Abstract: A method for manufacturing a thin substrate uses a temporary adhesive film for substrate processing for temporarily adhesion of a substrate to a support on a surface of the substrate opposite to a surface to be processed, the temporary adhesive film for substrate processing containing a siloxane bond-containing polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 500,000 in an amount of 10 parts by mass or more and 100 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass; and includes: (a) laminating the temporary adhesive film for substrate processing onto the support and/or the surface of the substrate opposite to the surface to be processed; (b) bonding thereof under reduced pressure; (c) processing the substrate by grinding or polishing; (d) treating the substrate with acid or base; (e) other processing; (f) separating the processed substrate from the support; and (g) cleaning the substrate.

Abstract: A label having a silicone-free (water-based) release coating and compatible adhesive patch is provided. The label includes a thermally coated substrate having a silicone-free substrate overlaid thereon of a first surface. A second surface includes a microsphere adhesive layer.

Abstract: Described herein are block copolymers having hydrophobic blocks and hydrophilic blocks which are effective in binding to the surface of hard tissue; compositions comprising the same, as well as methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: A backlight module includes: a light guide plate, having a light incoming side and a light outgoing face; a rubber frame, arranged at four edges of the light guide plate; an optical film, arranged on the light outgoing face of the light guide plate and having four edges, where at least a portion of at least one edge among the four edges of the optical film exceeds an edge of the light guide plate and is placed on the rubber frame such that the rubber frame supports the optical film; and a spacer, where the spacer is located on the portion of the at least one edge of the optical film that is placed on the rubber frame and are located on a surface of the optical film away from the rubber frame, and the spacer is used to support a display panel on the backlight module.

Abstract: Micro pick-and-bond heads, assembly methods, and device assemblies. In, embodiments, micro pick-and-bond heads transfer micro device elements, such as (micro) LEDs, en masse from a source substrate to a target substrate, such as a LED display substrate. Anchor and release structures on the source substrate enable device elements to be separated from a source substrate, while pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) enables device elements to be temporarily affixed to pedestals of a micro pick-and bond head. Once the device elements are permanently affixed to a target substrate, the PSA interface may be defeated through peeling and/or thermal decomposition of an interface layer.

Abstract: The invention provides a reflection film in which generation of side lobes derived from a cholesteric liquid crystalline layer is suppressed. A reflection film of the invention includes: a first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer which is formed of a composition including a first liquid crystal compound; and a second cholesteric liquid crystalline layer which is disposed at least on one surface of the first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer and formed of a composition including a second liquid crystal compound, in which a helical pitch length of the first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer is constant, a birefringence ?n2 of the second liquid crystal compound is smaller than a birefringence ?n1 of the first liquid crystal compound, and a helical pitch number of the second cholesteric liquid crystalline layer is a half or less of a helical pitch number of the first cholesteric liquid crystalline layer.

Abstract: An edge folding apparatus. The edge folding apparatus includes a fixed base having a horizontal track. A fixed guide block includes either a channel or a peg. The channel includes a horizontal portion leading to a vertical portion. A sliding base is slidably coupled to a horizontal track. The sliding base includes a vertical track. A tool mount block is slidably coupled to the vertical track. The tool mount block includes the other of the channel or the peg. The peg slides along and is guided by the channel. A first linear actuator pushes the sliding base along the horizontal track and a second linear actuator pushes the tool mount block along the vertical track.

Abstract: Provided are a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having high wetting ability and superior adherability and light peelability, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet produced with such a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition includes a polyester obtained by polycondensation of a difunctional or polyfunctional carboxylic acid and a diol; a fatty acid ester; and a crosslinking agent, wherein the polyester has a weight average molecular weight of 8,500 to 50,000, and the fatty acid ester has no additional functional group and has a molecular weight of 200 to 700. The polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains 10 to 150 parts by weight of the fatty acid ester based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester.

