The present invention provides a heat shrinkable multilayer film that has low density, excellent shrinkage properties, and high rigidity, is less likely to suffer delamination, and also has excellent transparency. The present invention relates to a heat shrinkable multilayer film, containing: front and back layers; and an interlayer, the front and back layers each containing 60 to 80% by weight of a cyclic olefin resin and 20 to 40% by weight of an ethylene resin, the interlayer containing 50 to 80% by weight of an olefin resin and 20 to 50% by weight of a plastic resin, the interlayer containing 35 to 70 mol % of a propylene component, 1 to 10 mol % of an ethylene component, and 1 to 10 mol % of a butene component, based on 100 mol % of resin components constituting the interlayer.

A thermoplastic elastomer compound includes hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer having a polyisoprene soft block, styrene-isobutylene-styrene block copolymer, tackifier having a softening point of at least about 80 C. according to ASTM 6493, and, optionally, one or more additional thermoplastic elastomers. The compound has a Compound Tan Delta Peak Temperature (at 10 Hz) of at least 10 C. and a Compound Tan Delta Peak Height (at 10 Hz) of at least 0.85 if no thermoplastic polyurethane is present and at least 0.60 if additional thermoplastic elastomer is present and includes thermoplastic polyurethane. The thermoplastic elastomer compound exhibits superior damping properties across a broad range of temperatures, including at or above room temperature, and across a broad range of vibrational frequencies. The compound in sheet form can be used as a layer in an article of a structure susceptible to forceful impact of any item.

A charging member for an image forming apparatus may include a conductive support and a surface layer on the conductive support and spaced apart from a photosensitive member. The surface layer may include a urethane foam including foam cells and having a foam structure based on the foam cells, the foam cells including open cells.

A multilayer structure includes a layer of a resin composition containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein a mass ratio of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer to the thermoplastic elastomer is from 65/35 to 95/5 and the layer of the resin composition has one surface directly adjacent to a layer of polyolefin with no polar functional group. A multilayer structure is thus provided that is excellent in gas barrier properties, transparency, and flexibility and also has good delamination properties between the layer of the resin composition and the layer of the polyolefin with no polar functional group.

A multi-layered film laminate for use in making hot filled blister packages and a method of making such material is provided. The laminate generally includes a central core layer of barrier polymer film disposed between a slip film and a thermostable film. In particularly advantageous embodiments, the barrier film is a polychlorotrifluoroethylene film, the slip film is a polyvinyl chloride film, and the heat resistant film is a temperature resistant copolyester. The disclosed material provides a high moisture barrier and a stable inter-laminar structure that can withstand hot filling of liquids, such as liquids used to form soft and/or gummy dosages on form-fill-and-seal blister packaging machines.

Provided is a backlight unit, including: a light source allowing light having a light emission center wavelength of nm to exit; and a wavelength conversion member positioned on an optical path of the light exiting from the light source, in which the wavelength conversion member includes a wavelength conversion layer containing a fluorescent material which is excited by exciting light and emits fluorescent light, and a light scattering layer containing particles having a particle size of greater than or equal to 0.1 m in a matrix, an average refractive index n1 of the wavelength conversion layer satisfies a relationship of n1<n2 with respect to an average refractive index n2 of the matrix of the light scattering layer, and a light absorptivity of the light scattering layer at a wavelength of nm is less than or equal to 8.0%.

A polyimide laminated film includes a porous polyimide layer that has a porosity of from 30% to 90% and pores having a spherical shape and a non-porous polyimide layer that has a porosity of 5% or less.

The present invention provides a heat shrinkable film that has excellent heat shrinkability while preventing contamination in subsequent processes such as printing. The present invention relates to a heat shrinkable film that at least includes a front layer and/or a back layer. The front layer and the back layer each contain a cyclic olefin resin in an amount of 55 to 99.99% by weight and organic fine particles in an amount of 0.01 to 0.3% by weight.

A method of forming a skin-foam-substrate type structure particular suitable as an automobile trim component. The method comprises supplying a polymer resin containing a chemical foaming agent and including metal particles capable of inductive heating, that is positioned between a polymeric skin and substrate, followed by inductive heating to cause foaming of the polymeric resin. The foamed polymer resin adheres to the skin and substrate.

The present invention provides a heat shrinkable multilayer film that has low density, excellent shrinkage properties, and high rigidity, is less likely to suffer delamination, and also has excellent transparency. The present invention relates to a heat shrinkable multilayer film, containing: front and back layers; and an interlayer, the front and back layers each containing 60 to 80% by weight of a cyclic olefin resin and 20 to 40% by weight of an ethylene resin, the interlayer containing 50 to 80% by weight of an olefin resin and 20 to 50% by weight of a plastic resin, the interlayer containing 35 to 70 mol % of a propylene component, 1 to 10 mol % of an ethylene component, and 1 to 10 mol % of a butene component, based on 100 mol % of resin components constituting the interlayer.