Abstract: Disclosed is a polyimide coated shape memory material suitable for thermomechanical treatment to shape-set the material into the desired configuration and activate shape memory properties. The polyimide coating is subjected to a curing regime that imparts higher heat resistance in the polyimide coating to withstand the elevated temperatures required during the shape-setting treatment.

Abstract: A process for forming a synthetic based nonwoven web bonded with a crosslinkable polymer wherein an aqueous polymeric emulsion containing a crosslinkable polymer is applied to the synthetic based nonwoven web, the water removed, and the crosslinkable polymer crosslinked. The crosslinkable polymer incorporates acetoacetate functionality and carboxylic acid functionality; wherein crosslinking is achieved by the reaction of the acetoacetate with an effective amount of a polyaldehyde and the reaction of the carboxylic acid with an effective amount of a polyaziridine compound.

Abstract: A monolayer polyolefin-based printable article includes 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one polyaminoalkylene, and is characterized in that it has been treated by means of an oxidative surface treatment, such as a corona treatment. A process for the manufacture of a polyolefin-based printable article, according to which at least one surface region of the article, including at least one polyolefin and from 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one polyaminoalkylene, involves subjecting the region to an oxidative surface treatment. A printing process, according to which a polyolefin-based article, including from 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one polyaminoalkylene and treated by means of an oxidative surface treatment, utilizes an electrophotography technique to print on the article.

Abstract: The invention is directed to resin coating, adhesive, and cement compositions comprising styrenic copolymers and a terpene solvent. The compositions are particulary useful for toy article applications because of the use of safe, naturally occuring terpene solvents. These compositions form high adhesion bonding with molded elastomeric styrene copolymer surface substrates. The invention is also directed to a method of applying the instant coatings to substrate surfaces.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for forming an inked image on game balls, golf balls, and the like, through the use of novel curable inks that are low energy curable and require minimal curing through multiple source radiation curing processes, such as UV radiation, visible radiation, and electron beam radiation. Production inks, logo inks, and methods for forming production prints and logos on golf balls, game balls, and the like are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides composition for treating a substrate comprising a homogeneous mixture of:

Abstract: Functionally enhanced shrink-wrap materials having protective coatings composed of mixtures of a water-compatibilized, modified polyolefin resins (Component A) and a mixture of a water-compatibilized acrylic resin (Component B) and a water-compatibilized polyurethane resin (Component C) wherein said mixture contains from approximately 100% to 50% by weight Component B and from approximately 50% to 0% by weight of Component C are provided. Moreover, methods and materials are disclosed for providing protective shrink-wrap covering with enhanced, long-term durability and improved resistance to chemical contamination, biological agents, radiation, pollutants, physical stress and structural deformation among other environmental factors are also disclosed.

Abstract: A photographic film comprising a base layer and at least one emulsion layer, the emulsion layer having a melting temperature that is within 4 degrees centigrade of the incubation temperature used in an accelerated core-set test.

Abstract: A corrosion resistant coating to protect metallic and polymeric composite surfaces from corrosion and water promoted deterioration that is environmentally safe and non-toxic and is applied in one coat without the use of a primer is provided. The coating comprises a tough, flexible polyurethane binder and a corrosion inhibiting pigment selected from the group consisting of zinc hydroxy phosphite, zinc phosphate, calcium ion-exchanged silica, calcium strontium zinc phosphosilicate. The coating is effective in protecting both aluminum and steel surfaces against corrosion in salt spray environments and in protecting polymeric composite materials such as ablative coatings used in aerospace against deterioration after exposure to water.

Abstract: This invention relates to a coated substrate comprising (i) a substrate and (ii) a coating thereupon comprising a polymeric composition formed from (a) twenty-five to ninety-nine parts by weight of a poly(amide-imide) prepolymer; (b) one to twenty-five parts by weight of a trifunctional ester selected from the group consisting of trifunctional methacrylate ester, trifunctional acrylate ester, and mixtures thereof; (c) from 0.5 to fifteen parts by weight of an organo-reactive silane consisting of an amino group containing alkoxysilane having the formula NH2(CH2)nSi(OC2H5)3 where n is an integer from one to twenty; and (d) a conductive additive.

