The present invention relates to a diecut especially for the permanent closing of holes especially in metal sheets or in plastics parts, having a carrier composed of an assembly, more particularly laminate in the specified layer sequence, of optionally at least one first layer, which is formed by a metallic layer having a thickness of 10 to 40 μm, optionally at least one second layer, which is formed by a woven glass fabric or laid glass fabric having a basis weight of 30 to 200 g/m2, optionally at least one third layer, which is formed by a first pressure-sensitive adhesive having a basis weight of 70 to 200 g/m2, at least one fourth layer, which is formed by a flame-retardant foam having a thickness of at least 0.5 to 2.5 mm, and at least one fifth layer, which is formed by a second, acrylate-based pressure-sensitive adhesive having a basis weight of 300 to 1800 g/m2, preferably 360 to 1500 g/m2 and/or a thickness of 400 to 1800 μm, preferably 800 to 1500 μm.

The present invention relates to a method for the production of a coated paper, paperboard or film, wherein the method comprises the steps of; providing a first suspension comprising cellulose fibers and/or nanocellulose, applying the first suspension on a substrate to form a fibrous web, wherein the web has a first and a second side, providing a second suspension comprising polymers and/or particles wherein the second suspension has a Brookfield viscosity above 3000 m Pas at a dry content between 4%-40% by weight, providing at least one calender comprising at least one roll or belt, applying the second suspension to the surface of the at least one calender roll or belt forming a coating web and conducting said fibrous web through the at least one calender whereby the coating web is applied to the first side of the web forming the coated paper, paperboard or film. The invention also relates to a paper, paperboard or film produced according to the method.

Provided are a resin composition having excellent oxygen barrier property under high humidity as a novel resin material, a molded body, a method for producing a molded body, and a method for producing a pellet using the resin composition. The resin composition includes a resin component and a plate-shaped talc having an aspect ratio of more than 18, 80 mass % of the resin component comprising a barrier resin having an oxygen transmission coefficient of 5.0 cc.Math.mm/(m.sup.2.Math.day.Math.atm) or less as measured according to ASTM D3985 at a relative humidity of 60% and a temperature of 23° C., and a content of the plate-shaped talc being from 3.0 to 55.0 mass % when a total of the barrier resin and the plate-shaped talc is 100 mass %.

The present invention provides a decorative board capable of exhibiting excellent weather resistance even in a depression of a pattern of protrusions and depressions even in a case where the pattern of protrusions and depressions is formed on the outermost surface of a transparent resin film, a transparent resin film, and a method for producing a decorative board. Provided is a decorative board including: a substrate; a picture layer; and a transparent resin film, in a stated order in a thickness direction, the transparent resin film comprising at least a thermoplastic resin layer and having a pattern of protrusions and depressions on a side opposite to a picture layer side, the decorative board further comprising at least one layer containing an ultraviolet absorber between the picture layer and the thermoplastic resin layer.

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to composite laminate structures including a polymer layer having sp.sup.2 carbon-containing material and improved heat release properties, and methods of making the same.

Provided are a non-woven cloth and a layered non-woven cloth that are preferred as a skin material for a composite sound-absorbing material, which has excellent moldability and exceptional shape stability, and with which it is possible to achieve an adequate sound-absorption effect even in thin low-weight regions. The present invention pertains to: a non-woven cloth having a layered structure in which at least one ultrafine fiber layer (M) having an average fiber diameter of 0.3-7 μm and at least one continuous long fiber layer (S) having an average fiber diameter of 10-30 μm are integrated, wherein the non-woven cloth is characterized in that the adhesion area ratio of the ultrafine fiber layer (M) and the continuous long fiber layer (S) is 45-80%; a method for manufacturing the non-woven cloth; a layered non-woven cloth in which two or more layers of the non-woven cloth are layered; and a composite sound-absorbing material in which the non-woven cloth or the layered non-woven cloth, and an open-cell resin foam body or a fiber porous material that is a sound-absorbing material, are layered.

Provided herein is a method of functionalizing a particle, as well as methods of optically tracking a particle, isolating enveloped viral particles from a sample, quantifying enveloped virus particles in a sample and assessing enveloped viral aggregation in a sample. Kits are also provided. The particle is typically a viral particle.

The present invention provides a transparent resin film that is capable of imparting excellent design properties to a decorative board and is excellent in adhesion to a picture layer, a decorative board including the transparent resin film, and a method for producing the decorative board. Provided is a transparent resin film for protecting a picture layer provided on one side of a substrate, the transparent resin film having a pattern of protrusions and depressions on a picture layer side, the pattern of protrusions and depressions having a maximum height roughness Rz defined in JIS B 0601 (2001) within a range of 15 μm or larger and 70 μm or smaller.

The present invention provides a curable composition, a pressure-sensitive adhesive, an adhesive tape and an adherend product, and belongs to the technical field of acrylate pressure-sensitive adhesives. The pressure-sensitive adhesive formed from the curable composition of the present invention features good resistance to resilience, especially resistance to resilience at high temperatures. The curable composition comprises: a monomer component, which comprises at least two polymerizable monomers, wherein the polymerizable monomers comprise a non-tertiary alcohol (meth)acrylate monomer and an acid functionalized non-ester unsaturated monomer with at least one ethylenically unsaturated group; a (meth)acrylate polymer tackifying resin with a weight-average molecular weight ranging from 10,000 to 60,000 Daltons and a glass transition temperature greater than or equal to 20° C.; and a non-(meth)acrylate polymer tackifying resin component, which comprises tackifying resins of at least two non-(meth)acrylate polymers, wherein the softening point temperature of tackifying resins of at least part of the non-(meth)acrylate polymers is greater than or equal to 130° C.

A display board has a foam core with elastomeric properties with a first display layer affixed on one side and optionally a second display layer affixed on a second side. The elastic foam core can have a closed cell structure and be made from a thermoplastic. The display layers can be heat welded directly to the respective sides of the core with or without additional use of adhesive or the layers can be attached via adhesive only and not heat. The foam core has a Shore 00 hardness of 20-100.