A polymer interlayer comprising a layer comprising a poly(vinyl acetal) resin having a residual hydroxyl content and a residual acetate content, and a plasticizer, wherein the residual hydroxyl content, the residual acetate content and the plasticizer are selected such that the polymer interlayer has at least one glass transition temperature less than about 20 C. and a peak tan delta of greater than 1.29, and a glass panel having a configuration of 2.3-mm glass//interlayer//2.3-mm glass and at 20 C. has a transmission loss, TL.sub.w, of greater than 41 decibels as measured by weighted average sound transmission loss at 2000 to 8000 Hz, and a transmission loss, TL.sub.c, of greater than 38 decibels at the coincident frequency is disclosed.

A method for obtaining terry or non-terry warp knit fabric with or without pile from 100% cotton yarns with increased elasticity and tensile strength due to modified torsion and twisting values, using warp knitting machines, intended to be used in the design of different constructions.

An interlayer structure having a cellulose ester layer for use in structural laminates is described herein. The cellulose ester layer provides rigidity and support to multilayer interlayers comprising an array of different layers. Due to the diverse properties of the cellulose ester layers, the present interlayers can be useful in producing structural laminates having high stiffness and which possess good optical clarity for a variety of applications, including outdoor structural applications.

Principles and embodiments of the present disclosure relate to unique asymmetric laminates and methods that produce the laminates where the laminate includes an first glass substrate having a first thickness (t.sub.o), an second glass substrate having a second thickness (t.sub.i), an interlayer disposed between the second glass substrate and the first glass substrate, wherein the first thickness and the second thickness has a combined third thickness (t.sub.t), and wherein t.sub.o/t.sub.t or t.sub.i/t.sub.t is in a range from about 0.7 to about 0.99.

A laminated curved article [102] comprising a first substrate [102a] consisting an outer face and a ceramic masked [104] inner face along the periphery, one or more interlayers [102c] disposed on the inner face of the first substrate [102a], a second substrate [102b] disposed on the interlayer [102c] and one or more electroluminescent devices [116] connected to connector element [126] and provided in the ceramic masked [104] inner face of the first substrate [102a] and the second substrate [102b]. The one or more electroluminescent devices [116] comprising a dielectric layer [116a] disposed on a luminescence layer [116b], wherein both the dielectric layer [116a] and luminescence layer [116b] are sandwiched together by a multilayer consisting of a conductive layer [116c], an insulating layer [116d] and a protective layer [116e].

Disclosed is a flexible material including a web of fibers chosen in the group consisting of carbon fibers, glass fibers and aramid fibers, this web of fibers being impregnated on a so-called external face with an impregnation layer produced from a polymer binder and containing at least one plasticizing agent or a mixture of plasticizing agents. A fibrous textile substrate is superimposed on the web of fibers on an internal face of the web opposite the external face.

A light modulating device includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a light modulating cell disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, a first bonding layer disposed between the first transparent substrate and the light modulating cell, and a second bonding layer disposed between the second transparent substrate and the light modulating cell. The first bonding layer and the second bonding layer each are a bonding element containing a non-pressure-sensitive adhesive component. The first bonding layer is an OCR, and the second bonding layer is an OCA.

A light modulating device includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a light modulating cell disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, a first bonding layer disposed between the first transparent substrate and the light modulating cell, and a second bonding layer disposed between the second transparent substrate and the light modulating cell. The first bonding layer and the second bonding layer each are a bonding element containing a non-pressure-sensitive adhesive component. The first bonding layer is an OCR, and the second bonding layer is an OCA.

A polyethylene-based resin multilayer foam sheet may include a polyethylene-based resin foam layer containing a polyethylene-based resin (A) as a base resin, and a conductive layer laminated on at least one side of the foam layer. The conductive layer contains: a mixed resin of one or more polyethylenes (B) of low-density polyethylenes and/or linear low-density polyethylenes and an ethylene-based copolymer (C) having a structural unit derived from ethylene and a structural unit derived from a monomer having a polar group; and conductive carbon. The conductive carbon blended in the conductive layer may be in a range of from 3 to 15 wt. %. The difference, Tm.sub.BTm.sub.C, between the melting point Tm.sub.B of the polyethylene (B) and the melting point Tm.sub.C of the ethylene-based copolymer (C) each contained in the conductive layer may be in a range of from 30 to 80 C.

The utilization of heat in the manufacturing of footwear may be accomplished through microwave energy. The microwave energy is conveyed to the footwear components through a microwave transparent window of a tool. The microwave transparent tool window forms as least a portion of a part-contacting surface of the tool. Another surface of the tool is formed from a microwave reflecting material, such as aluminum. The footwear component(s) are exposed to microwave energy while within the tool such that the microwave energy passes through the tool window to cause a dielectric heating of one or more materials within a tool cavity of the tool.