The present disclosure provides a polymeric membrane. The polymeric membrane includes a first thermoplastic elastomer layer. The thermoplastic elastomer is a styrenic thermoplastic. The polymeric membrane can further include an optional second thermoplastic elastomer layer in contact with the first polyolefin layer.

Open cell foam compositions are provided including a thermoplastic polymeric matrix and at least one filler. In some embodiments of the foam compositions, the filler includes nepheline syenite. Methods of making the foam compositions are described, the methods including (a) obtaining a composite materials containing a first thermoplastic polymer having a filler component and a blowing agent distributed therein; (b) coextruding the composite material with a second thermoplastic polymer and a third thermoplastic polymer to form a three-layer composition, wherein the three-layer composition includes a middle layer comprising an open cell foam formed from the foam composition, and the middle layer is disposed between the first and the second outer layers formed from the second and the third thermoplastic polymers, respectively; and (c) separating the middle layer from each of the first and the second outer layer. The first thermoplastic polymer is different from the second and the third thermoplastic polymers.

An optical film includes a substrate film and an adhesion-facilitating layer arranged on at least one surface of the substrate film, in which the adhesion-facilitating layer contains a resin, silica particles, and metal oxide particles other than the silica particles; a ratio of a percentage A of an area derived from the metal oxide particles in a total area of a specific lower region to a percentage B of an area derived from the metal oxide particles in a total area of a specific upper region is 1.05 or more; and the surface of the adhesion-facilitating layer opposite to the substrate film side has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 10 nm or more and less than 20 nm.

A laminate includes a base material, an oxide particle-containing layer containing at least one of metal oxide particle selected from the group consisting of a titanium oxide particle and a zirconium oxide particle, and a resin layer which is a cured material of a photosensitive composition provided on a surface of the oxide particle-containing layer and has an internal stress of 1.0 MPa or less and a crosslink density of an ethylenically unsaturated group of a first surface layer portion having a surface in contact with the oxide particle-containing layer of 1.2 mmol/g or more. A method for manufacturing a laminate includes a step of forming a photosensitive layer and a step of forming a resin layer.

A transfer film including, on a temporary support, a first transparent layer including at least a polymerizable monomer and a resin, a second transparent layer including at least metal oxide particles and a resin and having an average thickness of less than 200 nm, and a third transparent layer having an average thickness that is smaller than the average thickness of the second transparent layer sequentially from a temporary support side, and application thereof. The third transparent layer has a percentage of metal atoms in all atoms in the layer which is smaller than a percentage of metal atoms in all atoms in the second transparent layer, or a percentage of metal atoms in all atoms of 2% or less in a 300 μm×300 μm area in the case of being measured from an outermost surface opposite to a surface in contact with the second transparent layer using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

An object of the present invention is to provide a moisture barrier laminate including a moisture trapping layer that maximizes its moisture trapping performance and exhibits an excellent moisture barrier property. The moisture barrier laminate of the present invention includes a gas barrier film substrate A having a gas barrier layer a1 and a moisture trapping layer B formed on the film substrate A as a base. On a surface of the moisture trapping layer B opposite to the film substrate A, a protective resin layer C having a moisture permeability in a range of 4.0×10 to 5.0×10.sup.4 g/m.sup.2.Math.day at 40° C. and 90% RH is laminated.

A pipe (1) comprises at least one first layer (3) and one second layer (2), wherein the first layer (3) has a first plastic K1, wherein the first plastic K1 has a conversion temperature T.sub.UK1. The second layer (2) comprises a second plastic K2, wherein the second plastic K2 has a conversion temperature T.sub.UK2. The first layer (3) has an aggregate Z, wherein aggregate Z is not a polymer or copolymer. Aggregate Z is preferably a solid, wherein the solid is a semiconductor or nonconductor Aggregate Z facilitates the dielectric heating of the pipe.

A cleaning blade includes a contact layer that is in contact with a toner image carrier, and a support layer that joins to a support member, wherein the contact layer does not contain an inorganic filler, the support layer contains an inorganic filler having a thermal conductivity (?) of 30 W/mK or more, and the average particle diameter of the inorganic filler is in a range of 0.1 to 5.0 ?m.

A probe pin cleaning pad including a foam layer, a cleaning layer, and a polishing layer is provided. The cleaning layer is disposed between the foam layer and the polishing layer. A cleaning method for a probe pin is also provided.

A method for obtaining a laminated curved glazing, includes a. providing a first glass sheet, covered on at least part of one of its faces with a stack of thin layers, b. depositing, on a part of a surface of the stack of thin layers, a layer of enamel, the deposition being carried out by screen-printing an enamel composition including refractory particles having a diameter of at least 20 m in a proportion by volume of at least 0.5%, but no particles having a diameter greater than 80 m, c. bending the first glass sheet, the stack of thin layers located under the enamel layer being completely dissolved by the enamel layer at least at the end of the bending, and then d. laminating the first glass sheet with an additional glass sheet with an lamination interlayer, so that the enamel layer faces the interlayer.