The disclosure provides a cross-linkable polymer composition, a core layer for an information carrying card comprising such cross-linked composition, resulting information carrying card, and methods of making the same. An information carrying card includes a body defining a first cavity and a second cavity. The first cavity has a first area and the second cavity has a second area. The first cavity is continuous with the second cavity and the second area is less than the first area. A circuit element is disposed within the first cavity.

A laundry treating appliance having a door assembly with an inner door frame. One or more mechanical fasteners extending the inner door frame so secure one of a hinge or handle to the door frame. Hinge and handle covers are adhesively bonded to the inner door frame to cover the one or more mechanical fasteners. A user interface controller is affixed to the door frame through an aperture in an inner door subassembly. A touch film having an integrated flexible printed circuit board with touch buttons is in communication with and configured to control the user interface controller. The touch film is adhered to the interior surface of the outer screen door.

The present disclosure relates to a dielectric substrate that may include a polymer based core film, and a fluoropolymer based adhesive layer. The polymer based core film may include a resin matrix component, and a ceramic filler component. The ceramic filler component may include a first filler material. The particle size distribution of the first filler material may have a D.sub.10 of at least about 1.0 microns and not greater than about 1.7, a D.sub.50 of at least about 1.0 microns and not greater than about 3.5 microns, and a D.sub.90 of at least about 2.7 microns and not greater than about 6 microns.

Disclosed herein are relates to a method for compressing a laminate and a method for manufacturing a ceramic electronic component including a laminate. The method for compressing a laminate includes: preparing a laminate; pressurizing the laminate from a first pressure to a second pressure; heating the laminate from a first temperature to a second temperature; maintaining compression of the laminate at the second pressure and the second temperature for a predetermined time; cooling the laminate from the second temperature to a third temperature; and depressurizing the laminate from the second pressure to a third pressure, wherein the second temperature is 70° C. to 150° C.

A film 1 for a metal layer laminate board is used for lamination of a metal layer 5. The film 1 for a metal layer laminate board includes a porous resin layer 2 and a skin layer 3 in order in a thickness direction. The porous resin layer 2 has an average pore size W in the entire thickness direction of 7.0 μm or less. The porous resin layer 2 includes a first region 11 to a fifth region 15 disposed in order in a direction away from the skin layer 3 when the porous resin layer 3 is equally divided into five in the thickness direction. A ratio (A1/A5) of an average pore size A1 of the first region 11 to an average pore size A5 of the fifth region 15 is 0.45 or more and 1 or less.

A film for a metal layer laminate board and a metal layer laminate board have excellent stiffness, while capable of suppressing fluctuation of a dielectric constant before and after pressing. The film for a metal layer laminate board includes a porous resin layer having a tensile elastic modulus at 25° C. of 800 MPa or more and 2000 MPa or less.

A porous resin film for a metal layer laminate board and a metal layer laminate board are provided to suppress damage to a metal layer disposed on an inner peripheral surface of a through hole and to have excellent electrical connection reliability even under the high temperature environment. The porous resin film for a metal layer laminate board is used in lamination of a metal layer. The porous resin film for a metal layer laminate board has a minimum thermal expansion coefficient X in a plane direction perpendicular to a thickness direction and a thermal expansion coefficient Z in the thickness direction. In the porous resin film for a metal layer laminate board, a ratio (Z/X) of the thermal expansion coefficient Z in the thickness direction to the minimum thermal expansion coefficient X is 3.5 or less.

A porous polyimide film is provided to suppress an increase in a dielectric loss tangent even when immersed in water. In the porous polyimide film, a difference between a dielectric loss tangent T1 after being left to stand for 24 hours under an atmosphere of 25° C. and relative humidity of 50% and a dielectric loss tangent T2 after immersion in water for 24 hours under an atmosphere of 25° C. is 0.0030 or less.

There is provided a resin laminate including a first layer composed of a first resin composition and a second layer composed of a second resin composition. The first resin composition includes a resin component including an epoxy resin, a diamine compound, and a polyimide resin, and a complex metal oxide including at least two selected from Ba, Ti, etc. of 60 to 85 parts by weight based on 100 parts of the first resin composition, and the content of the polyimide resin is 20 to 60 parts by weight based on 100 parts of the resin component. The second resin composition includes a resin component including an epoxy resin and a diamine compound but is free of polyimide resin, and a complex metal oxide including at least two selected from Ba, Ti, etc. of 70 to 90 parts by weight based on 100 parts of the second resin composition.

A composite includes a liquid crystal polyester that is soluble in a solvent; and liquid crystal polymer particles that are insoluble in a solvent, have a melting point of 270° C. or more, and have a cumulative distribution 50% diameter D.sub.50 of 20 μm or less and a cumulative distribution 90% diameter D.sub.90 of 2.5 times or less the D.sub.50 in a particle size distribution.