A polymer thin film includes polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and is characterized by a Young's modulus along an in-plane dimension of at least 4 GPa, an electromechanical coupling factor (k.sub.31) of at least 0.1 at room temperature. A method of manufacturing such a polymer thin film may include forming a polymer composition into a polymer thin film, applying a tensile stress to the polymer thin film along at least one in-plane direction and in an amount effective to induce a stretch ratio of at least approximately 5 in the polymer thin film, and applying an electric field across a thickness dimension of the polymer thin film. Annealing and poling steps may separately or simultaneously accompany and/or follow the act of stretching of the polymer thin film.

A polarizing plate and a polarizing plate-carrier film laminate are provided. A method for manufacturing a polarizing plate-carrier film laminate and a method for manufacturing a polarizing plate using the same are also provided. A polarizing plate, and an active energy ray curable composition for a polarizing plate are also provided.

Multi-layered articles or products comprising layers of filled polymer compositions, methods of making and applications or uses thereof.

Disclosed herein are methods for making asymmetric laminate structures and methods for reducing bow in asymmetric laminate structures, the methods comprising subjecting the laminate structures to at least one thermal cycle comprising cooling the laminate structures to a first temperature near or below room temperature and heating the laminate structures to a second temperature near or below the lamination temperature. Also disclosed herein are laminate structures made according to such methods.

The present invention relates to a multi-layer polypropylene film comprising: A base layer of polypropylene (2); Optionally, a tie layer (3) comprising a blend of polypropylene and an sacrificial engineering thermoplastic; A top layer (1) comprising film having a structured surface with water contact angles (WCA) superior to 104.5°, preferentially superior to 110°, more preferentially uperior to 120°, more preferentially superior to 130°; Wherein the top layer comprises a blend 20 to 40 wt % of polypropylene and 60 to 80 wt % of said engineering thermoplastic and in which the engineering thermoplastic has been selectively etched in order to create the said structured surface.

A stretchable antistatic film can be formed in a production process using a specific thermoplastic polyurethane. The thermoplastic polyurethane is useful for the production of said film.

A peeling tool includes a lower surface portion that is to be placed on a holding sheet affixed to a first surface of a workpiece, an upper surface portion corresponding to a second surface of the workpiece to which a protective sheet is affixed, and an abutting portion that has a shape conforming to an outer peripheral shape of the workpiece, that has a thickness corresponding to a thickness of the workpiece, and that is to abut on an outer peripheral portion of the workpiece. The upper surface portion has a width larger than a width of a peeling tape that is to be affixed to the protective sheet and used for peeling off the protective sheet, and is formed of a material that rejects affixing of the peeling tape. The lower surface portion is formed of a material that rejects affixing of the holding sheet.

A heated glazing includes at least one plastic structural substrate and a heating device and includes at least one transparent and electrically-conductive thin layer. The heated glazing includes, as laminate, at least one first plastic structural substrate, at least one glass sheet equipped with the heating layer, and at least one second plastic structural substrate.

The present invention discloses a decorative film comprising a colored polymer film layer and a micro/nano-structure layer on a surface of the colored polymer film layer, wherein the micro/nano-structure layer comprises a plurality of colored polymer micro/nano-structures. Due to the colored polymer film layer and the plurality of colored polymer micro/nano-structures, a color with an optical effect can be displayed, the color modulation is reduced and the process is simplified.

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a quantum-dot film having encapsulated quantum dots dispersed therein, in which quantum dots are uniformly dispersed in a matrix resin to thus increase quantum yield and in which deterioration of the quantum dots can be prevented through encapsulation, a quantum-dot film manufactured thereby, and a wavelength conversion sheet and a display including the same.