptional enhancers, core promoter regions, and translational enhancers and other regulatory elements.

Abstract: To provide an improved liquid transport film capable of maintaining high transport characteristics particularly for a liquid having high polarity not only at the initial stage but also in the use environment. A polyolefin-base liquid transport film having on the surface thereof a plurality of fine grooves, wherein a hydrophilic monomer is grafted to the surface of the fine grooves by radiation graft polymerization to form a graft layer and the hydrophilic monomer is an N,N-dialkylaminoalkyl (meth)acrylamide and/or a salt thereof.