Abstract: The invention relates to an acrylic layer (in the form of a coating, film or sheet) useful as part of a photovoltaic module backsheet. The acrylic layer contains at least 40 percent of one or more acrylic polymers, including an acrylic polymer matrix and optionally acrylic impact modifiers. The acrylic polymer is preferably a polymer, copolymer, or terpolymer containing at least 50 weight percent of methylmethacrylate monomer units. The acrylic layer is flexible and optionally contains high levels of white pigment. It may also contain fluoropolymers such as polyvinylidene fluoride to improve weathering, processibility and film formation. The acrylic layer adheres to a polymer support layer such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). A preferred substrate is PET that is pre-treated to improve adhesion, but unprimed PET can also be used. The backsheet provides excellent weatherability, environmental stability and reflectivity as part of a photovoltaic module.

Abstract: Provided is a polyethylene film that is more excellent in blocking in unwinding the film in the film roll state, and more excellent in blocking between sealants after lamination with a base material, and also having transparency and excellent heat sealing property even at low temperatures. A polyethylene film wherein in at least either face, a ratio between an arithmetic mean inclination angle in a machine direction of film (R?a (MD) [°]), and an arithmetic mean inclination angle in a direction perpendicular to the machine direction (R?a (TD) [°]) satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2?R?a(TD)/R?a(MD)?3.6??(1) (R?a (MD): arithmetic mean inclination angle measured in the machine direction of film, and R?a (TD): arithmetic mean inclination angle measured in the direction perpendicular to the machine direction of film).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an optical bonding apparatus with multiple layer structure including a pressure sensitive bonding layer and a thermal flow pressure sensitive bonding layer. The thermal flow pressure sensitive bonding layer is used for bonding to a rough surface of an object and superposing on the pressure sensitive bonding layer.

Abstract: Provided is a polyethylene film showing more excellent blocking resistance in unwinding from the film roll state and more excellent blocking resistance between sealants after lamination with a base material, and having transparency and excellent heat sealing property even at low temperatures. A polyethylene film wherein in at least either face, a ratio between an arithmetic mean roughness in a machine direction of film (Ra(MD)), and an arithmetic mean roughness in a direction perpendicular to the machine direction (Ra(TD)) satisfies the following formula (1): 1.2?Ra(TD)/Ra(MD)?3.6??(1) (Ra(MD): arithmetic mean roughness [?m] measured in the machine direction of film, and Ra(TD): arithmetic mean roughness [?m] measured in the direction perpendicular to the machine direction of film).

Abstract: There are provided a composition for forming an adhesive layer of a dicing film, including: a polymer additive including at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a polymer containing a (meth)acrylate-based functional group and a non-polar functional group, a (meth)acrylate-based polymer containing at least one fluorine, and a silicon-modified (meth)acrylate-based polymer containing a reactive functional group; an adhesive binder; and a photoinitiator, wherein a weight ratio of the polymer additive to the adhesive binder is 0.01% to 4.5%, a dicing film including an adhesive layer including the composition, a dicing die bonding film including the dicing film, and a method for dicing a semiconductor wafer using the dicing die bonding film.

Abstract: The adhesive sheet for bonding an unvulcanized rubber to a metal, including, a release film, which includes a first film layer made of polypropylene and a second film layer made of polyethylene terephthalate, and which is formed as an integrated film, an upper adhesive layer obtained by applying a solvent dispersed type vulcanization adhesive having reactivity with the unvulcanized rubber to a side of the first film layer of the release film and drying the solvent dispersed type vulcanization adhesive, and a lower adhesive layer obtained by, after drying the upper adhesive layer, applying an adhesive having reactivity with the metal onto the upper adhesive layer, and by drying the adhesive.

Abstract: A film for molding has an annular olefin-based resin as the main component thereof and is characterized by an X surface and a Y surface both having a surface glossiness of no more than 50%, when one surface is the X surface and the other surface is the Y surface. The film has excellent winding properties during processing, has high design properties and excellent fingerprint wipe-off properties for the surface of product members (molded members after molding and decoration) when the film is used as a transfer foil for molding.

