This invention relates to eco-friendly dip formable solutions and dispersions for making dip formed articles. Some embodiments of the invention include coatable, dip formable, or emulsifiable solution composition comprising one or more styrenic block copolymers in cyclic natural terpenes, such as citrus peel extract which can be used to form an article. In some embodiments dip formable solutions and dispersions comprise of styrenated block copolymers and polyolefins. In some embodiments the styrenated block copolymers are saturated, unsaturated, or a blend. In some embodiments, the styrenated block copolymers comprises an oil or a plasticizer. In some embodiments the articles are made from an emulsion. In some embodiments the articles are made from a plastisol.

A silicone bond coat composition having a viscosity of less than 1,600 centistokes is applied to substantially all external surfaces of the article and then cured. A liquid silicone elastomer outer coat composition comprising a high viscosity first liquid silicone elastomer formulation and a low viscosity second liquid silicone elastomer formulation is then applied and cured to provide a protected article having a complex shape. Optimal coatings result from a careful balancing of component viscosities. In an embodiment, the first formulation has a viscosity greater than 300,000 centistokes, and the second formulation has a viscosity less than 6,000 centistokes, and the liquid silicone elastomer outer coat composition comprises from about 60 to about 40 percent by weight of the first formulation and from about 40 to about 60 percent by weight of the second liquid silicone elastomer formulation.

A deformable structure includes a first deformable layer, and a material of the first deformable layer includes a deformable material. The deformable material includes a plurality of sheet structures that are stacked, and each sheet structure includes a plurality of aldolases. A molecular model of an aldolase is equivalent to a square on a plane where the sheet structure is located, and the aldolase has amino acid residues at each of four corners thereof. In one sheet structure, amino acid residues at four corners of each aldolase are connected to amino acid residues of four aldolases around the aldolase through four disulfide bonds, respectively. In two adjacent sheet structures, amino acid residues of two adjacent aldolases are connected through at least one disulfide bond.

Articles of footwear for protecting injured, at-risk, or post-surgical feet and ankles include upper and/or sole structures that offload the feet and ankles when standing and/or walking.

Electronic assistive gloves for covering artificial prosthetic or robotic hands. The glove includes a base layer formed to fit on the artificial hand, a plurality of sensors carried by the base layer, and an encapsulation layer covering the base layer and formed of a material that mimics human skin.

A multilayer tube includes an inner layer including a crosslinked fluoroelastomer rubber; and an outer layer including a crosslinked non-fluoroelastomer rubber, wherein the multilayer tube has a shore A hardness of about 40 to about 90.

A cushioning and impact absorbing pad system with a surface layer of thickness t, and an elastomeric sub-surface structure of height h. The sub-surface structure comprises an array of elastomeric columns wherein each column has a frustoconical column wall surrounding a central void. The cross-sectional thickness of the column wall increases from the first end to the enclosed second end by a percentage within a range of greater than 125% and less than 140%. Column walls are tapered with draft angles in the range of greater than 6 degrees and less than 10 degrees.

A heat-conducting sheet 1 comprising a first heat-conducting layer 1a and a second heat-conducting layer 1b, which each comprise a polymer matrix 2 and an anisotropic filler 3, and wherein the anisotropic filler is oriented in a thickness direction. The first and second heat-conducting layers 1a and 1b are laminated via an interface 5 in which a filling ratio of the anisotropic filler 3 is lower than that of the first and second heat-conducting layers 1a and 1b.

A shielding tape according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of shielding members discrete from one another on a same plane, and, when the shielding tape is stretched in a first direction which is perpendicular to a thickness direction of the shielding tape, a distance between at least a portion of the shielding members increases, and a distance between the other portion of the shielding members is reduced.