Abstract: Transparent receptor substrates, well suited for electrostatic reprography, e.g., for the production of overhead transparencies, exhibit excellent transparency, good slip, good adhesion of toner thereto and good electrical conductivity, comprise (i) a transparent composite polyester base(s) having (ii) a toner-receptive primer coating (P) on at least one of the face surfaces thereof, such composite polyester base comprising (a) a thick layer (A) of semicrystalline polyester and (b) a thin layer (B) of an identical or different polyester adhered to at least one of the face surfaces of said thick layer (A), and the at least one primer coating (P) comprising an acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature ranging from 10.degree. C. to 50.degree. C., a free --COOH carboxylic functional group content less than 50 millimoles per 100 grams of said acrylic polymer and a thickness no greater than 0.3 .mu.m.

Abstract: Polymeric compositions well suited for conversion into electroconductive shaped articles, e.g., films, comprise at least one convertible polymer (Pm) and at least one amphiphilic organic compound (B) which comprises a charge transfer complex or a radical ion salt having the formula (I): D.sub.d A.sub.a Z.sub.z, in which D is an electron donor; A is an electron acceptor; Z is a doping agent which itself can be a non-amphiphilic electron donor or electron acceptor, with the proviso that at least one of D and A is amphiphilic and contains at least one saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon substituent having at least 10 carbon atoms; d is a number equal to or greater than 0; a is a number equal to or greater than 0; and z is a number equal to or greater than 0, with the further proviso that at least one of the symbols d and a is a number greater than 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polyester films which have properties making them suitable for closures, especially of pots for fresh dairy products such as yoghurts, cheeses or desserts. It therefore consists of polyester films which have a thickness of 5 to 30 micrometers and which satisfy the use test, exhibiting a crystallinity higher than or equal to 50%, tensile strengths in the lengthwise direction (MDTS) and in the diagonal directions (.+-.45 degrees relative to the lengthwise direction) (TS45) which are such that: (MDTS)+(TS45).ltoreq.40 kg/mm.sup.2 (392.4 MPa) and elongations at break in the lengthwise direction (MDEB) and in the diagonal directions (.+-.45 degrees relative to the lengthwise direction) (EB45) which are such that: (MDEB)+(EB45).gtoreq.290%. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of such films and to their use for closures.

Abstract: Polyester-based, biaxially oriented composite films having good transparency and gas-barrier properties, exhibiting excellent resistance to mechanical shock and being easily recyclable, comprise a polyester base film (for example shaped from polyethylene terephthalate) 5 .mu.m to 50 .mu.m in thickness, coated on at least one of its two face surfaces with a layer of polyvinyl alcohol having a number-average degree of polymerization equal to or greater than 350 and a thickness less than or equal to 0.3 .mu.m, the mean roughness Rz of the base film being less than or equal to 0.30 .mu.m on the at least one face surface of the film onto which a polyvinyl alcohol layer is coated and said at least one coated face surface comprising, on average, not more than 20 peaks of a height equal to or greater than 1 micrometer and not more than 150 peaks of a height ranging from 0.4 to 1 micrometer, per square millimeter, and such composite films exhibiting a permeability to oxygen, measured at 23.degree. C.

Abstract: Oxysulfonylated polyesters, well suited for conversion into oriented composite polyester films, are prepared by polycondensing a lower alkyl diester of at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and a lower alkyl diester of at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid bearing an oxysulfonyl substituent, and optionally a lower alkyl diester of at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid, with at least one diol, in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of at least one titanium compound and at least one manganese carboxylate.

Abstract: Polyester-based, biaxially oriented composite films having good transparency and gas-barrier properties, exhibiting excellent resistance to mechanical shock and being easily recyclable, comprise a polyester base film (for example shaped from polyethylene terephthalate) 5 .mu.m to 50 .mu.m in thickness, coated on at least one of its two face surfaces with a layer of polyvinyl alcohol having a number-average degree of polymerization equal to or greater than 350 and a thickness less than or equal to 0.3 .mu.m, the mean roughness Rz of the base film being less than or equal to 0.30 .mu.m on the at least one face surface of the film onto which a polyvinyl alcohol layer is coated and said at least one coated face surface comprising, on average, not more than 20 peaks of a height equal to or greater than 1 micrometer and not more than 150 peaks of a height ranging from 0.4 to 1 micrometer, per square millimeter, and such composite films exhibiting a permeability to oxygen, measured at 23.degree. C.

Abstract: The invention relates to composite films consisting of a semicrystalline polyester substrate film, free from filler and with a roughness Ra lower than or equal to 0.01 .mu.m, carrying on at least one of its faces a coating based on a modified polymer obtained by polymerization of one or more acrylic monomers in the presence of a water-dispersible sulphonated copolyester.

Abstract: Disclosed are semicrystalline polyester oriented films having the properties of MD F5.gtoreq.18 daN/mm.sup.2, TD F5.gtoreq.10 daN/mm.sup.2, MDE.gtoreq.800 daN/mm.sup.2, TDE.gtoreq.400 daN/mm.sup.2, MDE+TDE.gtoreq.1200 daN/mm.sup.2, MDS 105.ltoreq.1.5%, MDS 150.ltoreq.5.2%, and TD St/TD F5.ltoreq.2.2. Also disclosed is a process for preparing semicrystalline polyester oriented films wherein an amorphous polyester film is successively subjected to a sequence of drawings comprising a lengthwise drawing in a single stage, a transverse drawing and a lengthwise drawing, wherein the first drawing mD is conducted at a temperature of between Tg +40.degree. C. and Tc -20.degree. C. and with a draw ratio .lambda.mD of between 1.2 and 3.

