A bilayer photonic crystal photoswitch thin-film device having the optical characteristics of both 2D and 3D photonic crystals, and a preparation method thereof are provided. When the bilayer photonic crystal photoswitch thin-film device is rotated periodically, different colors can be observed at a fixed rotation angle, that is, the device has the attribute of changing colors by means of rotation, and can thus realize the opening and closing of an optical path. The bilayer photonic crystal photoswitch thin-film new device has broad application prospects in the fields of photoswitches, optical waveguides, optical prisms, warming signs, anti-counterfeiting and information coding, etc.

A film including: an organic polymeric substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface; an optional acrylic hardcoat layer disposed on the first major surface of the substrate; a siliceous primer layer disposed on the organic polymeric substrate or on the optional acrylic hardcoat layer, wherein the siliceous primer layer includes composite particles including an organic polymer portion and a siliceous portion; and a superhydrophilic surface layer disposed on the siliceous primer layer, wherein the superhydrophilic surface layer includes hydrophilic-functional groups.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing a foamed thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer product, comprising the steps of: 1) coating a binder: coating the binder on the surfaces of expandable thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer particles; 2) curing and molding: adding the product obtained from step 1) to a mold and then placing it in a vulcanizing machine for curing and molding; and 3) cooling and setting: cooling the mold after the molding in step 2) to obtain the product of the present invention. By means of pre-coating the binder on the surfaces of expanded thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer particles according to the present invention, the weight of the binder can be reduced, and the properties of the expanded thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer particles can be utilized to the maximum extent.

The disclosure provides a cationic curing composition for a plastic substrate, a coating material including the composition and an application of the composition in the field of energy curing. The cationic curing composition includes a polyhydroxy resin, an epoxy compound, an oxetanyl-containing compound, and a cationic initiator, the polyhydroxy resin is a polyester resin, an acrylic resin and/or a phenolic resin, and the molar ratio of a hydroxyl, a three-membered epoxy group to a four-membered epoxy group in the cationic curing composition is 1:(3-20):(1-25). A plastic product includes the plastic substrate and a coating layer, and the coating layer is formed by curing the cationic curing composition.

Provided are a flexible window film and a display apparatus comprising same, the flexible window film having a substrate layer, a buffer layer and a hard coating layer that are sequentially layered, wherein the buffer layer comprises, in a thickness direction, a first area in which the amount of an amide group gradually increases from the interface between the hard coating layer and the buffer layer, and a second area in which the amount of an amide group gradually decreases from the interface between the substrate layer and the buffer layer.

The invention provides a multilayer film comprising a substrate film and a coating layer arranged on at least one surface of the substrate film, wherein the coating layer contains an oxazoline group and comprises an acrylic resin, the coating layer has a thickness (D) of 5-150 nm, and the ratio (Pl/P2) of the peak intensity (P1) of a peak that has an absorption maximum in a region of 1655±10 cm.sup.−1 to the peak intensity (P2) of a peak that has an absorption maximum in a range of 1580±10 cm.sup.−1 in the total reflection infrared absorption spectrum of the coating layer and the thickness (D) of the coating layer fulfill the relationship represented by the formula: 0.03≤(Pl/P2)/D≤0.15.

Disclosed is a composition comprising a PVDF copolymer where at least one comonomer is selected from Hexafluoropropene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropylene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, from 0.005-5% of one or more inorganic or polymeric nucleating additives and 0.01-20% of one or more dispersing agents having reduced haze. Also disclosed is a method of preparing the composition.

A fire-stopping material for use in sandwich panels is provided, wherein the fire-stopping material comprises a resilient, porous material at least partially impregnated with an intumescent agent. A panel for an internal wall and an internal wall are also provided, comprising the fire-stopping material disposed between two substantially parallel boards, such as plaster boards. A method of providing a service penetration through an internal wall is also provided.

A polyester film comprising a polymeric phosphonate flame retardant in an amount of from about 1.0 to about 25.0 wt % by total weight of the film and further comprising at least one metal cation selected from the group consisting of Group I and Group II metal cations.

The present disclosure provides a cholesteric liquid crystal film including a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer having a stripe pattern in which dark portions and bright portions, which are observed with a microscope, are alternately arranged and a second cholesteric liquid crystal layer which is disposed in contact with the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer and has a stripe pattern in which dark portions and bright portions, which are observed with a microscope, are alternately arranged, in which, at an interface between the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer and the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer, the dark portions observed in the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer is connected to the dark portions observed in the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer.