Abstract: A vapor permeable retroreflective material for use on protective garments. The material may be formed in a non-continuous pattern that provides a high-level of retroreflective brightness, yet also provides adequate permeability to prevent exposure to trapped thermal energy and heated moisture. The non-continuous retroreflective pattern may include retroreflective regions and non-retroreflective regions arranged such that thermal decay through the protective garment is not substantially decreased in the regions corresponding to the retroreflective material. Rather, vapor permeation and thermal decay through the garment may be substantially the same as if the retroreflective material was not present.

Abstract: A battery outer label 1 including a heat-shrinkable resin film such as of polyethylene terephthalate as a base material 2, a printing layer 5 and a protective layer 6 formed on a front surface of the base material 2, and a vapor-deposited metal layer 3 and an adhesive layer 4 formed on a back surface of the base material 2, wherein the battery outer label 1 has a water vapor permeability in the range of 14 to 30 g/m2·24 h.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel packaging laminate designed particularly for packaging highly hygroscopic, pelleted, flowable materials. It is a multilayer structure which incorporates a layer of heat-sealable polymeric material which has had a thin film of aluminum deposited onto it by vapour coating. This layer combined with a further effective barrier layer provides the low WVTR in the range required by such highly hygroscopic materials. This laminate can be used with additional structural layers of paper or plastic, to form bags that have the features of very low WVTR, excellent puncture resistance, and excellent heat sealability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate in which a formed article as an adherend is adhered without impairing the external designability and touch of the formed article, and a hot-melt adhesive material which is suitable for dielectric heating that does not cause thermal damage directly to a formed article. Having reached the idea that a configuration might be useful, in which an adhesive having satisfactory adhesiveness to both metal and resin materials is laminated on a metal layer for selectively heating a hot-melt adhesive layer by dielectric heating, the present inventor has made extensive studies and found that an adhesive material in which a layer of an adhesive including a modified polyolefin resin is laminated on a metal layer, is capable of adhesion without impairing the designability of an adherend by induction heating.

Abstract: A gas-barrier heat-seal composite film is provided. The gas-barrier heat-seal composite film includes a heat-seal layer including very low density polyethylene (VLDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), metallocene polyethylene (mPE), metallocene linear low density polyethylene (mLLDPE), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer, ethylene-propylene (EP) copolymer or ethylene-propylene-butene (EPB) terpolymer, and a gas-barrier layer formed on the heat-seal layer, wherein the gas-barrier layer includes a plurality of composite layers, each including a polymer substrate and a single layer or multiple layers of metal or oxide thereof which is formed on one side or both sides of the polymer substrate, and the polymer substrate includes uniaxial-stretched or biaxial-stretched polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyimide (PI), ethylene/vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed wiring board includes preparing a wiring substrate having a conductive circuit, coating a solder-resist layer over the conductive circuit, leveling a surface of the solder-resist layer so as to obtain a maximum surface roughness in a predetermined range, removing the resin film from the surface of the solder-resist layer, and forming multiple openings in the surface of the solder-resist layer to expose multiple portions of the conductive circuit so as to form multiple conductive pads for mounting an electronic components.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having an electromagnetic wave shielding layer can be manufactured without decreasing productivity. The present invention provides a die bond film including an adhesive layer and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer made of a metal foil or a die bond film including an adhesive layer and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer formed by vapor deposition.

Abstract: A non-foil packaging laminate for liquid food packaging comprises a layer of paper or other cellulose-based material, outermost liquid tight, heat sealable layers of polyolefin-based polymers and, vapour-deposition coated onto the inner side of the layer of paper or cellulose-based material, an induction heat susceptible metal coating. Also disclosed is a method for manufacturing of the packaging laminate, a packaging container that is made from the packaging laminate and a method of induction heat sealing the packaging laminate into packaging containers.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a radio frequency identification device (RFID), the device featuring an antenna and a chip (12) connected to the antenna, the method including the following steps: printing an antenna (12) having contacts (17 and 19) on a support (20) made of paper or synthetic paper, placing adhesive dielectric material between the contacts of the antenna, positioning an integrated circuit module (10) on the support, the module featuring groups of contacts (17, 18) and the chip (12) connected to groups of contacts inside an encapsulation (14) of the module, so that the groups of contacts of the module are opposite the contacts of the antenna, placing a thermoplastic layer (22) and a paper or synthetic paper layer (24) on the support, the two layers (22 and 24) being provided with a recess (21, 23) at the location of encapsulation (14) of the module (10), laminating together the three layers, the antenna support layer (20), the thermoplastic layer (22) and the paper or synt

