A biodegradable, thermally insulated mailer and cooler, and method of making them, are disclosed. The thermally insulated packaging material are made from laminated starch foam and bio-plastic film. The lamination can be performed by heat bonding, without the use of an adhesive bonding agent, to produce biodegradable packaging materials that can pass ASTM and other certifications for home compostability and marine environment safety.

A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area outside the display area, and a bending area bendable along a bending axis, and an anti-crack projection disposed in the peripheral area and extending along at least a part of an edge of the substrate. A portion of the anti-crack projection in the bending area is a bending portion. A preset area including the bending portion on the substrate is a first area. A preset area of the substrate disposed outside the first area, having substantially the same area as that of the first area, and including a part of the anti-crack projection is a second area. A portion of the anti-crack projection belonging to the second area is a flat portion. The area occupied by the bending portion in the first area is greater than the area occupied by the flat portion in the second area.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing at least one layer of a film wherein the method comprises the steps of; providing a first suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose, providing a second suspension comprising microfibrillated dialdehyde cellulose, mixing the first suspension with the second suspension to form a mixture, applying said mixture to a substrate to form a fibrous web and drying said web to form at least one layer of said film. The present invention further relates to a film comprising said at least one layer.

A substrate having a spacer thereon and an optical device including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a substrate includes a base layer, a transparent column spacer formed on the base layer, and a black layer present between the transparent column spacer and the base layer. In some embodiments, an alignment film is present on the spacer.

A method of applying a closed cell spray foam insulation may include spraying a first layer of a closed cell spray foam insulation into a wall cavity. A B-side mixture of the closed cell spray foam insulation may include a polyol blend having a polyester polyol having a functionality of at least about 3.0 and a polyether polyol. The method may include spraying at least one additional layer of the closed cell spray foam insulation against the first layer within 5 minutes of spraying the first layer.

Disclosed is a multilayer resilient flooring article, The multilayer resilient flooring article of the present invention includes a core layer comprising a first plasticized cellulose ester-based composition and a top layer comprising a second plasticized cellulose ester-based composition, wherein the first plasticized cellulose ester-based composition comprises a combustion suppression system. Compositions useful for example in the manufacture of multilayer resilient flooring articles are also described.

Disclosed is a multilayer resilient flooring article, The multilayer resilient flooring article of the present invention includes a core layer comprising a first plasticized cellulose ester-based composition and a top layer comprising a second plasticized cellulose ester-based composition, wherein the first plasticized cellulose ester-based composition comprises a combustion suppression system. Compositions useful for example in the manufacture of multilayer resilient flooring articles are also described.

Disclosed herein are devices for encapsulating biological cells and are suitable to be implanted into a subject. In different aspects of the disclosure, the devices may comprise a plurality of polymer layers. In one aspect, a device comprises a first polymer layer and a second polymer layer. In some cases, the first polymer layer may be a nanoporous polymer layer. In some cases, the second polymer layer may be a macroporous polymer layer. The first and second polymer layers may define a lumen for enclosing a population of cells. In some cases, the device further comprises a third polymer layer. The devices may be used to transplant cells producing therapeutic agents into a subject (e.g., for the treatment of a disease).

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

The invention relates to systems and techniques for manufacturing articles containing cellulosic material, a tackifier, and a binder, and related processes of making and using the cellulosic articles. In particularly exemplary embodiments, the manufactured articles are door skins, sometimes known as door facings, and doors made from the door skins. The article contains a lipophilic cellulosic material, a tackifier, and a binder.