The present invention provides a laminate material having a polyester film and a web of polyester fibers cohesively bonded directly thereto, such that portions of the fibers are bonded to the polyester film and portions of the fibers are free from the polyester film. The invention may also include a glass reinforced polymer layer formed on the laminated facer where the polymer of the glass reinforced polymer layer is commingled with the nonwoven of the laminated facer. The laminate may further include a second polymer layer having a thickness joined to the fiber layer and/or a layer of hot melt adhesive applied to the polyester fibers. Also presented is a composite material having a polyester film, a layer of polyester fibers bonded to the second polymer layer; a second polymer layer joined to the polyester film; and a glass reinforced polymer layer formed on the laminated facer, where the polymer of the glass reinforced polymer layer is commingled with the nonwoven of the laminated facer.

A method for preparing a roofing membrane in the form of a roll, comprising the steps of: providing a polymeric membrane; providing a fabric having a coating disposed thereon; attaching the polymeric membrane to the fabric to form a composite; and rolling the composite. Wherein the coating includes expandable graphite dispersed within a binder.

A fluorinated compound comprising: (i) a fluorochemical oligomeric portion comprising an aliphatic backbone comprising polymerized (meth)acrylate monomeric units, each having a perfluorinated terminal C4-C6 aliphatic group, and an organic residue obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from a functionalized chain transfer agent, wherein: the polymerized (meth)acrylate units are present in a molar ratio of at least 6:1 relative to the functionalized chain transfer agent; and the (meth)acrylate units comprise 0-30 mole-% acrylate units and 70-100 mole-% methacrylate units; (ii) a fluorine-free hydrocarbon moiety; (iii) a di-, tri-, or polymeric isocyanate-derived linking group; and (iv) a group that imparts a durable property when the compound is applied to a fibrous substrate.

The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to material science in general, and, more particularly, to sequence variants of Stable Protein 1 (SP1), to uses thereof, for binding of carbon nanotubes, production of composite polymers and polymer materials, such as fabrics, based on SP1-polypeptide-carbon nanotube-complexes, and the use thereof for enhancing conductivity in tire.

A composition of matter wherein the composition comprises a siliceous substrate having silanols on the surface and a polymer selected from the group consisting essentially of a water soluble polymer, a water soluble copolymer, an alcohol soluble polymer, an alcohol soluble copolymer, and combinations of such polymers, wherein the polymer is chemically bonded to the siliceous substrate by a silane linking material having the general formula

O.sub.3/2SiQY

that is derived from an alkoxy-functional silane having the general formula

(RO).sub.3SiQX

and processes for preparing the crosslinked polymer that is chemically bonded to the surface of the siliceous substrate.

The disclosure relates to curable polysilyl phosphate compounds and compositions as well as related methods and flame-retardant textiles incorporating the same. Curable polysilyl phosphate compounds according to the disclosure include a hydrocarbon moiety comprising at least one phosphate group and more than two hydrolysable silyl groups linked to the hydrocarbon moiety. In some embodiments, the hydrocarbon moiety is derived from spirocyclic pentaerythritol diphosphoryl chloride. The curable polysilyl phosphate compound can applied to a textile substrate and then cured to provide a flame-retardant textile with the cured polysilyl phosphate compound as a coating bonded to the textile substrate.

A method of manufacturing a penetration-resistant article that includes a textile fabric made from aramid fibers finished with finish solids. The finish solids include a carbonic acid polyester. The penetration-resistant article can be a fragment protection mat, a bullet-proof vest, a flak jacket, a stab-resistant vest, or a combination thereof.

Provided is a prepreg composed of a fibrous substrate impregnated with a reactive or highly reactive polymer composition as a matrix material. The reactive or highly reactive polymer composition contains a (meth)acrylate-based resin comprising at least one of a hydroxyl group, an amine group, a thiol group, an initiator and/or accelerator, and a di- or polyisocyanate which has been internally capped, capped with a capping agent, or a combination thereof. The (meth)acrylate-based resin contains from 20% by weight to 70% by weight of at least one (meth)acrylate monomer and from 1% by weight to 50% by weight of at least one prepolymer.

The invention relates to a new binder composition which is particularly suitable for the manufacture of composite materials utilizing such new binder composition in the required nonwoven materials. Composite materials using such new binder composition in their nonwoven part are suitable, in particular, for composites materials for interior construction, for linings, floor coverings, and for the manufacture of furniture and similar products.

There is described a transfer member or blanket for use in aqueous ink jet printer. The transfer member includes a non-woven polymer fiber matrix and a polymer dispersed throughout the non-woven polymer fiber matrix. The polymer fiber matrix has a first surface energy and the polymer has a second surface energy. The difference between the first surface energy and the second surface energy is from about 30 mJ/m.sup.2 to about 5 mJ/m.sup.2.