Abstract: The embodiment examples of the present invention relate to a double-sided adhesive sheet and a display device for a touch panel including the same. The double-sided adhesive sheet, according to the embodiment examples of the present invention, comprises a transparent acryl-based resin layer as a substrate, can provide a double-sided adhesive sheet which can be detached and recycled after attaching to the touch panel and a display device module, by means of the adhesive agent layers that are formed on both sides having different detaching force, can improve visibility of the display device by being coupled between the touch panel and the display device module for eliminating an air gap, and can minimize the difference in the bending rate of each layer of the double-sided adhesive sheet for eliminating visibility exhaustion as much as possible.

Abstract: A method of assembling a door on a vehicle begins by identifying critical fit areas between the door seal and the door frame. Pressure indicator tape is adhered to the seal in critical fit areas and the door is closed against the seal to produce a marking on the pressure indicator tape. Intensity of the marking is visually compared to a reference pressure intensity scale to establish an observed pressure intensity level. The observed pressure intensity level may be recorded, correlated to a specific critical fit area and analyzed to make operational and design improvements to the door, door frame or seal.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising at least 60 wt % of a polymer blend, where the polymer blend consists of a first polymer component A, a second polymer component B, and optionally one or more further polymer components (C, D, . . . ), where the first polymer component A is present at not less than x wt % in the polymer blend, where 90?x?99, and where the second polymer component B and any further polymer components C, D, . . . present are present in total at y wt % in the polymer blend, where y=100?x, where each polymer component (A, B, C, . . . ) derives to an extent of at least 60 wt % from (meth)acrylic monomers, wherein none of the polymer components (A, B, C, . . . ) is homogeneously miscible at room temperature with any of the other polymer components (A, B, C, . . . ), and so a multi-phase system is present.

Abstract: A pixel define layer and manufacturing method thereof and the related light emitting display are disclosed. The pixel define layer is arranged on a conductive layer of a substrate and comprises a base film layer. The base film layer has a plurality of openings each of which corresponds to a light-emitting region of a sub-pixel unit. A spacing base body is formed between the adjacent openings. An upper surface of each spacing base body is coated with a hydrophobic quantum dot material and a side wall of each opening is coated with a hydrophilic quantum dot material. With the pixel define layer and manufacturing method thereof and the related light emitting display according to embodiments of the disclosure, the ink within the sub-pixel would not ooze to the outside of the sub-pixel to result in color mixture between the adjacent sub-pixels, and the light emitting region within the pixel would not be decreased. By selecting suitable quantum dot materials, the photochromic efficiency can be improved.

Abstract: Provided are an adhesive composition and an organic electronic device (OED) including the same, and particularly, an adhesive composition, which may form a structure effectively blocking moisture or oxygen flowing into an OED from the outside, realize a top-emission OED and exhibit excellent handleability and processability, and an OED including the same.

Abstract: A thermo-reversible adhesive composition containing a base resin, methyl acetoacetate, and a metal-organic complex compound having the formula M(X)n(R)o, wherein: M is a metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, iron, and nickel, X is acetylacetonate, R is H2O, n is an integer equal to 2 or 3, and o is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2, such that n+o is equal to 3 or 4.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, for which a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition (pressure-sensitive adhesive solution) without any acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive or the like which needs a large amount of an organic solvent and is difficult to apply thickly; to provide a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive layer that is friendly to the global environment, can be applied thickly, has a high level of cost effectiveness and workability, and also has a high level of adhesion, retention, and repulsion resistance; and to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having such a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer.

Abstract: An adhesive tape includes: a sheet-like base; an undercoat layer that is laminated on the base and contains an acid modified compound; and an adhesive agent layer that is laminated on the undercoat layer and contains butyl rubber, an alicyclic saturated hydrocarbon resin and a multifunctional epoxy-based compound.

Abstract: An adhesive composition for polarizing plates includes a (meth)acrylic copolymer prepared by copolymerization of a monomer mixture and a curing agent. The monomer mixture includes a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, a tertiary amine group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer and a monomer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 100° C. or greater. The adhesive composition has a gel fraction of about 50% or greater after aging for 12 hours. An adhesive film is formed from the adhesive composition. An optical display includes the adhesive film.

