Abstract: The present invention is a plastic container coated with a multi-layer barrier coating. The multi-layer barrier coating is useful for providing an effective barrier against gas permeability in containers and for extending shelf-life of containers, especially plastic evacuated blood collection devices.

Abstract: A hole-transporting material having excellent hole transportation capability and sufficient durability, used in an organic EL device and an electrophotographic photoreceptor, the hole-transporting material having the general formula specified in claim 1.

Abstract: The addition of a highly polarizable additive such as an organic anionic surfactant to an electrically active polymer improves the electrical properties of the polymer. When such an additive is added to an electroluminescent organic polymer this mixture can be used in diodes having an anode contacting a layer of this mixture as the active light-emitting layer and an air-stable metal cathode having a work function larger than 4 eV. The external efficiency and brightness versus voltage are significantly improved compared to results obtained with the same electroluminescent polymer used alone with high work function (>4.0 eV) metal cathodes.

Abstract: A peelable and heat sealable lidstock material for steel end containers. The container of the invention is suitable for holding various foods, including instant coffee, powdered baby formula and soup mixes. The lidstock material includes a film containing an ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, polybutylene and a particulate inorganic filler.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device which has a pair of electrodes, at least one of which is transparent or semitransparent, and at least one organic layer formed between the electrodes. The organic layer contains a hole transporting material and a light emitting material in the same or different layer. The hole transporting material contains at least one polysilane whose main chain skeleton is composed of a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) and a repeating unit represented by the general formula (2): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, Ar.sub.1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group and Ar.sub.2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. The polysilane satisfies the expression 0.2.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.

Abstract: In an EL device in which a blue light emitting material obtained by doping Ce as a luminescent center into Ca.sub.X S.sub.Y host material is used for a luminescent layer, values of X and Y in the CaGa.sub.X S.sub.Y host material are set in ranges of 1.4.ltoreq.X.ltoreq.1.9, 2.9.ltoreq.Y.ltoreq.3.8. The blue light emitting material thus obtained has a new structure defined by the fact that an X-ray diffraction spectrum obtained by using Cu K.alpha. radiation as a X-ray source has at least one peak in diffraction angles of 13.5.+-.0.2 degrees, 14.6.+-.0.2 degrees and 25.7.+-.0.2 degrees. The blue light emitting EL device has a luminance higher than that of a conventional EL device.

Abstract: A shoe that conforms to foot contours and provides cushioning is comprised of a shoe sole and a shoe upper attached to the shoe sole. The shoe upper is comprised of an outer layer, an inner layer and a conforming layer therebetween, wherein a first portion of the conforming layer is comprised of environmentally-responsive gel. The environmentally-responsive gel is a temperature-responsive gel that will react to the heat emanating from a foot inserted into the shoe to express a liquid.

Abstract: The present invention is a plastic container coated with a multi-layer barrier coating. The multi-layer barrier coating is useful for providing an effective barrier against gas permeability in containers and for extending shelf-life of containers, especially plastic evacuated blood collection devices.

Abstract: Each base for fusing a snap-zipper male member and a snap-zipper female member, which form a snap zipper, onto a bag body is formed from a mixture of polypropylene and an ethylene copolymer obtained by copolymerizing ethylene and an .alpha.-olefin having a carbon atom ratio of 3 to 20, in which the ethylene copolymer has a weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight of less than 3, density in the range from 0.850 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.935 g/cm.sup.3, melt index in the range from 0.3 g/10 min. to 15 g/10 min., and range of number of branching dependent on molecular weight of 0-5 branches/1,000 carbon. A bag with the snap zipper is structured to fuse the snap zipper through the bases onto the bag body.

Abstract: The thin-film electroluminescent device of the present invention comprises a thin film of a polyoxadiazole derivative represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of X.sub.0 and Y.sub.0 independently represents a divalent organic group which may comprise a silicon atom, and n is an integer of 2 or greater,formed as an electroluminescent layer or a charge injecting/transporting layer between electrodes, at least one thereof being transparent. This thin-film electroluminescent device is excellent not only in electroluminescence and capability of charge injection/transport to thereby ensure high light emission efficiency but also in durability such as heat resistance.

Abstract: A gasket for a crown cap to be used on a carbonated beverage, especially a twist-off crown or for a bottle which is to be pasteurized, is formed of a thermoplastic material, which is preferably free of polyvinyl chloride, and which contains a hydrogenated copolymer of styrene and a conjugated diene, or a functionalized derivative thereof. The material is resistant to heat, and provides a gasket with advantageous sealing properties.

