Provided are a film including a matrix material, and a particle having an elastic modulus at 25° C. which is higher than an elastic modulus of the matrix material, in which the film has a region A at at least a part between the matrix material and the particle, and the region A contains a compound having a loss tangent of 0.1 or greater at 25° C.; and a laminate formed of the film.

Polymeric films, which may be adhesive films, and display devices including such polymeric films, wherein a polymeric film includes: a first polymeric layer having two major surfaces, wherein the first polymeric layer includes a first polymeric matrix and particles. The first polymeric layer includes: a first polymeric matrix having a refractive index n.sub.1; and particles having a refractive index n.sub.2 uniformly dispersed within the first polymeric matrix; wherein the particles are present in an amount of less than 30 vol-%, based on the volume of the first polymeric layer, and have a particle size range of 400 nanometers (nm) to 3000 nm; and wherein n.sub.1 is different than n.sub.2.

Provided is a resin composition having excellent dielectric characteristics, i.e., low dielectric characteristics, in the high-frequency region, and excellent dielectric characteristics, i.e., low dielectric characteristics, under high humidity, and having practical adhesion to metal and resin substrates. More specifically, provided is a resin composition comprising an acid-modified polyolefin, an epoxy resin, and an inorganic filler, wherein a cured product of the resin composition has a dielectric loss tangent of 0.003 or less at a frequency of 10 GHz at 25° C. after storage for 168 hours under conditions of 85° C. and 85% RH (relative humidity).

A heat-sensitive label that can achieve both sufficient adhesive strength and high recyclability is provided. A heat-sensitive label comprising a substrate layer and a heat sealing layer (A) on the substrate layer, wherein the heat sealing layer (A) comprises a heat sealing resin and a carboxylic anhydride-modified polyolefin resin (h); and a product MCh of an acid value M (mgKOH/g) of the carboxylic anhydride-modified polyolefin resin (h) and a content Ch (% by mass) of the carboxylic anhydride-modified polyolefin resin (h) in the heat sealing layer (A) is 1.5 to 6.0.

A resin composition includes 20 parts by weight to 45 parts by weight of a phosphorus-containing bismaleimide and 100 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin, wherein the phosphorus-containing bismaleimide has a structure of Formula (I); the thermosetting resin is selected from a vinyl-containing polyphenylene ether resin, a maleimide resin, a polyolefin resin, a prepolymer of maleimide resin, and a combination thereof. The resin composition may be used to make a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board, and at least one of the following properties can be improved, including flame retardancy, outgassing properties, arc resistance, copper foil peeling strength, X-axis coefficient of thermal expansion, glass transition temperature and water absorption rate.

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A hot-melt adhesive composition is disclosed. The hot melt adhesive comprises a) 25 to 95 wt %, preferably 50 to 85 wt % of at least one polyolefin-based polymer; b) 1 to 75 wt %, preferably 1 to 40 wt % of at least one tackifying resin; c) 0 to 15 wt % of at least one plasticizer; and d) 0 to 30 wt % of at least one additive and/or adjuvant selected from among stabilizers, adhesion promoters, fillers or pigments, waxes, and/or other polymers or combinations thereof,
characterized in that the at least one polyolefin-based polymer is a mixture of: a1) at least one first polyolefin-based polymer with a molecular weight M.sub.n of <10,000 g/mol in a quantity of 20 to 80 wt % with respect to the total quantity of polyolefin-based polymer, and a2) at least one second polyolefin-based polymer with a molecular weight M.sub.n of >10,000 g/mol in a quantity of 20 to 80 wt % with respect to the total quantity of polyolefin-based polymer. The adhesive is particularly useful for gluing polyolefin films, woven fabrics, or nonwoven fabrics. Also, methods for manufacturing packaging and fabric with the hot-melt adhesive above are disclosed.

A block-copolymer pellet having 100 parts by weight of a pellet-shaped article of a block copolymer (A) and 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a hydrocarbon-based dusting agent (B) is provided, wherein the block copolymer (A) has at least one aromatic vinyl polymer block and at least one conjugated diene polymer block, the hydrocarbon-based dusting agent (B) has a BET specific surface area of 0.50 to 3.00 m.sup.2/g, a volume average particle size of 2.0 to 20 μm, a bulk density of 0.10 to 0.34 g/cm.sup.3, and a melting point of 75° C. or higher, and the block-copolymer pellet has a Shore A hardness of 10 to 80, and a BET specific surface area of 0.001 to 0.05 m.sup.2/g measured by a Kr adsorption method.

A polyester pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided including a polyester resin having a predetermined amount of a structural unit derived from a hydrogenated polybutadiene structure-containing compound, or a polyester resin having a structural unit derived from a hydrogenated polybutadiene structure-containing compound and a predetermined amount of a structural unit derived from an aromatic ring structure-containing compound. The polyester pressure-sensitive adhesive composition has superior adhesion to a polyolefin base material and is highly transparency.

A polyester pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided including a polyester resin having a predetermined amount of a structural unit derived from a hydrogenated polybutadiene structure-containing compound, or a polyester resin having a structural unit derived from a hydrogenated polybutadiene structure-containing compound and a predetermined amount of a structural unit derived from an aromatic ring structure-containing compound. The polyester pressure-sensitive adhesive composition has superior adhesion to a polyolefin base material and is highly transparency.

A printed linerless face laminate includes a release layer including a release agent, a second layer including a thermoplastic polymer, a second adhesive layer, a first layer including a thermoplastic polymer or fiber-based material, and a first adhesive layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the print is on one or more printable surface(s) between the first layer and the second layer. A method for producing the printed linerless face laminate is also described.