This invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the adhesion of resin compositions to substrate materials. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the adhesion of ROMP compositions to substrate materials using an adhesion promoter composition, where the adhesion promoter composition comprises a pre-reacted mixture comprising at least one compound containing at least two isocyanate groups and at least one compound comprising a heteroatom-containing functional group and a metathesis active olefin, where the adhesion promoter composition is storage stable and/or possesses in-resin storage stability when added to a resin composition, particularly a cyclic olefin resin composition, such as a ROMP composition. The polymer products produced via ROMP reactions of the invention may be utilized for a wide range of materials and composite applications. The invention has utility in the fields of polymer and materials chemistry and manufacture.

The present invention provides an optical film exhibiting high alignment and good phase difference development in an oblique direction, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. This optical film of the present invention has a substrate; and a phase difference layer which is provided on the substrate to be adjacent to the substrate, in which the phase difference layer is a layer formed by fixing vertical alignment of a liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group included in a liquid crystal composition containing the liquid crystal compound and a polymer compound, a difference in a value between the polymer compound and the substrate, which is calculated using three-dimensional SP values, is 3 or less, and a content of the polymer compound is less than 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the liquid crystal compound.

The present invention relates to an anti-reflective film that has a low reflectance deviation and a light transmittance deviation, can simultaneously realize high scratch resistance and anti-fouling property, and can increase screen sharpness of a display apparatus, a polarizing plate and a display apparatus comprising the same.

A barrier film for electronic devices exhibiting and maintaining excellent water barrier property. The barrier film for electronic devices features a water permeability (23 C., RH50%) that is set to be not more than 10.sup.4 g/m.sup.2/day and a water content that is maintained to be not more than 2000 ppm.

Microporous sheet product and methods of making and using the same. In one embodiment, the microporous sheet product is made by a process that includes melt-extruding a sheet material using an extrusion mixture that includes a thermoplastic polymer, a non-cross-linked elastomer having a molecular weight of at least 50,000 Da, and a compatibilizing agent. By way of example, the thermoplastic polymer may be a polyolefin, the non-cross-linked elastomer may be a polyisobutylene, and the compatibilizing agent may be mineral spirits. After extrusion, the sheet material may be cooled, and the sheet material may be stretched. The microporous sheet product may be used, for example, as a battery separator, as a food packaging material, as a diffusion barrier in the ultrafiltration of colloidal matter, and in disposable garments.

There is disclosed a rubber sponge having a foamed part comprising a vulcanized synthetic rubber, wherein a average cell diameter in the foamed part is 10 to 350 m, and a standard deviation of the cell diameters in the foamed part is 10 to 150 m. The content of the synthetic rubber may be 20 to 80% by mass based on a mass of the rubber sponge.

A method for operating in a borehole penetrating a formation is disclosed. The method includes disposing in the borehole an assembly comprising a load-bearing and oil-disintegrable tool comprising a polymeric composite; performing a downhole operation; and disintegrating the load-bearing and oil-disintegrable tool with a hydrocarbon fluid. The polymeric composite comprises an oil-disintegrable polymer which is one or more of the following: a polydicyclopentadiene, polypropylene, polyurethane, polycarbonate, polysulfone, or a high density polyethylene, the polyurethane being a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-modified polyurethane, a lauryl methacrylate graft polyurethane copolymer, a divinylbenzene crosslinked polyurethane, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing.

A method of synthesizing cyclohexanone can include oxidation of cyclohexane to produce a mixture including cyclohexanone, cyclohexanol, and cyclohexane, and separating cyclohexanone from the mixture using a pervaporation method. The pervaporation method includes contacting the mixture with a first side of a poly(styrene-maleic anhydride-dihydropyrane) membrane and receiving the cyclohexanone from a second side of the poly(styrene-maleic anhydride-dihydropyrane) membrane as a low-pressure vapor. The method can be performed in a pervaporation unit including a reactant portion for receiving the cyclohexane, a permeate portion for receiving the cyclohexanone, and a poly(styrene-maleic anhydride-dihydropyrane) membrane separating the reactant portion from the permeate portion.

Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions encompassing a procatalyst, a photoacid generator, a photosensitizer and one or more monomers which undergo vinyl addition polymerization when said composition is exposed to suitable UV irradiation and heated to a temperature from 50 C. to 100 C. to form a substantially transparent film. The monomers employed therein have a range of refractive index from 1.4 to 1.6 and thus these compositions can be tailored to form transparent films of varied refractive indices. Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful in various opto-electronic applications, including as coatings, encapsulants, fillers, leveling agents, among others.

A method of treating a wearable device to resist sebum, the method including providing a body having an elastic material having a polymeric backbone where a portion of the polymeric backbone is unsaturated and the body has an outer surface. The method further includes forming a crosslinked matrix within an outer layer of the body surrounding an inner layer of the body such that the outer layer has less affinity to sebum than the inner layer of the body.