An integral geogrid includes a plurality of interconnected, oriented strands having an array of openings therein that is produced from a coextruded multilayer polymer sheet starting material. By virtue of the construction, the coextruded multilayer sheet components provide a crystalline synergistic effect during extrusion and orientation of the integral geogrid, resulting in enhanced material properties that provide performance benefits to use of the integral geogrid in soil geosyuthetic reinforcement.

Provided is production of a resin film excellent in all of the folding resistance, the low water-absorption property, and the heat resistance. A resin film formed of a resin containing an alicyclic structure-containing polymer having crystallizability, the resin film having a folding endurance of 2,000 times or more, a water-absorption rate of 0.1% or less, and a heat-resistant temperature of 180° C. or higher; a resin film formed of a resin containing an alicyclic structure-containing polymer having crystallizability, the resin film having a crystallinity degree of the alicyclic structure-containing polymer of 10% or more, a folding endurance of 2,000 times or more, and a water-absorption rate of 0.1% or less, and a smooth surface; and production method thereof.

Provided is production of a resin film excellent in all of the folding resistance, the low water-absorption property, and the heat resistance. A resin film formed of a resin containing an alicyclic structure-containing polymer having crystallizability, the resin film having a folding endurance of 2,000 times or more, a water-absorption rate of 0.1% or less, and a heat-resistant temperature of 180° C. or higher; a resin film formed of a resin containing an alicyclic structure-containing polymer having crystallizability, the resin film having a crystallinity degree of the alicyclic structure-containing polymer of 10% or more, a folding endurance of 2,000 times or more, and a water-absorption rate of 0.1% or less, and a smooth surface; and production method thereof.

VDF-co-(TFE or TrFE) polymers having a molecular weight of at least about 1,000,000 g/mol and a melt temperature less than about 240° C. The VDF copolymer contains at least about 50 mol % VDF monomer and may include an amount of at least one other monomer. The VDF copolymer may be used to form a membrane that has a node and fibril structure. The membrane has a percent porosity of at least 25%. A VDF-co-(TFE or TrFE) polymer membrane may be formed by lubricating the VDF copolymer, subjecting the lubricated polymer to pressure at a temperature below the melting point of the VDF copolymer to form a preform material, and expanding the preform material at a temperature below the melting temperature of the VDF copolymer. Dense VDF copolymer articles, filled VDF copolymer membranes, and VDF copolymer fibers are also provided.

Solid state draw a laminated polymer billet containing two or more polymer compositions laminated to one another to prepare an oriented polymer composition.

A transparent multilayer coextruded heat shrinkable barrier film is useful for high-value packaging applications such as food and medical device packaging. The transparent multilayer coextruded heat shrinkable barrier film includes first and second outer layers formed using a transparent polyester or polyester copolymer; an inner nanolayer sequence including a plurality of nanolayers a) including ethylene vinyl alcohol, alternating with nanolayers b) including at least one of ethylene ethyl acrylate, low density polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene, each of the nanolayers b) having a degree of crystallinity less than about 45%; and adhesive layers between each of the two outer layers and the inner nanolayer sequence. The film has a light transmittance of at least about 80% and a heat shrunk of at least about ten percent in at least one direction.

This disclosure relates to an article that includes a nonwoven substrate, a first film supported by the nonwoven substrate, and a second film such that the first film is between the nonwoven substrate and the second film. The first film includes a first polymer and a pore-forming filler. The difference between a surface energy of the first film and a surface energy of the nonwoven substrate is at most about 10 mN/m. The second film includes a second polymer capable of absorbing and desorbing moisture and providing a barrier to aqueous fluids.

The instant invention provides a linear low density polyethylene composition suitable for cast film, films made therefrom, and packaging devices comprising one or more such film layers. The linear low density polyethylene composition suitable for cast film according to the present invention comprises an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer composition having a Comonomer Distribution Constant (CDC) in the range of from 40 to 200, for example from 40 to 150, a vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.12 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the ethylene-based polymer composition; a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range from 1.2 to 5, for example from 1.5 to 4; a density in the range of from 0.910 to 0.935, for example from 0.915 to 0.925, g/cm.sup.3, a melt index (I.sub.2) in a range of from 1 to 10, for example from 2 to 6 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (M.sub.w/M.sub.n) in the range of from 2 to 3.5.

The instant invention provides a linear low density polyethylene composition suitable for cast film, films made therefrom, and packaging devices comprising one or more such film layers. The linear low density polyethylene composition suitable for cast film according to the present invention comprises an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer composition having a Comonomer Distribution Constant (CDC) in the range of from 40 to 200, for example from 40 to 150, a vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.12 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the ethylene-based polymer composition; a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range from 1.2 to 5, for example from 1.5 to 4; a density in the range of from 0.910 to 0.935, for example from 0.915 to 0.925, g/cm.sup.3, a melt index (I.sub.2) in a range of from 1 to 10, for example from 2 to 6 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (M.sub.w/M.sub.n) in the range of from 2 to 3.5.

The present invention is a method for selectively machine directionally stretching a predetermined section of a pre-combined web material of varying material width by running the web over stretching rolls operated at a speed differential