Abstract: A multilayer nonporous oxygen absorbing structure that resists delamination, e.g., humidity induced delamination, including a first layer having a first continuous polymer phase, a first water insoluble, dispersed, polyether resin phase in the first continuous polymer phase, and a water activated oxygen absorber, and a second layer having a second continuous polymer phase, bonded to the first layer.

Abstract: An aircraft cabin component for use in an aircraft cabin of an aircraft includes a component part having at least one parametric surface. A flexible OLED display assembly adheres to the at least one parametric surface of the component part and fits closely the curvature of the at least one parametric surface. The flexible OLED display assembly comprises a printed electronics layer and an OLED array deposited on the printed electronics layer.

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition or an adhesive coating material capable of adhering a cyclic polyolefin-based polymer with a metal or metal compound such as aluminum foil or an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer with sufficient strength. The thermoplastic resin composition contains (A) 100 parts by mass of thermoplastic resin; (B) 0.05 to 5 parts by mass of one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative; and (C) 0.01 to 3 parts by mass of organic peroxide; which component (A) contains (a1) 10 to 90% by mass cyclic polyolefin-based polymer; and (a2) 90 to 10% by mass a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer comprising a polymer block composed mainly of an aromatic vinyl compound and a random copolymer block of a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound (with the proviso that the total of the component (a1) and the component (a2) is 100% by mass).

Abstract: A silicone elastomer cured product having radical reactivity obtained by curing a composition is disclosed. The composition comprises (A) a chain organopolysiloxane having a curing reactive group, and optionally (B) an organohydrogen polysiloxane, (C1) a curing agent, and (D) an organopolysiloxane resin. The surface of the cured product has radical reactivity with, for example, an adhesive, and is easily removable along with, for example, adhesive tape after use as a protective material. In general, the cured product has excellent heat resistance and flexibility and exhibits good adhesion and conformity to a substrate so as not to separate from a substrate even when the cured product is cut together with the substrate while remaining easily removable from the substrate when desired. A protective material for an electronic component made of the cured product is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is: a resin sheet having excellent characteristics as an optical member and exhibiting excellent performance when used in a light emitting device or the like; and a manufacturing method thereof. A curable silicone composition, comprises: (A) (a1) a straight chain or partially branched organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group, and (a2) an organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group, including an organopolysiloxane resin having an alkenyl group, comprising a certain amount of branched siloxane units; (B) (b1) a straight chain or partially branched organohydrogenpolysiloxane having a silicon-bonded hydrogen atom at an end of a molecular chain, (b2) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, including a organohydrogenpolysiloxane resin, having a certain amount of branched siloxane units; and (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst.

Abstract: A curable silicone adhesive composition comprising adhesion promoter is shown and described herein. The adhesion promoter is a silicon hydride material containing an aromatic based skeleton with another adhesion promoter to provide a silicone material that is curable at relatively low temperatures and shorter time and provides good adhesion to plastics and metal.

Abstract: A composite material includes: a substrate and a polymer layer which are interconnected by an adhesion promoter layer. The adhesion promoter layer is obtainable by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD) at least partially using a mixture of precursor compounds containing an unsaturated hydrocarbon and an organosilicon compound. In an embodiment, the substrate includes a metal substrate or a polymer substrate.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a glass-substitute substrate capable of efficiently forming a coating film excelling in weather resistance, scratch resistance, and toughness. The present invention provides: a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a glass-substitute substrate, the composition containing a polyorganosilsesquioxane having a constituent unit represented by Formula (1); a cured product thereof; and a laminate having a glass-substitute substrate and a coating film formed on at least one surface of the glass-substitute substrate. The coating film is a layer of a cured product of the weather-resistant hard coat composition for a glass-substitute substrate. [In formula (1), R1 represents a group containing an active energy ray-curable functional group.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition contains (A) an ethylene-based polymer; and (B) a slip agent blend, the slip agent blend containing (i) from greater than 50 wt % to 99 wt % of a first polydimethylsiloxane having a number average molecular weight (Mn) from 30,000 g/mol to less than 300,000 g/mol; and (ii) from 1 wt % to less than 50 wt % of a second polydimethylsiloxane having a number average molecular weight (Mn) from 300,000 g/mol to 2,000,000 g/mol, based on the total weight of the slip agent blend. The present disclosure also provides a film with a layer containing said composition.