Abstract: The instant invention is a separator for a lithium polymer battery. The separator comprises a membrane and a coating. The membrane has a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of micropores extending from the first surface to the second surface. The coating covers the membrane, but does not fill the plurality of micropores. The coating comprises a gel-forming polymer and a plasticizer in a weight ratio of 1:0.5 to 1:3.

Abstract: A leather-like sheet is prepared by impregnating a fibrous substrate, which may comprise a microfine fiber-forming fiber, with a thermally gellable composite resin emulsion obtained by emulsion-polymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer (B) in the presence of a polyurethane emulsion (A) at a weight ratio of 90/10 to 10/90, solidifying the thermally gellable composite emulsion in the impregnated fibrous substrate, and if the fibrous substrate is a microfine fiber-forming fiber, converting the microfine fiber-forming fiber to a microfine fiber. After impregnation, the emulsion in the impregnated fibrous substrate is thermally solidified, thereby producing a leather-like sheet having excellent softness and fulfillment feeling, and good hand feel, feel and physical properties like that of natural leather. A film of the composite resin has a specific elastic modulus.

Abstract: A polyimide/fluororesin laminate comprises a polyimide film and a fluororesin layer. The tear propagation resistance strength of the polyimide film after being exposed to 150° C. 100% RH environment for 12 hours is not less than 80% of the tear propagation resistance strength of the polyimide film before exposure. Particularly, the polyimide film contains at least one of Al, Si, Ti, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn, Sn, Sb, Pb, and Bi. The laminate is useful for an insulating tape for wire-winding.

Abstract: Provided is a thin copper film directly bonded polyimide film in which a thin copper film is directly and strongly connected to a polyimide film. This thin copper film directly bonded polyimide film includes a polyimide film modified by bonding an organic silane compound having a cyano group represented by formula —Si(R—CN)n (wherein R represents alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and n represents a positive number from 1 to 3) to a carbon atom on the surface of the polyimide film, and a thin copper film directly bonded to the modified surface of the polyimide film.

Abstract: Process for producing a multi-layer lacquer finish, in which a surfacer coating compound is applied to a substrate optionally pre-coated with a priming layer and/or further coating layers, and a top coating comprising a colour-imparting and/or special-effect-imparting base lacquer layer and a transparent clear lacquer layer, or a top coating comprising a pigmented one-layer top lacquer, is then applied, in which coating compounds which contain binders which are curable by free radical and/or cationic polymerisation are employed as the surfacer, the base lacquer and the clear lacquer as well as the one-layer top lacquer, and wherein the said binders are cured by means of high-energy radiation.

Abstract: Disclosed are an antiglare film having a high level of anti-scintillation properties, high sharpness of transmitted images, high light transmittance (total light transmittance), and a high level of external light reflection preventive properties, and a process for producing the antiglare film. A resin and non-agglomerative particles having a specific particle diameter are selected so that the difference in refractive index between the resin and the particles is 0.05 to 0.15. The resin and the non-agglomerative particles are brought to a coating composition using, as a solvent, a good solvent for the resin and a poor solvent for the resin. The coating composition is coated onto a substrate film to form a coating which is then dried. In the course of the drying, as the amount of the good solvent in the coating decreases, the poor solvent acts to cause the gelation of the particles and the resin. Thus, good concaves and convexes can be advantageously formed on the surface of the coating.

Abstract: The specular gloss of a polyurethane wear layer of a surface covering is controlled by controlling the thermal conditions of a substrate before and after it is coated with a liquid polyurethane and by controlling the termal conditions of the liquid polyurethane before it is coated on the substrate. The liquid polyurethane is photo-curable or radiation-curable and it contains a matting agent. Changes in specular gloss are attained without changing the composition of the polyurethane or the conditions of photo-curing or radiation curing.

Abstract: The invention concerns a stain resist composition comprising: (a) a component selected from the group consisting of (1) an anionically modified phenol formaldehyde polymer comprising a phenol moiety and a formaldehyde moiety, (2) a naphthalene condensate, (3) a lignin sulfonate, (4) a phenol sulfonate derivative, a mixture thereof and (5) a (meth)acrylic polymer comprising residues of acrylic or methacrylic acid; and (b) a polyester.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coated polymer film having an essentially streak-free coated surface that resists the formation of fog. The film includes a self-supporting polymer film layer, and an anti-fog coating on the film layer. The anti-fog coating, which can also be applied to alternate substrates, consisting essentially of a copolyester binder and an anionic surfactant, wherein the surfactant contains less than about 0.5 weight percent of a fluorosurfactant. A slip agent can also be included in the anti-fog coating.

