Resin compositions, layers, and interlayers comprising two or more thermoplastic polymers and at least one RI balancing agent for adjusting the refractive index of at least one of the resins or layers is provided. Such compositions, layers, and interlayers exhibit enhanced optical properties while retaining other properties, such as impact resistance and acoustic performance.

A method of encapsulating an electronic component. The method includes applying a first layer of an encapsulating composition onto an electronic component from an applicator roll, the electronic component being disposed on a substrate. The applicator roll comprises an outer surface and is spaced apart from the electronic component such that a gap exists between the applicator roll and the electronic component. The gap controls the thickness of the first layer of encapsulating composition. The first layer of encapsulating composition encapsulates the electronic component on the substrate. An interface between the surface of the electronic component and the encapsulating composition being substantially free of voids.

[Object] To provide a method for the production of a thin plate-like laminate having a film-like resin layer in which a concave/convex shape can stably be formed with high accuracy on the film-like resin layer laminated on a thin plate-like substrate.

[Achieving Means] There are provided a step of creating a mold retention structure 100 in which molds 110, which have been heated to a thermal deformation temperature of a film-like resin composition 84, are arranged on both surface sides of a workpiece 85, and a step of introducing the mold retention structure in which the heated molds are arranged between two compression rollers 52, 54 and compressing outer surfaces of the molds by rotating the compression rollers to integrally thermocompression-bond the film-like resin composition and a substrate 81 to form a thin plate-like laminate 80 having a film-like resin layer 82.

An interlayer structure having a cellulose ester layer for use in bilayer 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 and HMI devices.

Provided is a sodium-neutralized ethylene acid copolymer ionomer composition containing a specified silane additive in a specified amount and having enhanced adhesion properties to glass, a masterbatch composition suitable for producing such ionomer composition, an interlayer made from such ionomer composition, and a glass laminate comprising such interlayer.

The invention pertains to a thermoplastic fluoropolymer composition comprising one or more polymer A comprising recurring units derived from ethylene and recurring units derived from halogenated monomers selected from chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) and tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and one or more polymer B comprising recurring units derived from ethylene, recurring units derived from halogenated monomers selected from CTFE and TFE, and recurring units derived from hexafluoroisobutylene (HFIB) and/or perfluoropropylvinylether (PPVE). The resulting composition allows to manufacture films having exceptional transparency and good mechanical properties which can be used for examples as architectural films.

A backside protective sheet for solar cell modules includes a first layer configured to reflect near-infrared light, a first colored layer arranged closer to a light-receiving surface than the first layer and configured to transmit near-infrared light, and a second colored layer arranged closer to the light-receiving surface than the first colored layer and configured to transmit near-infrared light.

The invention pertains to a multilayer assembly comprising: (L1) a first inner layer [layer (L1)] made from a first composition [composition (C1)], said composition (C1) comprising: at least one polymer comprising recurring units derived from ethylene (E) and from chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE), and at least one Ti compound; and (L2) a second outer layer [layer (L2)] made from a second composition [composition (C2)], said composition (C2) being substantially free from TiO.sub.2-containing additives, said second composition comprising at least one semi-crystalline polymer comprising recurring units derived from ethylene and from at least one fluoromonomer selected from chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE), tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and mixtures thereof, said semi-crystalline polymer having a heat of fusion of at least 35 J/g [polymer (A)].

Photovoltaic modules include a front sheet, a back sheet, a photovoltaic layer, a first encapsulant layer, and a second encapsulant layer. The front sheet is made of or includes a composite of a thermoplastic material and a nanoparticle filler dispersed in the thermoplastic material. The thermoplastic material is a poly(methyl methacrylate) or a polycarbonate. The nanoparticle filler may include nanoparticles such as silica nanoparticles, titania nanoparticles, zirconia nanoparticles, zinc oxide nanoparticles, and combinations thereof, for example. The photovoltaic layer is interposed between the front sheet and the back sheet and includes at least one photovoltaic cell. The first encapsulant layer is interposed between the front sheet and the at least one photovoltaic cell. The second encapsulant layer is interposed between the at least one photovoltaic cell and the back sheet.

This invention has an object to enhance the whole adhesiveness of a bonding material to a glass member and a bonding target member. A method for manufacturing a bonded body (10) includes: a placing step of placing a laminate (11) on plural urging members (32) in a storage part (24) of a jig main body (20) so that its first surface (11a) faces the plural urging members and placing a pressing transparent member (28) on a second surface (11b) of the laminate; after the placing step, a pressing step of pressing the second surface of the laminate via the pressing transparent member, thereby causing the first surface of the laminate to be pressed by urging forces of the plural urging members; and a bonding part forming step of forming a bonding part from the bonding material while pressing the laminate by the pressing step, thereby yielding a bonded body.