The invention relates to a metallic fastener (10; 40) for the interference fit assembly of at least two structural elements (20, 22) comprising a through hole, the fastener comprising an enlarged head (12; 42), a shaft (14; 44) having an external diameter before installation that is greater than an internal diameter of the hole, said shaft comprising a conductive surface (26; 56). Before installation, at least the conductive surface (26; 56) is coated with a lubricating layer (30), which comprises a mixture of at least one polyolefin and one polytetrafluoroethylene, for example, having sufficient adherence to prevent its abrasion by manual manipulation of the fastener and being weak enough to be at least partly stripped from the conductive surface during the interference fit assembly of the fastener.

The invention further relates to a method for obtaining such a fastener and to a method for installing such a fastener in a structure.

The invention is applicable to the assembly of aircraft structures.

Provided is an insulated electric wire, a wire harness, and a composition for an electric wire coating material with which the amount of a filler, which is the flame retardant, can be reduced as much as possible without using electron beam crosslinking, the composition having a high heat resistance, a high gel fraction, flexibility, and good workability of assembling a wire harness. An electric wire coating material is made of a composition comprising (A) a silane-grafted polyolefin obtained by grafting a silane coupling agent onto a polyolefin having a density of 0.855 to 0.885 g/cm.sup.3, (B) an unmodified polyolefin having a density of 0.890 to 0.955 g/cm.sup.3, (C) a modified polyolefin modified by one or more functional groups selected from a carboxylic acid group, an acid anhydride group, an amino group, an acrylic group, a methacrylic group, and an epoxy group, (D) a bromine-based flame retardant and antimony trioxide, (E) a crosslinking catalyst batch, (F) zinc oxide and an imidazole-based compound, or zinc sulfide, (G) an antioxidant, (H) a metal deactivator, and (I) a lubricant.

Provided is an insulated electric wire, a wire harness, and a composition for an electric wire coating material with which the amount of a filler, which is the flame retardant, can be reduced as much as possible without using electron beam crosslinking, the composition having a high heat resistance, a high gel fraction, flexibility, and good workability of assembling a wire harness. An electric wire coating material is made of a composition comprising (A) a silane-grafted polyolefin obtained by grafting a silane coupling agent onto a polyolefin having a density of 0.855 to 0.885 g/cm.sup.3, (B) an unmodified polyolefin having a density of 0.890 to 0.955 g/cm.sup.3, (C) a modified polyolefin modified by one or more functional groups selected from a carboxylic acid group, an acid anhydride group, an amino group, an acrylic group, a methacrylic group, and an epoxy group, (D) a bromine-based flame retardant and antimony trioxide, (E) a crosslinking catalyst batch, (F) zinc oxide and an imidazole-based compound, or zinc sulfide, (G) an antioxidant, (H) a metal deactivator, and (I) a lubricant.

Provided is an insulated electric wire, a wire harness, and a composition for an electric wire coating material with which the amount of a filler, which is the flame retardant, can be reduced as much as possible without using electron beam crosslinking, the composition having a high heat resistance, a high gel fraction, flexibility, and good workability of assembling a wire harness. An electric wire coating material is made of a composition comprising (A) a silane-grafted polyolefin obtained by grafting a silane coupling agent onto a polyolefin having a density of 0.855 to 0.885 g/cm.sup.3, (B) an unmodified polyolefin having a density of 0.890 to 0.955 g/cm.sup.3, (C) a modified polyolefin modified by one or more functional groups selected from a carboxylic acid group, an acid anhydride group, an amino group, an acrylic group, a methacrylic group, and an epoxy group, (D) a bromine-based flame retardant and antimony trioxide, (E) a crosslinking catalyst batch, (F) zinc oxide and an imidazole-based compound, or zinc sulfide, (G) an antioxidant, (H) a metal deactivator, and (I) a lubricant.

Provided are a laminate film which enables to enhance luminance, and a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including this laminate film, as well as a method for producing this laminate film. Provided are laminate films including an optical functional layer and a barrier layer stacked on at least one surface of the optical functional layer, laminate films each having a film having a higher refractive index than a refractive index of the optical functional layer, on a lateral surface of the optical functional layer. It is preferable that the optical functional layer include at least one of a quantum dot and a quantum rod.

A method comprising, (i) providing a thermoplastic material comprising 5-75 wt % of a post-consumer recycled polyolefin composition and 25-95 wt % of an olefin block copolymer composition based on total weight of the thermoplastic material, wherein the post-consumer recycled polyolefin composition comprises at least 50 wt %, of a polyolefin and at least 0.1 wt % of a contaminant; (ii) heating and dispensing said thermoplastic material through a nozzle to form an extrudate deposited on a base, (iii) moving the base, nozzle or combination thereof while dispensing the thermoplastic material so that there is horizontal displacement between the base and nozzle in a predetermined pattern to form an initial layer of the material on the base, and (iv) repeating steps (ii) and (iii) to form a subsequent layer of the material adhered on the initial layer, and (v) optionally repeating step steps (ii) and (iii) to form additional subsequent layers.

A method comprising, (i) providing a thermoplastic material comprising 5-75 wt % of a post-consumer recycled polyolefin composition and 25-95 wt % of an olefin block copolymer composition based on total weight of the thermoplastic material, wherein the post-consumer recycled polyolefin composition comprises at least 50 wt %, of a polyolefin and at least 0.1 wt % of a contaminant; (ii) heating and dispensing said thermoplastic material through a nozzle to form an extrudate deposited on a base, (iii) moving the base, nozzle or combination thereof while dispensing the thermoplastic material so that there is horizontal displacement between the base and nozzle in a predetermined pattern to form an initial layer of the material on the base, and (iv) repeating steps (ii) and (iii) to form a subsequent layer of the material adhered on the initial layer, and (v) optionally repeating step steps (ii) and (iii) to form additional subsequent layers.

Polyethylene composition with improved balance of impact resistance at low temperatures and Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance (ESCR), particularly suited for producing protective coatings on metal pipes, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.938 to 0.948 g/cm.sup.3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 15 to 25; 3) MIF from 30 to 45 g/10 min.; 4) Mz equal to or greater than 1000000 g/mol; 5) LCBI equal to or greater than 0.55.

Polyethylene composition with improved balance of impact resistance at low temperatures and Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance (ESCR), particularly suited for producing protective coatings on metal pipes, said composition having the following features: 1) density from 0.938 to 0.948 g/cm.sup.3; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from 15 to 25; 3) MIF from 30 to 45 g/10 min.; 4) Mz equal to or greater than 1000000 g/mol; 5) LCBI equal to or greater than 0.55.

Conventional atomic layer deposition technology is modified to increase its cost-effective viability for use in producing thinly coated flexible packaging film. In one embodiment a thinly coated flexible substrate, e.g., a polyolefin film, is made by a process comprising the steps of: (A) Dissolving a self-limiting precursor in a solvent to form a solution of dissolved self-limiting precursor in the solvent, (B) Applying the solution to a facial surface of a flexible polymer film so that at least a portion of the dissolved self-limiting precursor attaches to the facial surface of the film and the solution is at least partially depleted of self-limiting precursor, and (C) Curing the attached self-limiting precursor by contact with oxygen.