Abstract: A latex which forms a film by evaporation at a temperature of less than 40° C. is based on hydrophobic polymer particles having a core/shell structure. The particles consist of 70 to 90% by weight of at least one polymer with a soft character having a glass transition temperature of less than 20° C. forming the core, and 10 to 30% by weight of at least one polymer with a hard character having a glass transition temperature of greater than 50° C. forming the shell. When applied to any surface and after drying at low temperature, the latex, without the use of any coalescents or volatile organic compounds, provides a continuous film which is homogeneous, has no surface tack and has good mechanical integrity.

Abstract: A composite polyurethane foam structure and method of preparing the composite structure, which structure includes a semirigid-rigid polyurethane foam layer having bonded, free, unreacted, ethylenically unsaturated groups like allyl or acrylic groups. The structure includes a cured, unsaturated resin composition layer which is chemically bonded to one or both surfaces of the polyurethane foam layer through the polymerization of the allyl or acrylic group in the foam surface with the polyester resin composition.

Abstract: Textile materials having high colorfastness, and methods for their production are described. The process involves heatsetting a textile material, then applying a polysiloxane/catalyst combination to the heatset material. The textile material is then dried at low temperature, thereby resulting in a material having good colorfastness and shade. The process can be used to process fibers, yarns or fabrics, and is particularly useful in the processing of microdenier fibers.

Abstract: A polymer dispersant for pigments based on a random copolymer wherein the copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of at least 3000 and comprises a polymeric backbone of primarily acrylic monomers wherein the backbone contains multiple pigment anchoring groups attached thereto including at least one amide group and one or more additional pigment anchoring groups selected from the group consisting of aromatic esters, aromatic amines, and quaternary ammonium salts. These materials disperse a wide variety of pigments and are useful in solvent borne coatings where they can provide improved efficiency of pigment use, lower paint viscosity, and reduced emission of volatile organic solvent.

Abstract: An improved PVOH-based coating solution for application to a polymeric substrate. The coating solution includes poly(vinyl alcohol), a formaldehyde-containing crosslinking agent and a crosslinking-promoting acid catalyst which lowers the pH of the solution to about 3.5 or less and, preferably, to about 3 or less. The coating solution exhibits improved viscosity stability, particularly with the addition of a second acid catalyst. The coating solution also provides improved crosslinking and oxygen barrier characteristics upon drying.

Abstract: A laminate useful for seals particularly for vehicle window seals that are flexible, wear resistant and have a low coefficient of friction, is provided. The laminate has a rubber substrate and a polyolefin coating disposed on and adherent to the rubber substrate. The invention also provides methods of making laminates, particularly seals. Such method includes the steps of providing a rubber substrate; then applying a powdered crystalline polyolefin to the rubber substrate, in an amount sufficient to form a continuous layer when melted; and then melting the powdered crystalline polyolefin to form a continuous polyolefin coating disposed on, and adherent to, the rubber substrate. The invention also relates to seals comprising: an polyolefin rubber body; and a continuous coating of fused polyolefin disposed on and adherent to the rubber seal. Preferably the continuous coating of fused polyolefin is disposed in the glass run channel in the rubber body.

Abstract: An alignment treating agent for a liquid crystal cell, which comprises a polyimide resin of the formula (I): wherein R1 is a tetravalent organic group constituting a tetracarboxylic acid or its derivative, R2 is a bivalent organic group constituting a diamine, and m is a positive integer, provided that at least 10 mol % of R2 is a bivalent organic group selected from the group consisting of: wherein X is H, OH, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a carboxyl group, an acyl group or a halogen atom, said polyimide resin being made insoluble in an organic solvent by coating a precursor solution of said polyimide resin on a substrate, followed by heating.