Abstract: The invention relates to tuned multifunctional linker molecules for charge transport through organic-inorganic composite structures. The problem underlying the present invention is to provide multifunctional linker molecules for tuning the conductivity in nanoparticle-linker assemblies which can be used in the formation of electronic networks and circuits and thin films of nanoparticles. The problem is solved according to the invention by providing a multifunctional linker molecule of the general structure CON1—FUNC1—X—FUNC2—CON2 in which X is the central body of the molecule, FUNC1 and FUNC2 independently of each other are molecular groups introducing a dipole moment and/or capable of forming intermolecular and/or intramolecular hydrogen bonding networks, and CON1 and CON2 independently of each other are molecular groups binding to nanostructured units comprising metal and semiconductor materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a film composite and the use thereof as a mirror film in solar reflectors in view of the sustainable guarantee of the required reflection of solar radiation (total solar reflection). In particular, the invention relates to the use of cover films on the basis of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in the film composite, having an especially high UV stability, and a high weathering stability. The invention further relates to a UV and weather protection package for said solar mirror film, as utilized in solar reflectors, for improving the optical life span, weathering stability, and for avoiding delamination. The invention further relates to a surface finish with regard to scratch resistance, anti-soil and chemical stability of the solar mirror film.

Abstract: Disclosed are an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive and a surface finishing material comprising the same. More specifically, disclosed is an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive that is achieved by including an acrylic copolymer formed by copolymerizing: i) 81 to 96% by weight of an alkyl (meth) acrylic acid ester monomer having a carbon number of an alkyl group of 2 to 14; ii) 1 to 10% by weight of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an allyl ester, a vinyl ester and an unsaturated acetate; iii) 1 to 10% by weight of an acrylonitrile monomer; and iv) 0.

Abstract: A two-piece tabbed seal and liner as well as a method of manufacture is provided for sealing containers such as bottles, jars and the like. The two-piece tabbed seal is formed with a lower sheet-like structure having a non-foam, heat-distributing layer thereon.

Abstract: A polymer film is provided for use with metal sheeting and includes a thermoplastic adhesive having an adhesive layer and an outer layer. The polymer film is mechanically and chemically bonded to the metal sheeting through use of heat lamination of the thermoplastic adhesive layer. The thermoplastic layer includes an extrudable thermoplastic resin reacted with a polar compound, and contains a particulate filler, and optional quantities of an additional thermoplastic resin. The polymer film can be of a single or multi-layer construction, with one layer containing a thermoplastic adhesive polar compound, which is heat laminated to the metal sheet, a core layer that can be modified to change the performance and characteristics of the film, and an outer layer composed of a high abrasion and impact resistant polymer. The polymer film provides the metal sheeting with increased protection from the elements, low friction surface, resistance to chemicals and abrasion.

Abstract: The invention is directed to polyimide based adhesives having a coefficient of thermal expansion (“CTE”) equal to or below 50 ppm/° C. The adhesives of the present invention contain a polyimide base polymer present in the overall adhesive in an amount from 25 to 95 weight percent. The polyimide base polymer has a glass transition temperature (“Tg”) in a range of from about 150 to about 300° C. and typically has a coefficient of thermal expansion above 50 ppm/° C. The polyimide based adhesives of the invention also contain an aramid micro fiber filler in an amount from 5 to 75 weight percent, based upon the total weight of the polyimide based adhesive. The fiber filler can be used to lower CTE of the overall adhesive to match (or nearly match) the CTE of other materials like metal, silicon wafers, other polymers (including polyimide) and the like.

