Abstract: A package is provided that is formed from a packaging material, such as film, having increased adhesive in critical locations, such as adjacent folds in the end seal and other areas so that that the increased adhesive can at least partially fill voids adjacent such folds. The additional, localized sealant material is applied in a plurality of discrete locations in the end seal or other region adjacent where folds are formed and overlap with a sealant layer so as to provide additional sealant material for at least partially filling the voids without being present throughout the entirety, majority or large portions of the packaging material.

Abstract: Down-proof baffles are described herein. An example down-proof baffle may comprise composite material. The composite material may be or comprise the shell of the example down-proof baffle. The example composite material may comprise a membrane disposed adjacent one or more layers.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a one component epoxy resin-based composition including an epoxy resin, a reactive diluent, a cyanoacetamide derived from a cycloaliphatic-type diamine and a polyoxyalkylene amine, a protected base in the form of an adduct or salt which can release a base upon heating at a temperature of greater than about 50° C. and a polyacid and its use in trickle impregnation processes.

Abstract: A sensor includes a grayscale digital light processing (g-DLP) 3D printed monolithic substrate with at least one microfluid channel. The monolithic substrate is formed from a resin configured to form a solid polymer using g-DLP 3D printing with a Young's modulus ranging from 0.1 MPa to 100 MPa. The resin includes a donor moiety, an acceptor moiety different than the donor moiety, a rigid moiety, a photoinitiator, and a photoabsorber. The donor moiety is in the form of an acrylate monomer with a side group, the acceptor moiety is in the form of an acrylate monomer with a side group, and the rigid moiety is in the form of an acrylate monomer with a side group. Also, the sensor can include a sensor fluid disposed within the at least one microfluid channel.

Abstract: Disclosed are a humidity-responsive antibacterial membrane, and a preparation method and use thereof, which belong to the field of functional membrane materials. The humidity-responsive antibacterial membrane includes a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane and an ultrafine nanogold complex embedded in the PDMS membrane, wherein the ultrafine nanogold complex includes a cyclodextrin metal-organic framework (CD-MOF) and ultrafine gold nanoparticles loaded on the CD-MOF. The humidity-responsive antibacterial membrane is formed by a CD-MOF loaded with ultrafine gold nanoparticles, and PDMS, which has excellent humidity response performance and antibacterial properties, and meanwhile good mechanical properties.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aromatic polyester-based resin foam molded product having excellent mechanical properties, foamed aromatic polyester-based resin particles for producing the foam molded product, or a method for producing the foamed particles. The present invention relates to foamed aromatic polyester-based resin particles, wherein crystallinity (A) in a particle central portion and crystallinity (B) in a particle surface layer are both 10% or less, and a ratio of the crystallinity in the surface layer to the crystallinity in the central portion (B/A) is 0.3 to 1.4.

Abstract: A package (1) includes a bag (20) and a sheet laminate (10) packaged in the bag (20). The sheet laminate (10) includes a first fiber sheet (11) including a first fiber including a PET resin having a melting point higher than 230° C., and a second sheet (12) including a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 230° C. or lower. The sheet laminate (10) includes a joined portion (30) in which the first fiber sheet (11) and the second sheet (12) are joined adjacently to each other. In the joined portion (30), constituent resin of the first fiber sheet (11) is embedded in the thermoplastic resin constituting the second sheet (12). The present invention also provides a production method of the package.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an EBM bottle with 0.90 to 1.5 dL/g from a bottle-grade PET post-consumer recycling flake, i.e., a recycled, post-consumer PET with a viscosity of 0.65 to 0.84 dL/g, using extrusion processes, solid state polycondensation processes, and a blowing process.

Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include aluminum cups and method and materials to form aluminum cups. In one aspect, an aluminum cup includes a cup side wall including an aluminum foil layer, a first polymer layer, and a second polymer layer. The first perpendicular edge of the cup side wall can be heat-bonded to the second perpendicular edge of the cup side wall, bonding the first polymer layer to the second polymer layer.

Abstract: A preform can be made from two different materials that do not bond together by a bi-injection process, using the same mold. First an outer preform can be fashioned first, then an inner preform molded through a center hole in the outer preform, and the preforms connected. Inner/outer preform materials can be different, e.g., PET/polyolefin or polyamide, or the same, e.g., PET/PET. To prevent mutual bonding during molding of the second, a non-stick coating can be sprayed on a surface portion of the first preform prior to molding, the second. Manufacturing order can be either outer/inner, or inner/outer, and the non-stick coating sprayed on the inside/outside of the perform first molded.

Abstract: Coating compositions comprising a phenolic resin and a film-forming resin having functional groups that are reactive with the functionality of the phenolic resin are disclosed herein. The phenolic resin comprises a phenol group containing compound and a glyoxylic acid containing compound. Such phenolic resins may be used as formaldehyde-free crosslinkers in coating compositions and such coating compositions may be used on substrates comprising a non-porous material, such as metal, glass, and/or plastic. Also disclosed are methods of coating a substrate and coated substrates, including food and/or beverage containers.