Abstract: A cathode conductive strip can be attached to a semiconductor radiation sensor by using a double sided dual adhesive electrically conductive tape in a sensor assembly or a detector module to provide reliable electrical connection between the semiconductor radiation sensor and the cathode conductive strip. The double sided dual adhesive electrically conductive tape includes an electrically conductive backing with two different adhesion strength adhesives on both sides. The high adhesion strength side is bonded to the cathode electrode of the semiconductor radiation sensor. The lower adhesion strength side is bonded to the conductive face of the cathode conductive strip.

Abstract: An adhesive bonding method that includes bonding a handling wafer to a front side surface of a device wafer with an adhesive comprising N-substituted maleimide copolymers. The device wafer may then be thinned from the backside surface of the device wafer while the device wafer is adhesively engaged to the handling wafer. The adhesive can then be removed by laser debonding, wherein the device wafer is separated from the handling wafer.

Abstract: Provided is a urethane adhesive composition for a touch panel having a glass transition temperature between ?20° C. to ?50° C., and which, as a cured composition, has an elasticity of 50,000 Pa to 70,000 Pa at 60° C. to 80° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a layer structure having improved properties for laser engraving, to particular embodiments of said layer structures in the form of co-extrusion films, and to security documents, preferably identification documents having said layer structures.

Abstract: A wafer processing laminate including a support, a temporary adhesive material layer formed on the support, and a wafer, having a circuit-forming front surface and back surface to be processed, laminated on the temporary adhesive material layer, in which the temporary adhesive material layer is composed of a complex temporary adhesive material layer having a three-layered structure including a first temporary adhesive layer composed of a thermoplastic organopolysiloxane polymer layer releasably adhering to the front surface of the wafer, second temporary adhesive layer composed of thermosetting siloxane-modified polymer layer releasably laminated on the first temporary adhesive layer, and third temporary adhesive layer composed of thermosetting siloxane polymer layer releasably laminated on the second temporary adhesive layer and releasably adhering to the support.

Abstract: A laminated film can be easily used by general users and can prevent entry of foreign substances and air bubbles between the attached surfaces even when the film is manually attached in a typical room environment in which foreign substances such as dust are floating. A film attachment method using such a laminated film is also disclosed. In an embodiment, the laminated film includes: a first surface protective film; a foreign-substance-removing adhesive layer; a foreign-substance-removing film; an integrating adhesive layer; a second surface protective film; a substrate-attaching adhesive layer; and a functional film, the substrate-attaching adhesive layer exhibiting a higher bond strength with the functional film than with the second surface protective film.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition comprising a tertiary amine group-containing acrylic copolymer and a sulfonate group-containing acrylic copolymer, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device comprising the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition of the present invention comprises a tertiary amine group-containing acrylic copolymer and a sulfonate group-containing acrylic copolymer wherein an ionic functional group can be introduced by cross-linking reaction thereof, thereby exhibiting good antistatic properties and excellent durability.

Abstract: A surface with selectable adhesion is achieved by a shape memory alloy that is at least partly coated with a polymer forming a surface structure, thus allowing the adhesion force of the surface to be controlled.

Abstract: Provided are a resin composition for element encapsulation for organic electronic devices which is transparent, has excellent flexibility, water vapor barrier properties, and adhesive force, and can suppress the generation of dark spots, a resin sheet for element encapsulation for organic electronic devices, an organic electroluminescent element, and an image display device. This adhesive resin composition for element encapsulation for organic electronic devices is used to seal an element for organic electronic devices, and is characterized by containing a diene polymer and a softening agent, in which the content of the softening agent is from 5% by mass to 30% by mass of the total mass.

Abstract: A microencapsulated pigment including a leuco dye system is incorporated as one or more layers in a roll of adhesive tape. The tape is applied and may be rubbed by hand or another object to induce a color change. The change may serve as an indicator that the tape is well adhered for masking purposes in a painting operation, or to present a design where only selected portions of the tape are rubbed to induce the color change. The microencapsulated pigment may be constructed so that the color change is irreversible or reversible.