Abstract: A multi-layer, biodegradable film is disclosed. The multi-layer, biodegradable film contains a biodegradable core layer and a biodegradable pressure sensitive adhesive layer. The film may further contain a biodegradable, printable layer and a release liner.

Abstract: A method for providing a semiconductor chip package with side wettable plating includes singulating a semiconductor chip package from an array of packages formed in a block format, immersing the semiconductor chip package in a bath of plating solution, contacting a lead land of the semiconductor chip package with conductive contact material within the bath of plating solution, connecting the conductive contact material to a cathode electrical potential, connecting an anode within the bath of plating solution to an anode electrical potential, and plating the lead land of the semiconductor chip package.

Abstract: A cover foil as a push-through foil for a blister pack for packaging moisture-sensitive products has an aluminium foil as the barrier layer against the penetration of water vapour and gases and a sealing layer for sealing against a blister base part. A plastics material layer containing moisture-adsorbing drying agent is arranged on the side of the aluminium foil provided with the sealing layer.

Abstract: A tire adhesive sheet having a high adhesive strength to a tire at a wide temperature range and a good tackiness even to a studless tire is provided. The tire adhesive sheet contains a base material and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer contains a hot-melt type adhesive composition and is constructed to satisfy adhesion characteristics of: (A) an adhesive strength of 7 N/25 mm or more with respect to a SBR plate at 5° C.; and (B) an adhesive strength of 7 N/25 mm or more with respect to a SBR plate at 40° C.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an electroconductive pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that achieves excellent tackiness and high electrical conductivity even when it is used in a finer shape (in particular, a narrow shape) and that has a small change in resistance value over time and achieves stable electrical conductivity even when it is used for a long time or in a harsh environment. The electroconductive pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention is an adhesive tape including a metal foil and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having an electroconductive filler on at least one side of the metal foil. The electroconductive pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a surface exposure ratio of the electroconductive filler on a surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of 2 to 5%.

Abstract: An outer shell of a mobile phone, the outer shell comprises a substrate, a semi-transparent coating formed on the substrate, and an opaque layer partially formed on the opposite side from the semi-transparent coating, wherein the substrate includes at least two sub-areas, a first sub-area overlaps a second sub-area to form a first overlapping area showing a mixture of colors between a first color and a second color.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for manufacturing a propylene polymer, including: a) fermenting and optionally purifying first renewable materials to produce an alcohol or an alcohol mixture, the alcohol or alcohol mixture including at least isopropanol and/or at least a mixture of ethanol and 1-butanol; b) dehydrating the resulting alcohol or the alcohol mixture to produce an alkene or alkene mixture in a first series of reactors, the alkene or alkene mixture containing at least propylene; c) polymerizing the propylene in a second reactor, optionally in the presence of a comonomer, so as to produce a propylene polymer; d) isolating the propylene polymer obtained in step c); and e) grafting the propylene polymer obtained from step d). The invention also relates to the grafted propylene polymer capable of being obtained by the method, to the compositions containing the polymer, as well as to the uses of the polymer.

Abstract: There are disclosed methods of making RFID transponder webs and intermediate webs such as RFID strap webs and antenna webs, as well as such webs per se.

Abstract: A seal and method of manufacture is provided for sealing containers such as bottles, jars and the like. The seal (i.e., closure) is formed with a lower sheet-like structure having a non-foam, heat-distributing layer thereon. The lower structure includes a foil support layer and has a polymer layer, such as a PET layer disposed on its bottom surface. A heat-activated sealant layer is provided under the bottom surface of the PET layer to bond the seal to a container opening. The non-foam, heat-distributing layer is preferably a polyolefin film. Seals in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention also include a top portion, which is only partially bonded (directly or indirectly) to the bottom portion, so as to leave a tab portion extending from the seal. The top portion is advantageously bonded from periphery to periphery of the bottom portion and at or slightly offset from the diameter (middle) of the bottom portion.

