A light-emitting device includes a housing layer, a display located adjacent the housing layer and formed of a plurality of layers including a substrate layer, a window layer formed adjacent the display opposite the housing layer and bonded to the display, and an interface layer that is disposed between the substrate layer and the housing layer and enables a lateral distortion between the display and the housing layer. The interface layer may be configured such that a first resistance to shear between the display and the window is greater than a second resistance to shear between the substrate layer and the housing layer.

The disclosure is directed to non-loadbearing construction panels. More particularly, the disclosure is directed to a thermally, acoustically and moisture insulated cladding panels with natural stone faade coupled to recycled rubber layer, configured to slidably couple to dedicated bracket(s).

A circuit assembly can be made by adhering a conductive element to a substrate with an adhesive. A first layer including an adhesive can be applied over at least a portion of a surface of the substrate. A second layer including a conductive metal can be applied over at least a portion of the first layer. The first layer and the second layer can be exposed to a temperature for a duration of time to (1) fuse the conductive metal together in at least a portion of the first layer and (2) cure the adhesive of the second layer. The fusing can be substantially complete before the curing is substantially complete to enhance bonding of the adhesive to the fused conductive metal.

The present disclosure provides adhesive articles that can be removed from surfaces without damage by having reduced or eliminated contribution of a core backing to peel force generated by the adhesive during removal. In some instances, this can be accomplished by a core that loses structural integrity in a direction normal to a plane defined by a major surface. In other instances, the contribution is reduced by compromising the interface between the core and a peelable adhesive layer.

A heating tape and heating pad. In a most general embodiment, the inventive tape includes a first layer of thermally conductive material; a second layer of thermal insulation; and a third layer of exothermic material, sandwiched between the first and second layers. The third layer is constructed with reactants effective to cause an exothermic chemical reaction. In a first embodiment, the invention provides a beverage heating device. In a second embodiment, the invention provides a pipe heating device. The heating pad is implemented with a first layer of thermally conductive material; a second layer of material providing a base; and a third layer of exothermic material, sandwiched between the first and second layers. In the illustrative embodiment, the third layer has a contour effective to create suction whereby the pad adheres to a surface to be heated.

Provided herein is are multilayer damping laminates comprising alternating damping and constraining layers. The materials and configurations of the damping layers are selected such that the damping layers have a decreasing glass transition temperature profile beginning at the first damping layer, allowing the laminates to effectively dissipate vibrations over a wider range of operating temperatures and/or frequencies. Also provided are systems and methods using the multilayer damping laminates.

A piezoelectric speaker-forming laminate (10) includes: a piezoelectric film (35); a pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17); an interposed layer (40) being a porous body layer and/or a resin layer disposed between the piezoelectric film (35) and the pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17); and a release layer (20) joined to the pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17). The pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17) is disposed in such a manner that at least a portion of the piezoelectric film (35) overlaps the pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17) when the piezoelectric film (35) is viewed in plan. The piezoelectric film (35) and the interposed layer (40) are allowed to be fixed to a support (80) as a piezoelectric speaker or a portion of a piezoelectric speaker by sticking the pressure-sensitive adhesive face (17) from which the release layer (20) has been removed to the support (80).

A method for plasma treating a surface of a first substrate is disclosed. The method may comprise generating a plasma flume using a plasma treatment device having a nozzle. The plasma flume may emanate through a flume aperture of the nozzle at an emanation angle of about 5 degrees or less. The emanation angle may be defined as an angle between a central axis of the nozzle and a central axis of the flume aperture. The method may further comprise plasma treating the surface of the first substrate with the plasma flume by scanning the plasma flume over the surface of the first substrate. The first substrate may be one of a consolidated thermoplastic material and a cured thermoset material.

Certain embodiments described herein are directed to electronic device screen covers that include one more bioactive materials. In some embodiments, the electronic device screen covers can be used with capacitive touch screens on electronic devices such as cellular phones, tablets, laptops, kiosk displays or other electronic devices that include screens. Methods of using the screen covers and screens to reduce spread of infections are also described.

A method of and system for adhesive bonding by a) providing a polymerizable adhesive composition on a surface of an element to be bonded to form an assembly; b) irradiating the assembly with radiation at a first wavelength capable of vulcanization of bonds in the polymerizable adhesive composition by activation of sulfur-containing compound with at least one selected from x-ray, e-beam, visible, or infrared light to thereby generate ultraviolet light in the polymerizable adhesive composition; and c) adhesively joining two or more components together by way of the polymerizable adhesive composition, and a curable polymer for use therein.