Waterproof engineered floor and wall planks have a veneer layer bonded with a plastic composite core, and an underlayer, preferably an underlayer of cork.

Adhesion-promoting compositions containing organic titanates and/or organic zirconates and the use of the adhesion-promoting compositions to provide adhesion-promoting layers to enhance adhesion between metal substrates and an overlying free radical-polymerized sealant are disclosed.

A flexible conductive or electronic device comprising a polymer base, a poly-para-xylylene layer which is bonded to the polymer base by a first adhesive layer and a conductive layer which is bonded to the poly-para-xylylene layer by a second adhesive layer.

In the case where a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a refractive index adjustment zone is provided in such a manner that two PET separators are laminated to opposite surfaces of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, it is difficult to distinguish between obverse and reverse sides of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet itself. The present invention is directed to solving the above problems and, specifically, to offering a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a refractive index adjustment zone capable of being easily produced at low cost, in a state in which it is preliminarily laminated with a substrate provided with an electroconductive layer, thereby making it possible to resolve complexity in handling (to easily distinguish between one surface defined by the refractive index adjustment zone and the other surface defined by the remaining zone).

A wafer laminate has an adhesive layer (2) sandwiched between a support (1) and a wafer (3), with a circuit-forming surface of the wafer facing the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer (2) includes a light-shielding resin layer (2a), an epoxy-containing siloxane skeleton resin layer (2b), and a non-silicone thermoplastic resin layer (2c).

Precursors and methods for manufacturing perforated composite parts are disclosed. An exemplary precursor (19) comprises structural fibres (24,28) embedded in a cured matrix material (24,26) and interposed between two removable plies (20). The precursor may also comprise a sacrificial fibre (28) extending through the removable plies (20), the matrix material (24,26) and between the structural fibres (24,28). An exemplary method comprises removing the removable plies (20) from the precursor (19) and removing the sacrificial fibre (28) from the precursor after removing the removable plies to form a through hole in the precursor (19) at a location of the sacrificial fibre (28).

Systems and methods for radiative cooling and heating are provided. For example, systems for radiative cooling can include a top layer including one or more polymers, where the top layer has high emissivity in at least a portion of the thermal spectrum and an electromagnetic extinction coefficient of approximately zero, absorptivity of approximately zero, and high transmittance in at least a portion of the solar spectrum, and further include a reflective layer including one or more metals, where the reflective layer has high reflectivity in at least a portion of the solar spectrum.

The present invention is a film capacitor comprising a dielectric film and a metal layer, the dielectric film being a resin film obtained by stretching an unstretched film produced using a crystalline hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer, and heating the resulting stretched film, and the resin film having a softening point of 250 to 320° C., a thermal shrinkage ratio of 0.01 to 5.0% when heated at 200° C. for 10 minutes, a loss tangent (tanδ) of 0.0001 to 0.0010, and a coefficient of static friction of 0.01 to 1.00. The present invention provides a film capacitor that includes a resin film as a dielectric film, the resin film exhibiting excellent heat resistance, excellent withstand voltage properties, and excellent workability.

Unique insulation articles including corrosion inhibitors and methods of producing the same are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is an article of manufacture comprising an insulation mat comprising a cured combination of a plurality of randomly oriented fibers and a binder, the insulation mat extending between a first surface and a second surface, a veil attached to the first surface, the veil structured to inhibit physical movement of the cured combination through the veil, a metal sheet attached to the second surface by a water-containing adhesive contacting the metal sheet and the second surface, and a corrosion inhibitor composition deposited on the cured combination of the insulation mat, the corrosion inhibitor composition being effective to modify toward neutral a pH of the cured combination in contact with water from the water-containing adhesive.

An adhesive composition comprising a solids component, said solids component including a rubber component that includes polychloroprene; and a solvent component, said solvent component including t-butyl acetate.