Abstract: Polymer compositions, typically thermoplastic polymer compositions, readily converted into electroconductive polymers and articles shaped therefrom, e.g., films, comprise at least one convertible polymer support substrate (A) and at least one amphiphilic heterocyclic monomer (B) having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be identical or different, are each a linear or branched alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, hydroxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl or amide radical; X is an oxygen or sulfur atom or the divalent radical ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl radical; at least one of the substituents R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 having an amphiphilicity-imparting number of carbon atoms.

Abstract: The invention relates to semicrystalline biorientated composite polyester films comprising a thick filled or unfilled layer and, on at least one of the faces of the layer (A), a coextruded polyester layer (B) whose thickness is less than that of the layer (A) and which has the following characteristics:Rt.ltoreq.3 .mu.mRt/Ra.ltoreq.10and contains a filler having the following characteristics:mean diameter D 50=1.5 to 2.5 .mu.mmonodispersity I=D 75-D 25.ltoreq.1.2These films can be used as protective sheets for the photopolymerizable layer of photopolymerizable elements.

Abstract: Orientated semi-crystalline polyester films characterized in that they have a planar orientation coefficient .DELTA.p of greater than or equal to 165.times.10.sup.-3 and a degree of transverse shrinkage of less than or equal to 2.7% at 200.degree. C.These films are suitable as a support for obtaining composite films by extrusion-coating of an olefin polymer.

Abstract: Composite, typically coextruded polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC)-coated polyester films, well adapted, e.g., as packaging materials, include a sulfonated copolyester interlayer which serves as a primer for improvedly adhering the PVDC topcoat to the polyester base.

Abstract: Thick, composite polyester films, well adapted as base films, e.g., for the graphic arts, are comprised of a crystalline or semicrystalline polyester film substrate (A) having a thickness of at least 40 micrometers, said film substrate (A) having a coating, e.g., a coextrudate, of a sulfonated copolyester adhesion primer on at least one of the face surfaces thereof, and said sulfonated copolyester comprising at least 80 mol % of terephthalate recurring units and from 3 to 10 mol % of oxysulfonylate recurring units.

Abstract: Oriented polyester film composites comprise, on at least one face surface of the polyester base, a primer coating adapted to enhance the adhesion of topcoats thereto, said adhesive primer coating comprising a modified copolymer produced by aqueous phase radical polymerization of at least one acrylic monomer in the presence of a water-soluble or water-dispersible copolyester containing a plurality of sulfonyloxy groups.

Abstract: Composite, typically coextruded polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC)-coated polyester films, well adapted, e.g., as packaging materials, include a sulfonated copolyester interlayer which serves as a primer for improvedly adhering the PVDC topcoat to the polyester base.

Abstract: Oriented composite polyester films, to which a wide variety of final application topcoatings are improvedly adherent, e.g., matte, photosensitive and magnetic topcoatings, comprise an oriented base film substrate (A) of a crystalline or semicrystalline polyester, the base film substrate (A) bearing an adhesion primer coating (B) on at least one of the face surfaces thereof, and the adhesion primer coating (B) comprising:(a) a crystalline, semicrystalline or crystallizable polyester;(b) a water-sensitive copolyster; and(c) an organic solvent-sensitive polyester or copolyester.

Abstract: A thick composite polyester film of between 40 and 300 microns in thickness being crystalline or semicrystalline comprising drawn unfilled layer (A) of thickness e, covered on at least one surface thereof with a thin drawn filled layer (B) of thickness e.sub.2, having an overall roughness greater than 0.3 microns and being filled with inert particles wherein the volume median diameter of the filler being at least equal to the thickness of layer (B); the thickness ratio of layers (A) and (B) denoted by e.sub.1 /e.sub.2 is lower than 5% and the percentage of scattered light transmitted from the composite film is lower than 7.

Abstract: The invention relates to composite thermoplastic polyester films with outstanding transparency, low surface roughness and good machinability.These films contain, in at least one outer layer, 0.1 to 1% of fine particles with a volume median diameter of between 0.6 and 1.5 micrometers.After being metallized, these films produce highly glossy films with a particularly low gloss difference between the 2 faces.

Abstract: The invention relates to composite thermoplastic polyester films with outstanding transparency, low surface roughness and good machinability. These films contain, in at least one outer layer, 0.1 to 1% of fine particles with a volume median diameter of between 0.6 and 1.5 micrometers. After being metallized, these films produce highly glossy films with a particularly low gloss difference between the 2 faces.

Abstract: Colored polyester film laminates, well adopted as leaders for cassette recording tapes, are facilely produced by (a) coating one face surface of a first length of polyester film with a layer of colorant and adhesive, (b) heating said coated first length of polyester film to a laminating temperature, (c) heating a second length of polyester film to essentially the same laminating temperature as that of said first length of polyester film, (d) hot calendering and coextensively laminating together said first and second lengths of polyester films to produce a polyester film laminate which comprises a colorant/adhesive interlayer, and then (e) cooling and rolling said product laminate.