Abstract: A temporary bonding arrangement for wafer processing is provided comprising a first temporary bond layer (A) of thermoplastic resin, a second temporary bond layer (B) of thermosetting siloxane polymer, and a third temporary bond layer (C) of thermosetting polymer. Layer (B) is cured with a curing catalyst contained in layer (A) which is laid contiguous to layer (B). An adhesive layer of uniform thickness is formed without insufficient step coverage and other failures.

Abstract: A wafer processing laminate including a support, a temporary adhesive material layer formed on the support, and a wafer laminated on the temporary adhesive material layer, the wafer having a circuit-forming front surface and back surface to be processed, wherein the temporary adhesive material layer includes a complex temporary adhesive material layer having two-layered structure including a first temporary adhesive layer composed of a thermoplastic organopolysiloxane polymer layer (A) having a film thickness of less than 100 nm and a second temporary adhesive layer composed of a thermosetting siloxane-modified polymer layer (B), the first temporary adhesive layer being releasably laminated to the front surface of the wafer, the second temporary adhesive layer being releasably laminated to the first temporary adhesive layer and the support. A temporary adhesive material for a wafer processing which withstand a thermal process at high temperature exceeding 300° C.

Abstract: An adhesive bonding method that includes bonding a handling wafer to a front side surface of a device wafer with an adhesive comprising N-substituted maleimide copolymers. The device wafer may then be thinned from the backside surface of the device wafer while the device wafer is adhesively engaged to the handling wafer. The adhesive can then be removed by laser debonding, wherein the device wafer is separated from the handling wafer.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a double sided tape therefor are provided. The liquid crystal display comprises: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit comprising a back plate, a set of optical films, and a frame; and a double sided tape comprising a first surface coated with a first adhesive and connected to the liquid crystal panel through the first adhesive, and a second surface coated with a second adhesive and connected to the back plate and the set of optical films respectively through the second adhesive. The adhesion strength of the first adhesive on the liquid crystal panel is lower than that of the second adhesive on the set of optical films. After the backlight unit is separated from the liquid crystal panel, the double sided tape can be left on the optical films and the frame. Therefore, the position relationship among the films within the set of optical films would not be damaged, ensuring that the reassembled liquid crystal display can work normally.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for an optical film, a method of preparing a pressure-sensitive adhesive for an optical film, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display are provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition may be effectively coated even when a coating solid content is controlled to be high. Therefore, productivity in formation of a pressure-sensitive adhesive or manufacture of an optical film such as a polarizing plate may be significantly increased, and excellent durability and reliability and re-workability may be exhibited after the pressure-sensitive adhesive is prepared.

Abstract: A protector and wire harness according to which, if human labor is used to place a group of electrical lines on a flat plate and wrap adhesive tape around the group of electrical lines and tape fixing portions, it is possible to enclose and protect the group of electrical lines with the flat plate without depending on human labor. The protector is made of a shape-memory polymer sheet with Tg set to a temperature higher than the high temperature reached in summer, and is constituted by a tube-forming flat surface portion and tape fixing portions. The tube-forming flat surface portion is formed with a rectangular shape having a width for folding into a tube shape that allows a group of electrical lines to be inserted and concealed therein, and is shaped as a flat plate with a tape fixing portion extending from at least one end in the lengthwise direction.

Abstract: The adhesive composition comprising emulsion polymers and microspheres and articles made therefrom are provided. The adhesive is particularly suitable for packages for consumer products that provide sufficient strength and thermal insulation while reducing the overall basis weight of the substrates.

Abstract: A method for temporarily bonding a wafer to a support via a temporary bonding arrangement is provided. The arrangement is a composite temporary adhesive layer consisting of a non-silicone thermoplastic resin layer (A) which is releasably bonded to the wafer, a thermosetting siloxane polymer layer (B) laid thereon, and a thermosetting siloxane-modified polymer layer (C) releasably bonded to the support. The method comprises the steps of providing a wafer laminate having a thermosetting silicone composition layer (B?) formed on the resin layer (A) which has been formed on the wafer, providing a support laminate having a siloxane-containing composition layer (C?) formed on the support, joining and heating layer (B?) and layer (C?) in vacuum for bonding and curing the layers together.