Abstract: A thermal insulating tape is configured for fire protection for use in aircraft construction. The insulating tape has a multilayer construction including a flexible carrier tape providing protection against burn-through, the carrier tape being formed as a thermally conductive metal tape. An adhesive film is disposed on a first side of the carrier tape and is configured for partial fixation or complete wrapping of the insulating tape on a protected component. A flexible intumescent coating is disposed on a second side of the carrier tape.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wood-metal composite structure comprising a wood material and a metal material, and the wood material and the metal material (2) are joined together by a coupling agent. In accordance with the invention the wood-metal composite structure (5) comprises a coupling material (1,2,3,4) containing metal material (2), and the coupling material comprises at least three layers, and at least outer layers (1,3) of the coupling material contain polymer and coupling agent which is reactive with —OH groups of the materials for forming self-adhesive properties and at least one layer (2) including metal material is arranged between outer layers (1,3).

Abstract: Vapor permeable retroreflective material for use on protective garments. The material may be formed in a non-continuous pattern that provides a high-level of retroreflective brightness, yet also provides adequate permeability to prevent exposure to trapped thermal energy and heated moisture. The non continuous retroreflective pattern may include retroreflective regions and non retroreflective regions arranged such that thermal decay through the protective garment is not substantially decreased in the regions corresponding to the retroreflective material. Rather, vapor permeation and thermal decay through the garment may be substantially the same as if the retroreflective material was not present.

Abstract: Provided is a cover tape that has a small range of stripping strength and generates little static electricity when stripped at a high speed. The cover tape according to the present invention comprises at least a substrate layer, an intermediate layer, a charge transfer layer, and a heat seal layer, characterized in that (A) the charge transfer layer containing an acid-modified polyolefin resin and a conductive agent, and (B) the heat seal layer containing (a) a thermoplastic resin component composed of an acrylic resin, and (b) a styrene-conjugated diene copolymer or a hydrogenated resin thereof, the mass ratio of the two components ((a)/(b)) being 20/80 to 80/20.

Abstract: Polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide, linear, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting a diamine with a polydiorganosiloxane precursor having oxalylamino groups. The polydioroganosiloxane polyoxamide block copolymers are of the (AB)n type.

Abstract: Described are adhesive compositions containing a mixture of a pressure sensitive adhesive, a high Tg polymer, and a crosslinker to form a compatibilized blend that is optically clear. Methods of using the adhesive compositions, and multilayer assemblies such as optical elements prepared using the adhesives, are also provided.

Abstract: There is described a multi-layer film. The film comprises a first biodegradable layer, a second biodegradable layer and a metallised layer. Also described is a multi-layer film comprising a first cellulose layer, a second cellulose layer, an adhesive layer between the first and second cellulose layer and a metallised layer.

Abstract: There is described a multi-layer film. The film comprises a first biodegradable layer and a second biodegradable layer, wherein the first and second biodegradable layers each comprises a biopolymer selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, polysaccharides, gums, proteins, colloids, polyorganic acids and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a carrier for manufacturing a substrate, including: a base plate; adhesive layers formed on one side or both sides of the base plate; auxiliary adhesive layers, each of which is buried in one side of each of the adhesive layers, has a smaller area than each of the adhesive layers and has lower adhesivity than each of the adhesive layers; and metal layers, each of which is formed on one side of each of the auxiliary adhesive layers, whose edges are attached to the adhesive layers, and whose other portions excluding the edges are attached to the auxiliary adhesive layers. The carrier is advantageous in that a metal layer and an auxiliary adhesive layer are attached to each other by the adhesivity of the auxiliary adhesive layer, so that it is not required to use vacuum adsorption, with the result that a process of manufacturing a substrate can be performed more stably.