Abstract: A substantially transparent package or preform made of a polymer composition including an aliphatic polyketone as an oxygen scavenger having the formula ##STR1## where n is the number of repeating units and R is hydrogen, an organic side chain, or a silicon side chain. The aliphatic polyketone may be advantageously combined with other thermoplastic polymers to provide the desired injection molding and stretch blow molding characteristics for making substantially amorphous injection molded preforms and substantially transparent biaxially oriented polyester containers. A multilayer container package may be provided having a core layer of the oxygen scavenging composition, and inner and outer layers of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The container may further include layers of a high-oxygen barrier polymer such as ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH).

Abstract: The present invention is a plastic container coated with a multi-layer barrier coating. The multi-layer barrier coating is useful for providing an effective barrier against gas permeability in containers and for extending shelf-life of containers, especially plastic evacuated blood collection devices.

Abstract: A medicaments, container for storing a liquid medicament comprising one or more active medicaments, water and at least one preservative has a preferably cylindrical wall defining an interior space for such liquid medicament. The wall includes at least two opposed portions composed of a polymer material with a thickness of between 0.3 mm and 3 mm, a light transmission at 400 nm of 25% or more measured through the opposed container wall portions when the container is filled with water, using a standard spectrophotometer and air as reference. The polymer wall portions are of a material comprising at least 70% by weight of a linear optionally branched polyolefin material, the olefin monomer being selected from ethylene, propylene, butylene or a mixture thereof The polyolefin material has a crystallinity above 35% by weight, measured by differential scanning calorimetry, by cutting pieces from the container walls and heating them in an aluminum pan from 10.degree. C. to 270.degree. C. at the scanning rate of 10.

Abstract: A laminate structure for containers produced using product contact materials including polyethylene isophthalate, poly(1,4-cyclohexanyl dimethylene terephthalate) and blends thereof. The unique paperboard structure provides cost savings and high temperature end-use performance required in dual-ovenable containers.

Abstract: A shoe that conforms to foot contours and provides cushioning is comprised of a shoe sole and a shoe upper attached to the shoe sole. The shoe upper is comprised of an outer layer, an inner layer and a conforming layer therebetween, wherein a first portion of the conforming layer is comprised of environmentally-responsive gel. The environmentally-responsive gel is a temperature-responsive gel that will react to the heat emanating from a foot inserted into the shoe to express a liquid.

Abstract: An organic EL device, includes an anode and a cathode, and at least one organic luminescent medium containing a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1, and R.sub.2 are individually alkyl of from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, aryl, carbocyclic and other heterocyclic systems; andR.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are individually alkyl of from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a branched or unbranched 5 or 6 member substituent ring connecting with R.sub.1, R.sub.2 respectively; andR.sub.5 is alkyl of from 2-20 carbon atoms; sterically hindered aryl and heteroaryl; andR.sub.6 is alkyl of from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and a 5 or 6-member carbocyclic ring connecting with R.sub.5.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent element having an anode, a cathode, and an organic compound layer provided between the electrodes, the organic compound layer containing an oxadiazole compound of formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein A.sup.1 to A.sup.6 are each an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group which may have a substituent; X is a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group which may have a substituent, or an alkoxyl group which may have a substituent; and R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group which may have a substituent, an alkoxyl group which may have a substituent, or hydroxyl group.

Abstract: A pressurized vessel filled with a high purity gas, said vessel having a polymeric coating covering its internal surfaces;said high purity gases selected from the group consisting of hydrogen chloride, tungsten hexafluoride, chlorine, hydrogen bromide, nitrogen trifluoride, silanes and boron trichloride;said vessel filled with gas pressure from about 200 psig to about 6,000 psig; and the material for said polymeric coating selected from the group of polyperfluoroalkoxyethylene, copolymer of ethylene and chlorotrifluoroethylene and copolymer of ethylene and tetrafluoroethylene.

Abstract: An organic EL device, includes an anode, cathode, and at least one organic luminescent layer including a compound of the formula: ##STR1## where: n is an integer of 2 or 3;M is a divalent metal or a trivalent metal;G is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, both the aryl and the heteroaryl groups having 6 to 24 carbon atoms, wherein the substituted aryl or heteroaryl group is an alkyl, haloalkyl group having 1-8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy or haloalkoxy group having 1-18 carbon atoms, halogen, cyano, amino, amido, sulfonyl, carbonyl, aryl, or heteroaryl;R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are individually hydrogen, an alkyl or haloalkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms, halogen, cyano, amono, amido, sulfonyl, carbonyl, and 5-24 atoms necessary to complete a fused aromatic ring.