Abstract: A process for coating a thermoplastic substrate which comprises applying a solvent based coating composition to the substrate and curing the coating composition at ambient temperature to 125° C. to form a uniform smooth film on the substrate; wherein the coating composition contains about 45-80% by weight of a film forming binder and 20-55% by weight of an organic liquid carrier; wherein the binder contains (A) 40-90% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of a polymer selected from the following: acrylic polyol, polyester polyol, polyether polyol or a polyurethane polyol; and (B) 10-60% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of an organic polyisocyanate crosslinking agent; and wherein the organic liquid carrier used in the coating composition comprises at least 50% by weight, based on the weight of the organic liquid carrier used in the coating composition, of tertiary butyl acetate; the process of this invention also can be used to apply lacquers, i.e.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of applying a powder coating to a substrate (5), in particular a temperature-sensitive substrate such as wood, wood-fiber material, plastic, rubber, cloth, paper or cardboard, wherein a thermoreactive powder is applied as a base layer (6) to the uncoated surface of the substrate (5), and wherein by means of infrared radiation with at least some components in the near and/or short-wave infrared region the powder is warmed throughout to the cross-linking temperature and cured, or is warmed throughout to the gelling temperature and in a subsequent processing step cross-linking is completed and the coating is cured. To generate the infrared radiation in particular halogen bulbs (7) are used in combination with a reflector (8) to reflect the emitted radiation towards the substrate. The halogen bulbs (7) are operated in such a way that the emitted radiation has a flux-density maximum in the near infrared.

Abstract: The invention provides a thermosetting aqueous primer composition that includes a polyurethane polymer, an acrylic polymer, and a crosslinking component that is reactive with at least one of the polyurethane polymer and the acrylic polymer. The polyurethane polymer has a glass transition temperature of 0° C. or less. The acrylic polymer has a glass transition temperature that is at least about 20° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of polyurethane resin. The invention further provides a composite coating having as a primer layer a cured layer of the primer composition of the invention and having at least one topcoat layer.

Abstract: A curable acrylic polymer composition useful in coating, sealant or adhesive compositions comprises an acrylic polymer containing pendant functional groups selected from epoxide groups, isocyanate groups, alkoxysilane groups and activated —CH— groups bonded to at least two electron-withdrawing groups and a curing agent which is reactive with the functional groups of the acrylic polymer and is characterized in that the polymer is dissolved in an organic compound of viscosity less than 2 Pas (20 poise) at 25° C. containing at least one functional group of the same functionality as that present in the acrylic polymer. The composition can be prepared by the free radical polymerization of a functional olefinically unsaturated monomer, and optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated comonomers, in the presence of the said functional organic compound as diluent.

Abstract: Waterborne coating compositions, methods of applying such compositions, and substrates coated with such compositions are described. The compositions include an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin, an epoxy resin, and a polyvinyl chloride resin. The compositions can also include an aminoplast such as a melamine, and one or more curing agents. Additionally, the compositions can include flatting agents, colored metallic and/or polymeric particles, hard particles, surfactants, rheology modifiers, defoamers, and coalescing aids. The coating composition can be applied to virtually any surface and cured using conventional heat curing techniques, whether or not there is a chemically embossed layer. However, it is advantageously used in surface coverings in combination with a chemically embossed layer. In one embodiment, the surface covering includes a chemically embossed layer and a cured top layer, which are both cured in a single heating step or plurality of heating steps.

Abstract: This invention relates to a new one-component stoving composition, which can be baked at low temperatures without the release of volatile compounds and which also has satisfactory stability when stored at room temperature. The invention also relates to the use of the one-component stoving composition.

Abstract: A process for the recycling of polymeric powder coating waste involves the steps of contacting polymeric powder coating chips with the powder coating waste to form a combination, by applying the powder coating waste to at least a portion of the surface of the powder coating chips, followed by heating the combination to a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to firmly bond the powder coating waste to the powder coating chips.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved flexibilized, plasticized polyvinyl chloride films bonded with a substrate by means of an aqueous based pressure sensitive acrylic adhesive emulsion polymers. Conventional emulsion based pressure sensitive adhesives were comprised of a copolymer comprised of polymerized units of acrylic esters and ethylenically unsaturated monomers, the copolymer having a Tg of from −15 to −70° C. The improvement in the aqueous based, emulsion polymerized pressure sensitive adhesives resides in the incorporation of polymerized units of a vinyl C8-13 ester of a neo-acid into the adhesive. The vinyl ester is formed from a mixture of propylene oligomers and such vinyl ester is represented by the chemical formula: C8-13H7-27CO2CH═CH2. Preferably, the adhesive includes units of methyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate and a carboxylic acid selected from acrylic acid or methacrylic acid.

