There is disclosed a functional lamellar particle including an unconverted portion of the lamellar particle, wherein the unconverted portion includes a first metal, a converted portion of the lamellar particle disposed external to a surface of the unconverted portion, wherein the converted portion includes a chemical compound of the first metal; and a functional coating disposed external to a surface of the converted portion.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards methods and apparatus for molding-in gaskets that serve as light blockers, within the grooves of a moving planar work material. The gaskets comprise of a hot melt adhesive material that is in a molten state above a particular temperature and gets solidified below a particular temperature. Another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is directed towards a planar work material having grooves that are filled with molded-in gaskets, wherein the gaskets are made up of a hot melt adhesive material. The gaskets made of the hot melt adhesive material bond securely with the panels because of inherent adhesive properties, and provide structural stability to the light panels. Another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is directed towards the use of a hot melt adhesive material as the molding material for molding-in gaskets within the grooves of a planar work material.

The cationically photopolymerizable composition according to the present disclosure includes: (A) a polyfunctional epoxy compound having two or more epoxy groups per molecule; (B) a monofunctional epoxy compound having one epoxy group per molecule; (C) a photocation generator; and (D) an oxetane compound. At least one of the component (A) and the component (B) contains an epoxy compound ((A1) or (B1)) having a polyether backbone per molecule. A mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) falls within a range of 90:10 to 30:70.

A safety surface material for a playground facility employing a monolithically mixed and trowelable thermoplastic olefin urethane cushion base course layer—which, for water park/spray park use is overlain by a thermoplastic rubber wear top course layer that is both light stable and chlorine resistant.

An aluminum pouch film for a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the aluminum pouch film are disclosed. The aluminum pouch film includes an aluminum layer; an outer resin layer formed on a first surface of the aluminum layer; an inner resin layer formed on a second surface of the aluminum layer; and an adhesive layer for adhering the aluminum layer to the inner resin layer, wherein the outer resin layer includes a copolymer of polyamide and polyimide.

A floor and wall covering plank includes sequentially, from bottom to top, a waterproof substrate, an adhesive layer, a veneer layer, a paint protective layer, a UV protective layer. The plank may further include optionally one or more of a padding layer and veneer layer below the waterproof substrate. The edges of the planks are routed to form a click locking system, squared or angled edges, or a tongue and groove configuration for assembling different planks together to form a floor or a wall covering. The waterproof substrate includes, in weight percentage, about 20-50% polymer material such as vinyl containing thermoplastics resin, about 20-50% calcium carbonate filler, and about 3-20% of the wood flour. A method is provided to make the floor and wall covering plank. The method includes extruding the waterproof core substrate.

A concrete curing system and method for maintaining an appropriate amount of moisture along and within fresh concrete for a desired amount of time necessary to ensure the cured concrete obtains its desired properties, that can be used for various environmental conditions and for a variety of structures, that is relatively inexpensive, and provides product and performance consistency and is non-staining.

A display unit according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a substrate, a wiring line and a light-emission section that are provided on the substrate, an insulating layer covering the wiring line and the light-emission section, and provided on an entire surface of the substrate, and a sealing layer provided on an entire surface of the insulating layer, and including a resin material having an oxygen transmission rate higher than a water-vapor transmission rate.

A method of manufacturing a laminate comprises providing a binder impregnated core layer by impregnating at least one fibrous layer with an aqueous core binder solution having a viscosity in the range 75 cP to 500 cP at a temperature of 20° C. and a bake-out solid content in the range 40 wt % to 85 wt %, in which the aqueous core binder solution comprises (i) at least 25% by dry weight of a) reducing sugar reactant(s) and nitrogen-containing reactant(s) and/or b) curable reaction product(s) of reducing sugar reactant(s) and nitrogen-containing reactant(s); and (ii) between 5% and 15% by weight of a non-aqueous solvent based on the total weight of the aqueous binder solution; providing a semi-finished assembly by assembling the binder impregnated core layer with a surface layer; and applying heat and pressure to the semi-finished assembly to cure the binder in the binder impregnated core layer and secure the core layer and the surface layer together.

A glass laminate includes a non-glass substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A glass sheet is laminated to the first surface of the non-glass substrate. A barrier film is laminated to the second surface of the non-glass substrate and includes a first surface adjacent to the non-glass substrate, a second surface opposite the first surface. A thickness of the barrier film can be at most about 0.5 mm. The second surface of the barrier film can define an outer surface of the glass laminate. The barrier film can be a multi-layer barrier film with a metal layer and a polymer layer. An absolute value of a flatness of the glass laminate determined according to European Standard EN 438 after exposure to 23° C. and 90% relative humidity for 7 days can be at most about 3 mm/m.