A substrate including a self-supporting tri-layer stack is described. The tri-layer stack includes first and second outer layers and a biaxially oriented layer disposed between and in direct contact with the first and second outer layers. The biaxially oriented layer may include a first polyester having greater than 45 mole percent naphthalate units and greater than 45 mole percent ethylene units. Each of the first and second outer layers includes a second polyester which may include 40 to 50 mole percent naphthalate units, at least 25 mole percent ethylene units, and 10 to 25 mole percent of branched or cyclic C4-C10 alkyl units.

Provided is a surface-treated copper foil excellent in laser processability. The surface-treated copper foil includes a roughened surface formed by subjecting a surface to a roughening treatment, in which when measured using a three-dimensional roughness meter, the roughened surface has a surface skewness Ssk within a range of from −0.300 to less than 0 and an arithmetic mean summit curvature Ssc within a range of from 0.0220 nm.sup.−1 to less than 0.0300 nm.sup.−1.

The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass that enables production of a laminated glass having high visible light transmittance even when deaeration for preliminary pressure bonding and heating for final pressure bonding are performed in parallel in a vacuum deaeration method. The present invention also aims to provide a method for producing the interlayer film for a laminated glass, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. Provided is an interlayer film for a laminated glass having a multitude of recesses on at least one surface, the surface with the recesses having a texture aspect ratio Str of 0.04 or lower as measured in conformity with ISO 25178.

A method for manufacturing a printed laminated glazing including at least one transparent sheet bonded to an adhesive interlayer, wherein the adhesive interlayer is obtained from at least a first and a second partial adhesive interlayers, wherein one of the two main faces of the first or the second partial adhesive interlayer is printed with an ink, wherein the transparent sheet, the first and the second partial adhesive interlayers are joined so that the printed main face of the first or the second partial adhesive interlayer is in direct contact with the second or the first partial adhesive interlayer, then the lamination is carried out.

This disclosure is related to the field of polymer interlayers for multiple layer glass panels and multiple layer glass panels having at least one polymer interlayer sheet. Specifically, this disclosure is related to the field of polymer interlayers comprising multiple thermoplastic layers which resist the formation of optical defects.

Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of enhancing the sound insulating property in a low-frequency region while keeping the sound insulating property in a high-frequency region high. An interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is an interlayer film for laminated glass having a two or more-layer structure, the interlayer film has one end, and the other end being at an opposite side of the one end, each layer contained in the interlayer film has one end, and the other end being at an opposite side of the one end, the one end of the each layer is located at the one end side of the interlayer film in a direction connecting the one end and the other end of the interlayer film, the other end of the each layer is located at the other end side of the interlayer film in the direction connecting the one end and the other end of the interlayer film, in the interlayer film, a thickness of the other end is larger than a thickness of the one end, and in at least one layer contained in the interlayer film, a thickness at the other end is smaller than a thickness at the one end.

A stacked body includes a first resin layer including a thermoplastic first resin as a main material, a pattern including a conductor layer on one principal surface of the first resin layer, and a second resin layer including a thermoplastic second resin as a main material. The first resin layer is softer than the second resin layer. The first resin layer has a lower dielectric constant than the second resin layer. A pattern including the conductor layer is at least partially embedded in the first resin layer, and includes a portion in contact with the first resin layer along a layer direction (X-Y plane) of the first resin layer and a portion in contact with the first resin layer along a stacking direction (X-Z plane) of the first resin layer, the second resin layer, and the pattern including the conductor layer.

An anisotropic thermal interface device including plural aligned thermally anisotropic conductive composite layers. Each layer has a first thermal conductivity in a first direction and a second, larger thermal conductivity in a second direction. The aligned thermally anisotropic conductive composite layers extend substantially parallel to each other in the first direction and include 45-95 weight percent graphite flakes aligned in the second direction. The thermally anisotropic conductive composite layers have a binder including a branched siloxane. The thermally anisotropic conductive composite layers are adhered to adjacent thermally anisotropic conductive composite. The thermally anisotropic conductive composite layers have a second thermal conductivity of 25 to 45 W/mK. The anisotropic thermal interface device has an arithmetic average surface roughness of 5 to 20 μm and a tensile strength of 50 to 130 KPa.

A reinforcement sheet has a composite layer including fibres and a polymer A and a coating layer including polymer B, each polymer having at least 65 mol % of a repeat unit of formula:

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wherein for each polymer A and B, t1, and w1 independently represent 0 or 1 and v1 represents 0, 1 or 2. A method of forming the reinforcement sheet is also disclosed, in addition to a method for forming an article comprising a laminate of the reinforcement sheets and the article comprising such a laminate. The repeat unit may be ether-ether-ketone.

A heat-sealable thermoprintable tape includes an extruded thermoplastic coating having a smooth printable surface on a first side, and an extruded heat-seal polymer layer disposed on a second side of the extruded thermoplastic coating, opposite the first side. The extruded thermoplastic coating is bonded to the heat-seal polymer layer to form the heat-sealable thermoprintable tape. A method of forming a heat-sealable thermoprintable tape includes providing a support layer having an open structure configured to support an extruded coating, applying a polyurethane coating onto a first side of the support layer and into open spaces of the open structure to form a top surface, and extruding a heat-sealable polymer onto a second side of the support layer opposite the first side and into the open spaces of the open structure. The polyurethane coating bonds to the heat-sealable polymer within the open structure of the support layer.