A metallic lustrous member with radio wave transmissibility is provided, which is capable of being easily produced, while ensuring a structure in which not only chromium or indium but also any of some other metals such as aluminum is formed as a metal layer on a continuous surface of any of various materials, and also an article using the member is provided. A production method for a metallic lustrous member with radio wave transmissibility, which is capable of easily forming, as a metal layer, not only chromium or indium but also any of some other metals such as aluminum, on a continuous surface of any of various materials. The metallic lustrous member comprises a substrate having radio wave transmissibility, and an aluminum layer formed directly on a continuous surface of the substrate. The aluminum layer has a discontinuous region including a plurality of separated segments which are mutually discontinuous.

Described herein is a multilayer microporous film or membrane that may exhibit improved properties, including improved dielectric break down and strength, compared to prior monolayer or tri-layer microporous membranes of the same thickness. The preferred multilayer microporous membrane comprises microlayers and one or more lamination barriers. Also disclosed is a battery separator or battery comprising one or more of the multilayer microporous films or membranes. The inventive battery and battery separator is preferably safer and more robust than batteries and battery separators using prior monolayer and tri-layer microporous membranes. Also, described herein is a method for making the multilayer microporous separators, membranes or films described herein.

Functionalized textile materials are provided. At least a portion of a textile surface in includes a ceramic material, such as a binderless porous structured ceramic, and optionally, one or more functional layer is applied, resulting in a textile material with one or more desirable functional properties, such as hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, flame retardancy, photocatalysis, anti-fouling, and/or deodorant properties.

The present disclosure relates to hot-fillable articles made from multilayered thermoformable film and sheet comprising polyester and copolyester compositions which comprise residues of terephthalic acid, 1,4- cyclohexanedimethanol (CHDM), 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD), ethylene glycol (EG), and diethylene glycol (DEG), in certain compositional ranges having certain advantages and improved performance properties.

The invention relates to a sealant antifog composition for polyester films comprising anionic and non-ionic surfactants in a mixture of amorphous and (semi)crystalline polyesters. The invention also relates to a multi-layer film comprising a sealant layer having the above composition, to the use of said films in food packaging and to the packages obtained therefrom.

A resin film comprising a multilayer structure acrylic polymer and the film having an acid value of not more than 0.018 mmol/g in an acetone insoluble matter, an acid value of not more than 0.012 mmol/g in an acetone soluble matter, a glass transition temperature of not less than 80° C. and a thickness of 5 to 300 μm is obtained by a method comprising emulsion polymerization for producing a latex comprising multilayer structure acrylic polymer, coagulating the latex comprising the multilayer structure acrylic polymer to obtain a slurry, washing and dehydrating the slurry, drying the dehydrated slurry to remove the multilayer structure acrylic polymer, mixing 0 to 35% by mass of an acrylic resin and 65 to 100% by mass of the removed multilayer structure acrylic polymer and subjecting the resultant mixture melted to an extrusion molding.

A multilayer tube, particularly for fluids, includes a sheath made of fluorinated polymers which is located in an innermost layer, which is adapted to be in contact with a circulating fluid, and is constituted by coupling a first, nonconducting material to a second, black-pigmented material that is electrically at least antistatic in the form of one or more continuous strips. The sheath has a smooth internal surface and is reinforced with external layers that are predominantly made of rubber.

Described herein is a multilayer microporous film or membrane that may exhibit improved properties, including improved dielectric break down and strength, compared to prior monolayer or tri-layer microporous membranes of the same thickness. The preferred multilayer microporous membrane comprises microlayers and one or more lamination barriers. Also disclosed is a battery separator or battery comprising one or more of the multilayer microporous films or membranes. The inventive battery and battery separator is preferably safer and more robust than batteries and battery separators using prior monolayer and tri-layer microporous membranes. Also, described herein is a method for making the multilayer microporous separators, membranes or films described herein.

A packaging article includes an outer, intermediate, and inner paper plies. A first adhesive layer is disposed between the inner and intermediate paper plies for gluing the inner paper ply to the intermediate paper ply. A second adhesive layer is disposed between the intermediate and outer paper plies for gluing the intermediate paper ply to the outer paper ply. The first and second adhesive layers overlap and are coaligned. The outer, intermediate, and inner paper plies are adjoined to form a multiwall structure, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are coaligned with each other on the multiwall structure. The first adhesive layer comprises a first plurality of adhesive spots and the second adhesive layer comprises a second plurality of adhesive spots, wherein the adhesive spots of the first plurality of adhesive spots do not overlap with the adhesive spots of the second plurality of adhesive spots.

Porous, binderless ceramic surface modification materials are described, and applications of use thereof. The ceramic surface material is in the form of an interconnected network of porous ceramic material on a substrate. The ceramic material may include a metal oxide, a metal hydroxide, and/or hydrates thereof, or a metal carbonate or metal phosphate, on a substrate surface. The substrate may be in the form of a metal or polymer particulate, powder, extrudate, or flakes.