Abstract: This invention relates to a dual crosslinkable polymer/crosslinking system particularly suited for use in preparing high quality nonwoven products. The polymeric binders incorporate at least two different but reactive functionalities, i.e., hydroxy and carboxyl, and which are capable of reacting with two other multifunctional reactants, i.e., polyaldehydes and aziridines, each of which reacts with at least one of the functionalities present in the polymer. This selection of reactive functionality coupled with the selection of crosslinking agents permits ambient temperature cure.

Abstract: A method of preparing a transparency comprised of a substrate with two coating layers on the front side and two coating layers on the reverse side of the substrate; wherein said two front side coatings are comprised of a first layer in contact with the substrate, and a second toner receiving coating situated on top of the first coating and wherein the said two coatings in contact with the reverse side of the substrate are comprised of a third coating in contact with the substrate, and a fourth toner receiving coating layer on top of the third coating said method comprising (a) dissolving a coating solution of the first layer in a mixture of about two solvents where at least one solvent is a solvent for the coating layer and at least one other solvent is a gelling agent for the coating layer, (b) dissolving a second toner receiving composition in water, (c) coating the two solutions simultaneously, (d) drying, and (e) coating the third and fourth layers, and drying.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a mineral-based coating composition that can be used on a wide range of substrate surfaces. The composition is comprised of a mineral extender, such as a delaminated hydrated aluminum silicate based clays, having an aspect ratio of about 11 to 1, water, a homopolymer polyvinyl acetate emulsion, a co-polymer polyvinyl acetate emulsion, an acrylic emulsion binder containing a metal dioxide and a buffering agent, a surfactant and a defloculant. Also provided is a method of preparing the mineral-based coating composition. The mineral-based coating composition may be applied to various substrate surfaces to form artistic medium surfaces. The present invention also provides a method of making an artistic medium surface using the composition of the present invention.

Abstract: A viscosity-increasing agent, capable of increasing the viscosity of a film-forming polymer in an image-functional layer, is preapplied in a first solution onto a web through a coating and drying process. When a second solution containing the film-forming polymer is then coated on the web, the viscosity-increasing agent diffuses through the applied second solution. As the viscosity-increasing agent interacts with the film-forming polymer during this diffusion process, the viscosity of the solution increases. The invention can be used to improve the manufacture of ink-jet media, photographic or photothermographic elements, and other imaging and image-receiving media.

Abstract: A process of preparing an oxygen barrier coating using a compound of the general formula RaX3−aSi—Z—SiX3−aRa wherein Z is R′NH(R′NH)pR′, each R is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a hydrocarbon group, each X is selected from the group consisting of an alkoxy group with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, an oxime group or an acyloxy group, each R′ is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; a is from 0 to 3 and p is 0 or 1. The invention further comprises compositions incorporating the above compound. Coatings prepared may be used in packaging applications as a top coat, or a primer for further coatings.

Abstract: This invention provides the composition, preparation, and end-use of waterborne crosslinking technology based compositions prepared from water-based latexes. The invention provides a water-based latex comprising dispersed, waterborne amino-functional polymer particles; dispersed, waterborne acetoacetoxy-functional polymer particles; and water. In a preferred embodiment, a latex of the invention comprises dispersed, waterborne polymeric (polyamino)enamine (PPAE) particles; dispersed, waterborne acetoacetoxy-functional polymer particles; and water. The PPAE is the reaction product of a surfactant-stabilized acetoacetoxy-functional polymer (SAAP) and a poly(alkylenimine). The water-based latexes of the invention provide stable emulsions containing a blend of waterborne polymer particles which undergo crosslinking upon film formation. The latex films or coatings may be cured at ambient temperatures or may be thermally cured.

Abstract: A process which is for efficiently producing a silicone-based printing sheet and capable of forming an ink-receiving layer which is excellent in the fixability of a thermal transfer ink thereto and can be peeled off easily. The process comprises spreading a coating liquid containing at least a cellulosic polymer and a silicone resin as components on a carrier film wherein at least a surface layer on the side to be coated with the coating liquid is made of poly(vinylidene fluoride), and drying the coating to form an ink-receiving layer.

