Abstract: A film including: a substrate; a first barrier layer on the substrate; a first resin layer on the first barrier layer; wherein the first resin layer includes a structured major surface and a plurality of features; a second barrier layer on the structured major surface of the first resin layer; and a second resin layer on the second barrier layer, wherein the second resin layer includes a structured major surface and a plurality of features.

Abstract: A security element, including: a substrate having a first structured major surface and a second structured major surface; and a first metal layer coated on the first structured major surface, wherein the transparency of the first metal layer is between 10% and 90%; and a second metal layer coated on the second structured major surface.

Abstract: A dental article includes at least one segment defining a complex three-dimensional shape configured to follow contours of an oral anatomy, in which the at least one segment includes a core component including a majority of parylene.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multilayer article. The multilayer article includes a) a microfiltration membrane substrate, the microfiltration membrane substrate having a first major surface; and b) a first layer having a first major surface and a second major surface disposed opposite the first major surface. The first major surface of the first layer is directly attached to the first major surface of the microfiltration membrane substrate. The first layer includes a first polymeric binder and a plurality of acid-sintered interconnected first silica nanoparticles arranged to form a continuous three-dimensional porous network. The multilayer article further includes c) a second layer attached to the second major surface of the first layer. The second layer includes i) a metal coating or ii) a composite coating comprising a second polymeric binder and at least one of metal nanoparticles or metal nanowires.

Abstract: An aqueous oral care one-part composition (e.g., solution), a kit that includes such composition (e.g., solution), and methods (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patients tooth surface), wherein the oral care composition (e.g., solution) includes: silver cations; thiocyanate anions; fluoride anions; and water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a release hard coating, comprising a bottom hard coating component and a top release coating component, wherein the bottom hard coating component comprises a crosslinked polymer matrix and nano-silica particles; and the top release coating component comprises a release polymer capable of having a grafting reaction with the bottom hard coating component. The release hard coating can be applied onto a substrate such as PET to resist sticky illegal advertisements and protect the substrate from wear.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an article including an organic layer having a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures defining nanorecesses and an opposing second surface; and a ceramic layer disposed on the nanostructured first surface of the organic layer and filling at least a portion of the nanorecesses. The ceramic layer has a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures and an opposing second surface, and the nanostructured first surface of the ceramic layer is interpenetrated with the nanostructured first surface of the organic layer. The present disclosure also provides a method of making the article. The method includes obtaining an organic layer having a nanostructured first surface including nanofeatures defining nanorecesses and an opposing second surface; and filling at least a portion of the nanorecesses of the nanostructured first surface of the organic layer with a ceramic material to form the article.

Abstract: Surface structured articles comprising a polymer matrix and a dispersed phase, the article having first and second opposed major surfaces, at least a portion of the first major surface is a microstructured, anisotropic surface comprises features having at least one dimension in a range from 1 micrometer to 500 micrometers, wherein the dispersed phase comprises an antimicrobial material, and wherein at least a portion of the dispersed phase is present on the microstructured, anisotropic surface. Surface structured articles are useful, for example, for marine applications (e.g., surfaces in contact with water (e.g., fresh water, ocean water)) such as boats, ships, piers, oil rigs, decks, and roofing materials.

Abstract: A dental appliance includes a polymeric shell with a first major surface having a plurality of cavities for receiving one or more teeth, and a layer of a metal oxide MOx on the first major surface.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an orthodontic article including the reaction product of the polymerizable composition. Further, the present disclosure provides polymerizable compositions and methods of making an orthodontic article. The method includes obtaining a polymerizable composition and selectively curing the polymerizable composition to form an orthodontic article. Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an orthodontic article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the orthodontic article based on the digital object. A system is also provided, including a display that displays a 3D model of an orthodontic article; and one or more processors that, in response to the 3D model selected by a user, cause a 3D printer to create a physical object of an orthodontic article.

Abstract: A film including: a substrate; a first barrier layer on the substrate; a resin layer on the first barrier layer; wherein the resin layer includes a structured major surface and a plurality of features; a second barrier layer on the structured major surface of the first resin layer; and an adhesive layer on the second barrier layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes a structured major surface and a plurality of features.

Abstract: An aqueous oral care one-part composition (e.g., solution), a kit that includes such composition (e.g., solution), and methods (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface), wherein the oral care composition (e.g., solution) includes: silver cations; iodide anions; fluoride anions; and water.

Abstract: An organofluorine coating on a major surface of a substrate, wherein the organofluorine coating has a surface composition of about 5 at % to about 15 at % oxygen and about 30 at % to about 50 at % fluorine.

Abstract: Dimensionally-stable fibrous structures including ceramic-coated melt-blown nonwoven fibers made of a flame-retarding polymer and processes for producing such fire-resistant nonwoven fibrous structures. The melt-blown fibers include poly(phenylene sulfide) in an amount sufficient for the nonwoven fibrous structures to pass one or more fire-resistance test, e.g. UL 94 V0, FAR 25.853 (a), FAR 25.856 (a), and CA Title 19, without any halogenated flame-retardant additive, and have a ceramic coating. The melt-blown fibers are subjected to a controlled in-flight heat treatment at a temperature below a melting temperature of the poly(phenylene sulfide) immediately upon exiting from at least one orifice of a melt-blowing die, in order to impart dimensional stability to the fibers.

Abstract: A security element, including: a substrate; a monolayer of beads on the substrate; and a metal layer on the monolayer of beads; wherein the size of the beads is in between about 100 nm to about 50 ?m.

Abstract: A film including: a resin layer including a first structured major surface and a second structured major surface, wherein the first structured major surface includes a plurality of microscale features and the second structured major surface includes a plurality of nanoscale features; and a barrier layer on the first or second structured major surface of the resin layer.

Abstract: Barrier assemblies including ultrathin barrier laminates and methods of making the barrier assemblies are provided. A barrier assembly includes a thermoplastic polymer skin layer having opposite first and second major surfaces, and a barrier stack coated on the first major surface of the thermoplastic polymer skin layer to form an integral protective layer having a thickness no greater than about 0.5 mil (about 12.7 microns). The removable carrier film has a major surface releasably attached to the second major surface of the thermoplastic polymer skin layer. In some cases, the removal of the carrier film results in ultrathin barrier laminates.

Abstract: An article having anti-microbial effect is provided. The article includes an occlusive layer; a substrate having two opposing major surfaces, wherein one opposing major surface is a nanostructured surface; a metal oxide layer, wherein the nanostructured surface is coated with the metal oxide layer and the metal oxide layer comprises a metal oxide; and a metal layer overlaying the metal oxide layer.

Abstract: An article having anti-microbial effect is provided. The article includes an occlusive layer; a substrate overlaying the occlusive layer, wherein the substrate having two opposing major surfaces; a metal oxide layer overlaying the substrate, wherein the metal oxide layer comprises a metal oxide and wherein the metal oxide layer comprises less than 40 wt. % non-oxidized metal; and a metal layer overlaying the metal oxide layer.

Abstract: Surface structured articles comprising a polymer matrix and a dispersed phase, the article having first and second opposed major surfaces, at least a portion of the first major surface is a microstructured, anisotropic surface comprises features having at least one dimension in a range from 1 micrometer to 500 micrometers, wherein the dispersed phase comprises an antimicrobial material, and wherein at least a portion of the dispersed phase is present on the microstructured, anisotropic surface. Surface structured articles are useful, for example, for marine applications (e.g., surfaces in contact with water (e.g., fresh water, ocean water)) such as boats, ships, piers, oil rigs, decks, and roofing materials.