Abstract: The present invention relates to a reinforced thermoplastic film comprising a base film wherein the base film comprises a stretchable polyolefin material comprising one or more layers and a plurality of extruded reinforcing fibre elements. The extruded reinforcing fibre elements are located on at least one surface of the base film and form fibre protrusions relative to the surface plane of the base film. At the location where each reinforcing fibre element is provided on the base film, an interface is formed comprising direct interactions between a base film domain and a protrusion domain. The base film domain is a domain of pure base film material and the protrusion domain is a domain of pure reinforcing fibre element material. The interface between the base film domain and the protrusion domain is interrupted by one or more discrete intermixed domains, wherein the intermixed domains comprise a material mixture comprising the base film material and the reinforcing fibre element material.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a copolymer comprising the polymerization product of propylene and a branched olefin, the copolymer comprising about 80 to about 99.9 wt % propylene; about 0.1 to about 20 wt % branched olefin; and the copolymer having a weight average molecular weigh of about 80,000 to about 800,000 Daltons, wherein a weight average molecular weight of the copolymer after being irradiated at a dosage of at least about 5 kGy is greater than or equal to about 90% the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer prior to being irradiated. Uses of the copolymer and a process of making the copolymer are also disclosed.