Abstract: Composite particles made of a resin and filler material are provided for use in subterranean formations. The filler is finely divided mineral and optional fiber. The particles are proppants useful to prop open subterranean formation fractures. The particles are also useful for water filtration. Methods of making the composite particles are also disclosed.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel airbag coating compositions and systems comprising heat-expandable microspheres that provide effective insulation for the target airbag fabric during exothermic inflation. The inventive airbag fabrics are either pre-calendered prior to application of this composition or are coated through a floating knife method with such heat-expandable microsphere-containing compositions. The coated airbag fabrics and cushions may then be heated to expand the microsphere constituents of the coating compositions both within the interstices between the individual yarns of the fabric and over the raised yarns of the fabric. Such a coating system thus provides an extremely high degree of protection from heat exposure that permits structural integrity of the target airbag cushion airbag and provides protection from such high inflation temperatures to a vehicle passenger cushion during such a highly exothermic inflation event.

Abstract: A process is described for applying a thin-film, hydrophobic, oil-repellant, stain-resistant, optical coating to a transparent substrate. The coating is applied using a treatment solution that incorporates an organosilane in a solvent of water, alcohol, and ethylene glycol or glycerol, and an acid catalyst, with the organosilane having a preferred concentration in the range of 0.05 to 50 mmole per liter. The treatment solution preferably is prepared in a two-step procedure, in which the organosilane is first reacted in concentrated form and then diluted. After the treatment solution has been applied to the transparent substrate, e.g., by dip coating, the coated substrate is dried, preferably by flash-drying at room temperature and then heating it to a prescribed elevated temperature, in a prescribed humidity.

Abstract: The invention concerns a bleach resist composition comprising: (a) a component selected from the group consisting of (1) an anionically modified phenol formaldehyde polymer comprising a phenol moiety and a formaldehyde moiety, (2) a naphthalene condensate, (3) a lignin sulfonate, (4) a phenol sulfonate derivative, a mixture thereof and (5) a (meth)acrylic polymer comprising residues of acrylic or methacrylic acid; and (b) a polyester. Further provided are methods of imparting bleach resistance to a substrate with the compositions of the invention.

Abstract: Novel polymeric compounds are disclosed which may be utilized alone, or after being further polymerized into an emulsion polymer, to form pigmented compositions that are useful in a variety of pigmented compositions, including inks. The inks produced have high bond strength, and are suitable for use in a large number of printing processes, most notably processes involving printing onto flexible substrates.

Abstract: A laminated film containing a heat resisting resin layer which is soluble in a dipolar aprotic solvent, is laminated on a biaxially oriented thermoplastic film, wherein the biaxially oriented thermoplastic film and the heat resisting resin layer are directly adhered to each other, and the heat resisting resin is stretched at least in one direction after coating; there is no intervening adhesive layer; the resulting laminated film has excellent adhesion and flatness, and a resin laminated film having high flatness and productivity is provided.

Abstract: A laminate and a method for making a laminate having a hidden or shielded image. The laminate includes a substrate having an first surface containing an image thereon and a polymeric film laminated to the first substrate surface overlying the image. The film contains an exposed water activatable opaque layer having a thickness ranging from about 0.60 mil to about 2.0 mil, the opaque layer including aluminum silicate and a binder. Upon wetting the opaque layer, the hidden or shielded image is revealed. The method includes a means for producing the laminate in high volumes for minimizing the production costs thereof. Upon drying the opaque layer, the image is again hidden or shielded from view. The laminate may be used multiple times without adversely affecting its ability to reveal and hide images.

Abstract: A coating composition for producing electrically conductive coatings, containing one or more electrically conductive pigments and an organic binder, as well as, optionally, additives and auxiliary agents, in an aqueous solvent, which organic binder contains a copolymer dispersible in water and based on (meth)acrylate- and silylated, unsaturated monomers. The total content of organic solvents in the composition does not exceed 0.5% by weight. The coatings thus obtained are especially well-bonded and resistant to mechanical influences and to solvents, and exhibit suitable conductivity (sheet resistivity) values.

Abstract: A light influencing element and the process of fabricating the same is disclosed, wherein the light influencing element is fabricated by disposing a layer of a substantially opaque material upon a transparent substrate. One or more openings or wells may then be cut or formed in the surface of the layer of opaque material. Into such openings a light influencing material is then disposed, preferable said materials are injected thereinto as by ink-jet type injection heads. Liquid crystal displays and subassemblies formed upon the light influencing elements of the instant invention are also provided.