A gas barrier laminate includes a polypropylene substrate layer; a first polyvinyl alcohol resin layer; and a metal oxide layer, which are laminated in this order, wherein the first polyvinyl alcohol resin layer has a mass per unit area of 0.5 to 2.5 g/m; and, a packaging material includes the above gas barrier laminate and a polypropylene sealant layer disposed on a surface of the gas barrier laminate, wherein a mass ratio of a sum of the polypropylene substrate layer and the polypropylene sealant layer to a total mass of the packaging material is 85 mass % or more.

A compressible seal (400A) includes a compressible body (406) having a first surface (410) and a second surface. A pattern of discontinuous adhesive regions (412) is formed of an adhesive connected with at least one of the first surface (410) or the second surface of the compressible body (406). The compressible body (406) is operable to conform around the pattern of adhesive regions (412) to prevent fluid ingress when the compressible body (406) is compressed.

A gas barrier laminate including: a substrate layer which contains a polyolefin resin; a barrier layer; and an overcoat layer which contains a polyvinyl alcohol resin, the overcoat layer having a surface which has a surface hardness of 1.5 GPa or less, as measured by a nanoindentation method.

Described herein are resilient floor coverings produced by using digitally printed UV-cured inks and exhibiting high adhesion properties between an ink layer and a wear layer. Also described herein are methods for manufacturing same. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Provided are an adhesive resin laminate having an excellent adhesive force to two adherends, a laminate in which this adhesive resin laminate is laminated with two adherends, and a method of producing them. An adhesive resin laminate having at least a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, in which the first adhesive layer includes a base resin and a crosslinking agent, the base resin is a modified polyolefin resin, the crosslinking agent is an epoxy-based compound, the second adhesive layer includes a polyolefin-based resin, and when an adhesion initiation temperature of the first adhesive layer is set to T1, and an adhesion initiation temperature of the second adhesive layer is set to T2, T2 is higher than T1 by 30° C. or more.

Disclosed are recyclable flexible package and a method of recycling such packages. The flexible package includes a hollow body defining an interior chamber for holding an oxygen sensitive product. The body is formed of a laminated film formed of two layers of a single polymer material, e.g., polyethylene, and at least one interposed barrier layer, e.g., polyvinyl alcohol, that is resistant to the passage of oxygen therethrough and which is water-soluble. The single polymer constitutes at least 95% by weight of the laminated film, whereupon the package is suitable for recycling without requiring separation of the materials thereof by shredding the laminated film and subjecting those pieces to an aqueous wash to dissolve the barrier layer.

A process for producing an adhesive-free laminate is described herein. The process includes printing an ink on a surface of a first film, exposure of the printed film to UV radiation such that the ink is at least partially cured, contacting the first film to a second film such that the ink is between the first and second film, and exposing the combination of the first film, the ink and the second film to a second UV radiation. It has been found that this process can produce a high-quality laminate, without the presence of an adhesive.

A film with a gas barrier resin having a glass transition temperature of 70° C. or below and an elastomer, and having an oxygen permeability coefficient of 200 mL/(m.sup.2.Math.day.Math.atm) or less. In a case where tension is applied to stretch the film in a machine direction (MD) at 20° C. such that a twofold increase in length of the film is kept for 30 seconds, and then the tension is released, a ratio L.sub.2/L.sub.1 is 1.5 or less, where L.sub.1 denotes the length of the film prior to application of the tension and L.sub.2 denotes the length of the film subsequent to release of the tension. An elongation ratio at break E.sub.TD/E.sub.MD of the film is preferably 0.9 or more and 1.7 or less, there E.sub.MD denotes the elongation at break in MD and E.sub.TD denotes the elongation at break in the transverse direction (TD).

The present specification relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizer and a polarizer manufactured by using the same, and more particularly, to a method for manufacturing a polarizer, which includes a cross-linking and elongating step using an aqueous solution including a polyvalent carboxylic acid compound and a boric acid compound, and a polarizer manufactured by using the same.

A crystallographically-oriented metallic film with a two-dimensional crystal layer comprising a substrate, a metal film on the substrate, the two-dimensional crystal layer on the metal film on the substrate, and a tunable microstructure within the two-dimensional crystal layer on the metal film on the substrate, wherein the metal film has crystallographic registry to the two-dimensional crystal layer.