Apparatus, compositions, and systems for ultraviolet (UV) heat-activated laminating adhesives applied via an inkjet printing process are disclosed. A system includes a first inkjet mechanism configured to deposit ink in a particular pattern onto a surface of a rigid medium. A second inkjet mechanism is configured to deposit a laminating adhesive onto the particular pattern printed on the surface of the rigid medium. A pair of stainless steel plates is configured to receive an overlay film layer and the laminating adhesive deposited onto the particular pattern printed on the surface of the rigid medium. The overlay film layer is positioned such that a surface of the overlay film layer faces the laminating adhesive. Pressure and heat are applied to the overlay film layer and the laminating adhesive to laminate the particular pattern printed on the surface of the rigid medium.

Polymeric coating compositions and articles coated with the polymeric coating compositions are provided. The polymeric coating composition can include an ethylene-based polymer that exhibits desirable melting properties and molecular weight distribution. The polymeric coating composition can provide a thin coating layer on an article while still providing advantageous properties, such as seal strength.

A vinylidene fluoride resin multilayer film including two layers in which a back layer and a surface layer are laminated, in which the surface layer contains 80% by mass or more of a vinylidene fluoride resin on the basis of the total amount of resin components of the surface layer, the back layer contains 85% by mass or more of a methacrylic ester resin on the basis of the total amount of resin components of the back layer, and the back layer contains 7 parts by mass or less of a triazine ultraviolet absorber having a molecular weight of 500 or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of total resin components of the back layer.

A foldable cover article has a total thickness t≤300 μm, which is bendable to a minimum bending radius r≤20 mm without breakage and a pencil hardness HR≥HB. The foldable cover article includes a glass or glass-ceramic substrate with a thickness 5 μm≤t1≤150 μm and a polymer layer and/or a hard material coating with a total thickness 5 μm≤t2≤150 μm. For each 20 mm width of the foldable cover article, when the foldable cover article is broken upon bending along the direction perpendicular to the width, a number of projects with a longest linear extension L≥5 mm is less than 10 and/or a number of projects with a longest linear extension L<5 mm is less than 50.

Systems and methods for radiative cooling and heating are provided. For example, systems for radiative cooling can include a top layer including one or more polymers, where the top layer has high emissivity in at least a portion of the thermal spectrum and an electromagnetic extinction coefficient of approximately zero, absorptivity of approximately zero, and high transmittance in at least a portion of the solar spectrum, and further include a reflective layer including one or more metals, where the reflective layer has high reflectivity in at least a portion of the solar spectrum.

An aircraft window composed of a monolithic interior pane made of polymer material and of a laminated exterior pane made of glass that are separated by an air-filled space, wherein the laminated exterior pane consists of two glass sheets bonded by an adhesive interlayer, and wherein the thickness of the exterior glass sheet is between 0.2 and 2.6 mm, and the thickness of the interior glass sheet is between 0.2 and 2.1 mm.

Infrared reflectors are described. In particular, infrared reflectors with reduced off-axis color are described. Such infrared reflectors may be useful in laminated glass constructions, particularly for applications where the glass may be exposed to water.

Infrared reflectors are described. In particular, infrared reflectors with reduced off-axis color are described. Such infrared reflectors may be useful in laminated glass constructions, particularly for applications where the glass may be exposed to water.

In a first aspect, a transparent fluoropolymer film includes, a vinyl fluoride polymer, 2 to 8 wt % of an acrylate polymer, and 0.1 to 4 wt % of a triazine UV absorber. After heating at 100° C. for 96 hours, the transparent fluoropolymer film has a 340 nm absorbance of at least 1.5. In a second aspect, a transparent multilayer film includes a polymeric substrate film and a fluoropolymer film. The fluoropolymer film includes a vinyl fluoride polymer, 2 to 8 wt % of an acrylate polymer and 0.1 to 4 wt % of a triazine UV absorber. After heating at 100° C. for 96 hours, the transparent fluoropolymer film has a 340 nm absorbance of at least 1.5.

Presented are multilayer composite panels for motor vehicles, methods for making/using such panels, and motor vehicles with transparent composite roof panels having localized reinforcement features. A sandwich-type multilayer composite panel contains one or more exterior layers each including a transparent rigid material, one or more bonding layers each including a transparent adhesive material, and one or more structural reinforcement layers each including a fiber-reinforced polymer material. Each structural reinforcement layer may be attached directly to a bonding layer and/or exterior layer. The composite panel may also include one or more IR-reflective layers, one or more light-absorbing sunshade layers, and one or more insulating low-k layers. The multilayer body panel has a plan-view profile; the individual layers extend substantially the entire length and width of the plan area, whereas the fibers in each structural reinforcement layer are localized to one or more discrete regions within the plan-view profile.