Abstract: There is described a multi-layer film. The film comprises a biodegradable layer and a metallised layer, wherein the biodegradable layer comprises a biopolymer selected from the group consisting of carbohydrates, polysaccharides, gums, proteins, colloids, polyorganic acids and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: Method for mounting an electronic component, such as a silicon chip, on a support which consists in: providing an electronic component (40) having connection pads, whereof one predetermined pad (41A) is provided with a bump (42); providing a support having (30) to the predetermined pad via the bump; aligning the predetermined pad provided with the bump with the terminal; contacting the bump and the terminal and assembling them in specific temperature and pressure conditions. Prior to contacting and fixing the bump and the terminal, the surface of the terminal is covered with an insulating layer (32), the insulating layer being a material selected so as to be traversed by the bump in the temperature and pressure conditions.

Abstract: A vulcanizable adhesive composition, which comprises 45-75% by weight of phenol resin, preferably a mixture of novolak-type and resol-type phenol resins, 5-25% by weight of halogenated polymer, and 10-30% by weight of a metal oxide, can improve an interlayer adhesiveness between the acrylic rubber and metal without surface treatment of metal, such as a chemical treatment, e.g. zinc phosphate treatment, etc., blast treatment, or primer treatment, and thus can be effectively used in the production of a metal/adhesive layer/acrylic rubber composite.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a light transmissive electromagnetic wave shielding material having an excellent light transmissive property, an excellent electromagnetic wave shielding property, an excellent appearance property and an excellent legibility by a simple method. A process for the preparation of a light transmissive electromagnetic wave shielding material comprising; (A1) printing a pretreatment agent for electroless plating comprising a noble metal compound and a mixture of silane coupling agent and azole compound or a reaction product thereof in a mesh pattern on a transparent substrate 11 to form a mesh-patterned pretreatment layer 12, and (A2) subjecting the pretreatment layer 12 to electroless plating to form a mesh-patterned metal conductive layer 13 on the pretreatment layer 12.

Abstract: The invention relates to tuned multifunctional linker molecules for charge transport through organic-inorganic composite structures. The problem underlying the present invention is to provide multifunctional linker molecules for tuning the conductivity in nanoparticle-linker assemblies which can be used in the formation of electronic networks and circuits and thin films of nanoparticles. The problem is solved according to the invention by providing a multifunctional linker molecule of the general structure CON1-FUNC1-X-FUNC2-CON2 in which X is the central body of the molecule, FUNC1 and FUNC2 independently of each other are molecular groups introducing a dipole moment and/or capable of forming intermolecular and/or intramolecular hydrogen bonding networks, and CON1 and CON2 independently of each other are molecular groups binding to nanostructured units comprising metal and semiconductor materials.

Abstract: An adhesive composition comprising from about 2 to about 10 wt. % multifunctional ethylenically unsaturated siloxane polymer, from about 2 to about 10 wt. % monofunctional ethylenically unsaturated siloxane macromer, and from about 85 to about 96 wt. % vinyl monomer is described. The adhesive composition is used to make adhesive articles that, when applied to a substrate, remain removable or repositionable, even after long periods of time. The adhesive composition may be used in transfer adhesive films, and in laminated articles suitable for use in optical applications.

Abstract: An adhesive tape that bonds components through thermal fusion based on induction heating, a mobile terminal including the same, and a manufacturing method and apparatus of the mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a nonmetal case forming an external appearance of the mobile terminal, a nonmetal member bonded to the case, and an adhesive tape for bonding the member to the case. The adhesive tape includes a metal sheet configured to be high-frequency induction heated and thermal fusion tape parts stacked on opposite main surfaces of the metal sheet such that the thermal fusion tape parts can be thermally fused to the case and the member by the heated metal sheet.

Abstract: A selectively metallized heat transfer label for transfer to a substrate includes a support portion having a carrier layer and a release layer applied to the carrier layer, and a transfer portion including a protective layer applied to the release layer, a metallizable layer applied to the protective layer, a metal layer applied to the metallizable layer, a metal transferring adhesive layer applied to the metal layer and configured to adhere to both the metal layer and the desired substrate and a non-metal transferring ink layer applied to the metal layer and configured to adhere to the desired substrate but not to the metal layer. When heat and pressure are applied to the carrier, the metal transferring adhesive adheres to both the metal layer and the substrate while the non-transferring ink layer adheres only to the substrate.

