Disclosed herein are novel or improved microporous battery separator membranes, separators, batteries including such separators, methods of making such membranes, separators, and/or batteries, and/or methods of using such membranes, separators and/or batteries. Further disclosed are laminated multilayer polyolefin membranes with exterior layers comprising one or more polyethylenes, which exterior layers are designed to provide an exterior surface that has a low pin removal force. Further disclosed are battery separator membranes having increased electrolyte absorption capacity at the separator/electrode interface region, which may improve cycling. Further disclosed are battery separator membranes having improved adhesion to any number of coatings. Also described are battery separator membranes having a tunable thermal shutdown where the onset temperature of thermal shutdown may be raised or lowered and the rate of thermal shutdown may be changed or increased. Also disclosed are multilayer battery separator membranes having enhanced web handling performance during manufacturing processes and coating operations.

A composite article (30), comprising at least one fibrous layer (12), and at least one thermoplastic epoxy web layer (14) located in direct planar contact with the at least one fibrous layer (12), the at least one thermoplastic epoxy web layer (14) being adapted to substantially phase separate during a molding and/or curing process.

Provided is a laminate that has excellent low-temperature impact resistance and bursting pressure strength at high temperatures despite having a thick modified polyolefin layer. The laminate has two or more layers including an (a) layer and a (b) layer, the (a) layer includes an aliphatic polyamide composition (A), and the (b) layer includes a modified polyolefin (B). The modified polyolefin (B) includes a unit derived from a monomer based on an α-olefin having 2-10 carbon atoms, and a unit derived from an unsaturated compound having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of: unsaturated compounds having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, an epoxy group, an amino group, an amide group, an imide group, a nitrile group, a thiol group, and an isocyanate group; and derivatives of unsaturated compounds having a carboxyl group. The Shore hardness (D scale) of the modified polyolefin (B) as measured according to ASTM D2240 is 30-61.

The present invention relates to polyethylene compositions. In one aspect, a polyethylene composition comprises (1) a first polyethylene fraction having a single peak in a temperature range of 50° C. to 85° C. in an elution profile via iCCD analysis method, (2) a second polyethylene fraction having a single peak in a temperature range of 85° C. to 100° C. in the elution profile via iCCD analysis method, and (3) a third polyethylene fraction having a single peak in a temperature range of 100° C. to 120° C. in the elution profile via iCCD analysis method, wherein the first polyethylene area fraction comprises 25 to 50% of the total area of the elution profile, wherein the second polyethylene area fraction comprises 30 to 50% of the total area of the elution profile, and wherein the third polyethylene area fraction comprises 15 to 35% of the total area of the elution profile.

The present invention relates to multilayer films. In one aspect, a multilayer film comprises a first polyethylene composition having a density of at least 0.965 g/cm.sup.3 and as further described herein and a second polyethylene composition having a density of 0.924 g/cm.sup.3 to 0.936 g/cm.sup.3 and as further described herein, wherein the multilayer film comprises 40 weight percent or less of the first polyethylene composition based on the total weight of the multilayer film.

Recyclable films having a first layer containing a polyethylene, a second layer containing a high-density polyethylene and a hydrocarbon resin, and a third layer containing a polyethylene may be used for thermoforming packaging components. Both the first and third layers have an overall density between about 0.92 g/cm.sub.3 and 0.97 g/cm.sub.3. The film structure is advantageous as it can be more easily thermoformed than traditional high-density polyethylene films and can maintain the shape taken during thermoforming, exhibiting minimal warping or shrinking.

The embodiments relate to a polyamide-based composite film that has excellent curl characteristics, mechanical properties, and optical properties, as well as, in particular, is effective in preventing reflection in the visible light region, remarkably reduces the rainbow phenomenon, and achieves a texture similar to that of glass, and a display device comprising the same. There are provided a polyamide-based composite film, which comprises a base film comprising a polyamide-based polymer; and a functional layer disposed on the base film, wherein the in-plane retardation (Re) measured with light having a wavelength of 550 nm is 100 nm to 220 nm, and a display device comprising the same.

A gas barrier laminate includes a polypropylene substrate layer; a first polyvinyl alcohol resin layer; and a metal oxide layer, which are laminated in this order, wherein the first polyvinyl alcohol resin layer has a mass per unit area of 0.5 to 2.5 g/m; and, a packaging material includes the above gas barrier laminate and a polypropylene sealant layer disposed on a surface of the gas barrier laminate, wherein a mass ratio of a sum of the polypropylene substrate layer and the polypropylene sealant layer to a total mass of the packaging material is 85 mass % or more.

The present invention relates to a composite comprising a nonwoven fabric being the substrate of the composite, wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises a polymer (A) selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate and polyamide; and a coating layer, wherein the coating layer comprises a polymer (B), wherein said polymer is an ethylene copolymer, preferably a polar ethylene copolymer; whereby the coating layer overlays at least one surface of the nonwoven fabric; and whereby the composite has a water vapor transmission rate (WTVR) according to ASTM E-96 ((water cup method) at 38° C. at 50% RH at the outside of the sample and 100% RH at the inside of the samples) of more than 50 g/[m.sup.2/24 h], preferably of more than 100 g/[m.sup.2/24 h].

The invention discloses oxygen scavenging films having at least one oxygen scavenging layer comprising a blend of ethylene/methyl acrylate/cyclohexene methyl acrylate copolymer (EMCM) as oxygen scavenger resin and a catalyst in a carrier resin, and an outer substrate layer having a thickness greater than 5% with respect to the total thickness of the film. The invention also relates to a process for the manufacturing of such films, to the use of said films in food packaging and to the packages obtained therefrom.