Abstract: A label for in-mold molding, which comprises a laminate film comprising a substrate layer (A) and a heat-sealable resin layer (B), wherein the substrate layer (A) comprises a thermoplastic resin in an amount of from 40 to 90% by weight and at least one of an inorganic fine powder and an organic filler in an amount of from 10 to 60% by weight, the heat-sealable resin layer (B) comprises a thermoplastic resin in an amount of from 50 to 100% by weight, the laminate film is at least uniaxially stretched, the porosity of the laminate film is from 10% to 45%, the thermal conductivity of the label is from 0.04 to 0.11 W/mK, and the bonding strength of the label stuck to an adherend formed of a propylene-based resin at 200° C. and 60 MPa is from 250 to 1500 g/15 mm.

Abstract: A polarizing plate including an adhesive film for polarizing plates and an optical display including the polarizing plate, the adhesive film being formed from an adhesive composition for polarizing plates, the adhesive composition including a tertiary amine group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer; a cellulose resin; an isocyanate compound; and a metal chelate compound.

Abstract: An appliqué comprising an outer perimeter fabric frame of a particular weave, fiber composition and cut, coated with a laminating adhesive, and inlayed with a central fabric panel formed of mesh or other perforated or highly porous material. Lamination causes the adhesive to melt through the mesh central panel and bond the two layers to an underlying performance fabric substrate. The resulting appliqué forms a robust and launderable bond, but does not substantially change the physical and visual characteristics of a performance fabric substrate to which the appliqué is applied. Moreover, a layered embroidery appearance can be created by contrast coloring the fabric frame versus central fabric panel, and this is further enhanced by printing a multi-color graphic along the periphery of the fabric frame.

Abstract: There is provided a preparation method for a porous pressure sensitive adhesive article, a porous pressure sensitive adhesive article, and an abrasive pad. According to an example of the present application, as a porous pressure sensitive adhesive article including a pressure sensitive adhesive layer formed on a porous article, an article having excellent resistance to an external shear strength and to peeling can be provided. Further, according to the above method, the porous article can be attached firmly to a large-area adherent. In an example, the porous article may be an abrasive pad.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive film and to a touch panel. According to the present invention, even when the adhesive film is applied to a touch panel, for example, a capacitive touch panel, and directly attached to a conductive layer, the adhesive film effectively prevents the resistance of the conductive layer from being raised and exhibits good heat resistance. In addition, according to the present invention, an adhesive film having superior durability, optical characteristics, cuttability, workability, wettability and resistance to warping is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes: a light source; an optical sheet into which light is incident from the light source; a display panel disposed on the optical sheet and including an effective display region and a non-effective display region around the effective display region; and a light conversion/light-blocking sheet corresponding to the non-effective display region.

Abstract: The present invention provides a film adhesive that can prevent a thermal effect to a semiconductor wafer and that can suppress warping of the semiconductor wafer; a dicing tape with a film adhesive; and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The present invention relates to a film adhesive comprising a thermoplastic resin and electrically conductive particles, the film adhesive having an adhesion strength measured at 25° C. after the film adhesive is pasted to a mirror silicon wafer at 40° C. of 0.5 N/10 mm or more.

Abstract: Supply chain systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring fluid levels in liquid containers, such as kegs. Embodiments include sensors that fit within a keg's false bottom, measure the weight of the keg, and transmit the weight information to a computer database via a wireless network. Other embodiments include an RFID device with information about a characteristic of the liquid within a keg (such as brand and/or type of beer) that may be attached to the keg and paired with the sensor so the sensor can transmit information about the characteristic of the liquid in the keg. In alternate embodiments, the sensor's transmitter is short range and an uplink/gateway is used to receive information from the sensor and relay that sensor's information to a broader wireless network. Multiple containers in close proximity may each be fitted with an RFID device and sensor and communicate their individual information to the database.