Abstract: A reactive foil assembly for the packaging and presenting of a reactive foil. The reactive foil assembly comprising a reactive foil, a film, a flex circuit and an adhesive. The reactive foil is placed above the film such that a portion of the reactive foil does not overlap with the film. The flex circuit is also placed above the film such that the flex circuit is operably coupled to the reactive foil. The reactive foil assembly is placed over a surface such that the film adheres to the surface with the help of the adhesive. The reactive foil is ignited by an energy pulse provided by the power source and delivered by the flex circuit coupled to the power source. An exothermic reaction of the reactive foil is initiated, which provides a molten foil available for joining of two objects.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present inventions encompass a variety of methods and devices for attaching labels, tags, or identification devices to hot metals.

Abstract: Provided is a method of connecting conductive traces on one substrate to conductive traces on another substrate using an adhesive containing conductive particles and the resulting article.

Abstract: A method of immobilizing a catalyst on a substrate surface involves providing novel ligating copolymers comprising functional groups capable of binding to a substrate surface and functional groups capable of ligating to catalysts such as metal ions, metal complexes, nanoparticles, or colloids; applying the ligating copolymer to a substrate surface to cause the ligating copolymer to bind thereto, and contacting the modified substrate surface with a solution of a catalyst, causing the catalyst to be ligated by the ligating copolymer and thus immobilized on the substrate surface. The ligating copolymer may be patterned on the substrate surface using a method such as microcontact printing.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having pressure-sensitive adhesive layers on a top side and a bottom side, and a carrier film between the adhesive layers, wherein there is a white coating layer at least between the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the top side and the carrier film and there is a metallic layer at least between the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on the bottom side and the carrier film. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape is useful to bonding parts of optical liquid crystal displays. Optical liquid crystal displays containing the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape are also disclosed.

Abstract: Water-emulsifiable polyisocyanate compositions admixed with at least one solvent of formula (1) (R1O)2C(R2)—X—R3 are formulated into aqueous emulsions which advantageously further comprise a compound, bearing a mobile hydrogen function, or a compound containing precursor functions capable of liberating hydroxyl functions, and are useful for producing coatings on a variety of substrates, e.g., made of cement, wood or leather in particular, and also for producing adhesives.

Abstract: The present invention provides a halogen-free, flame retardant adhesive composition that exhibits excellent anti-migration properties, not only within single layer structures, but also within multilayer structures of much higher density such as copper-clad laminates. The flame retardant adhesive composition according to the present invention comprises: (A) a halogen-free epoxy resin, (B) a carboxyl group-containing acrylic resin and/or a carboxyl group-containing acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, (C) a curing agent, (E) specific phosphinate and/or diphosphonate compounds, and (F) an ion scavenger and/or a heavy metal deactivator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a halogen-free, flame retardant adhesive composition that exhibits excellent anti-migration properties, not only within single layer structures, but also within multilayer structures of much higher density. The flame retardant adhesive composition according to the present invention comprises: (A) a halogen-free epoxy resin, (B) a carboxyl group-containing acrylic resin and/or a carboxyl group-containing acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, (C) a curing agent, (E) a specific polyphosphoric acid-melamine-based compound salt and/or polyphosphoric acid-diamine compound salt, and (F) an ion scavenger and/or a heavy metal deactivator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-resistant adhesive sheet (tape). More particularly, the invention relates to a heat-resistant adhesive sheet of high reliability and workability, in which crosslink reaction can be induced through irradiation of energy rays on an adhesive layer to achieve heat resistance at high temperature and also high dimension stability in parts, to achieve release without leaving any adhesive residues on an attached surface in releasing the layer and also to achieve no oxidation on the attached surface, e.g., a metallic surface at a high temperature.