Abstract: Provided is a resin composition containing polymethallyl alcohol (A) having a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1) in an amount of greater than or equal to 30 mol %, and a component (B) that is at least one of an acid component having a pKa of 3.5 to 7.5 and an anion of the acid component, the pKa being a logarithmic value of a reciprocal of an acid dissociation constant at 25° C., a content of the component (B) being greater than or equal to 0.01 ?mol per 1 g of the polymethallyl alcohol (A); a method of producing the resin composition; and a molding containing the resin composition.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal, the composition being capable of efficiently forming a coating film excelling in weather resistance, scratch resistance, and flexibility. The present invention provides: a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal, the composition containing a polyorganosilsesquioxane having a constituent unit represented by Formula (1); a cured product thereof; and a coated metal substrate having a metal substrate and a coating film formed on at least one surface of the metal substrate. The coating film is a layer of a cured product of the weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal. [In Formula (1), R1 represents a group containing an active energy ray-curable functional group.

Abstract: A perfluoro(poly)ether group-containing silane compound represented by formula (A1), (A2), (B1) or (B2), wherein the symbols are as defined in the description. Also disclosed is a surface-treating agent including the silane compound, a pellet including the surface-treating agent and an article including a base material and a layer formed from the silane compound or surface-treating agent.

Abstract: The present application discloses novel multilayer polysiloxane-based fouling control coating systems having included therein active constituents like biocides and/or enzymes. Further, the polysiloxane-based layers may individually have included as a part thereof hydrophilic oligomer/polymer moieties, and/or said may further comprising one or more hydrophilic-modified polysiloxane oils.

Abstract: There is provided an insertion auxiliary tube having a tubular substrate a and a layer b disposed on at least one of an inside or an outside of the tubular substrate a. The layer b includes a polymer including a polysiloxane structure. The polymer includes an acrylic acid component, an acrylic acid ester component, an acrylamide component, or a styrene component and has a particular polar group in a molecule thereof. There are also provided a composition for an insertion auxiliary tube capable of providing the insertion auxiliary tube, a set of the insertion auxiliary tube and an endoscope, an endoscope apparatus including the insertion auxiliary tube and an endoscope, and a method for producing the insertion auxiliary tube.

Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to a sol-gel that is the reaction product of an organosilane, a metal alkoxide, an acid, and a thio-lanthanide salt having a solubility of about 1 gram or greater per gram of sol-gel at 23° C. The thio-lanthanide salt includes a cation and a thio-ligand. The cation can be lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, yttrium, cobalt, calcium, strontium, barium, and zirconium. In another aspect, a component, such as a vehicle component, includes a metal substrate and a sol-gel disposed on the metal substrate. Methods can include forming a sol-gel by mixing a metal alkoxide and an acid to form a first mixture; mixing with the first mixture an organosilane to form a second mixture; and mixing with the second mixture a lanthanide salt to form a third mixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to an item comprising a substrate having at least one main surface coated with a multilayer interferential coating comprising at least one layer with a refractive index higher than 1.65 and at least one layer with a refractive index lower than, or equal to, 1.65, at least one of the layers of the interferential coating being an organic-inorganic layer that has been deposited in a vacuum environment and has a thickness of at least 30 nm, said interferential coating having a thickness of at least 450 nm and/or at least 8 layers.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a carbonaceous coating for protection of a passive electrical component from attack by ammonia, wherein the carbonaceous coating is a sol-gel coating or a plasma-polymeric coating. This coating comprises a particular carbon content.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for forming a hard coating layer, which includes an epoxy siloxane resin, a crosslinking agent including a compound having an alicyclic epoxy group, a thermal initiator including a compound represented by a specific chemical formula, a photoinitiator, a fluorine-substituted (meth)acrylate compound, and silica nanoparticles surface-modified with a fluorine compound, and forms a hard coating layer having excellent hardness and antifouling property and suppressing curling.

Abstract: Provided is a hard coating film in which a hard coating layer having a water contact angle of 90° or less, a conductive layer, and a low refractive index layer are laminated on a substrate, the film having excellent hardness, anti-curling property, antireflection performance, antifouling performance, and antistatic performance.

Abstract: Provided is a hard coating film in which a hard coating layer having a water contact angle of 90° or less, a high refractive index layer, and a low refractive index layer are laminated on a substrate, the film having suppressed curling, and excellent hardness and antireflection performance.