Abstract: A housing structure includes a substrate, a first adhesive layer, and a silica gel layer. The substrate includes a first portion, and the first portion includes polybutylene terephthalate and glass fibers, the glass fibers and the polybutylene terephthalate are in a ratio between 40% and 50% by weight. The first adhesive layer is formed on the first portion. The first adhesive layer includes polysiloxane in a range of 2% to 5% by weight, acrylic resin in a range of 3% to 5% by weight, isopropanol in a range of 20% to 30% by weight, cyclohexane in a range of 20% to 30% by weight, and toluene in a range of 20% to 30% by weight. The silica gel layer is formed on the first adhesive layer, and the first adhesive layer bonds the silica gel layer to the first portion.

Abstract: A medical device includes: a substrate layer; an adhesive layer formed on at least a part of the substrate layer and containing a hydrophilic copolymer (1) containing a structural unit derived from a polymerizable monomer (A) having a sulfobetaine structure, a structural unit derived from a polymerizable monomer (B) having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid group (—SO3H), a sulfuric acid group (—OSO3H), a sulfurous acid group (—OSO2H), and salt groups thereof, and a structural unit derived from a polymerizable monomer (C) having a photoreactive group; and a surface lubricious layer formed on at least a part of the adhesive layer and containing a polymer containing a structural unit derived from acrylamide and a hydrophilic copolymer (2).

Abstract: A hybrid expandable composition that provides improved expansion and loft properties is disclosed. The hybrid expandable composition is particularly useful in providing insulation and/or cushion to substrates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an oxygen barrier film having an oxygen barrier layer and a treated substrate, comprising the steps of: a) subjecting a polyolefin substrate to a surface treatment to obtain the treated substrate wherein the surface under the parts of the curves corresponding to the C—O, C—N and C?O groups is at least 10% based on the total surface under the curve as obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), b) applying an aqueous or hydroalcoholic coating composition comprising 0.1 to 25 wt % of polyvinyl alcohol, 0.1 to 30 wt % of a metal alkoxide and optional silicate minerals on the treated substrate obtained by step a) and c) drying the coating composition to obtain the oxygen barrier layer resulting in the oxygen barrier film, wherein the amount of the optional silicate minerals in the coating composition is less than 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl alcohol in the coating composition.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to forming shaped thermoplastic articles having smooth peripheries. Many thermoplastic articles have sharp edges formed upon molding or cutting the article from a feedstock sheet. Such sharp edges can damage thin plastic films or flesh which they contact, and smoothing the edges is desirable. Described herein are methods of forming a smooth periphery for such sharp-edged articles by rolling over the sharp edge. The smoothing operation is performed by forming a deflectable flange including a bend region separated from the potentially sharp peripheral edge by a spacer, deflecting a portion of the deflectable flange, and softening at least one bent portion of the deflectable flange to yield a smooth periphery upon cooling.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to further improve the performance of a seal between an inner molded portion and an outer molded portion. A composite molded component includes: an internal component; an inner molded portion that covers the internal component; and an outer molded portion that covers the inner molded portion. A hole that reaches the inner molded portion is formed in the outer molded portion. A ring-shaped seal portion that surrounds the hole is provided between the inner molded portion and the outer molded portion. The ring-shaped seal portion is formed of a softer material than the inner molded portion.

Abstract: An endoscopic flexible tube including a sleeve-shaped flexible-tube base having flexibility, and a cover layer for the flexible-tube base, wherein the cover layer contains (a) at least one of (a1) a polyester resin having a naphthalene structure or (a2) a polyester elastomer having a naphthalene structure, and (b) at least one of (b1) a thermoplastic resin not having a naphthalene structure or (b2) a thermoplastic elastomer not having a naphthalene structure, and, in the cover layer, a ratio of the component (a) to a total amount of the components (a) and (b) is more than 50 mass % and less than 90 mass %; an endoscopic medical apparatus including the endoscopic flexible tube; and a covering material for the endoscopic-flexible-tube base.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a disposable tool. The disposable tool may include an exterior layer disposed over one or more dissolvable layers forming a shape of the disposable tool. The exterior layer is coated with an impermeable coating. The disposable tool includes one or more segments that are not coated with the impermeable coating. The disposable tool may be utilized for consumption of food or liquids or as an applicator, such as a tampon applicator.

Abstract: Provided are a flexible tube for an endoscope, the flexible tube having a flexible-tube base that is flexible and tubular and a polyester elastomer layer that covers the flexible-tube base and has a naphthalene structure in a soft segment, an endoscopic medical device having the flexible tube for an endoscope, a method for producing a covering material constituting the flexible tube for an endoscope, and a method for producing the flexible tube for an endoscope.