Polymeric interlayers for use in making multiple layer panels having a unique balance of properties are provided. Single and multiple layer interlayers according to various embodiments of the present invention can be used to form multiple layer panels that exhibit both enhanced rigidity and improved impact resistance, while still retaining desirable optical performance. Interlayers and multiple layer panels of the present invention may be particularly suitable for use in a wide range of applications, including, for example, in many indoor and outdoor architectural and structural applications.

A glass-polymer laminate includes a glass layer with a thickness of at most about 300 μm and a polymer layer laminated to the glass layer. At all temperatures within a temperature range of about 16 C to about 32 C, the glass layer has a compressive stress and the glass-polymer laminate has a bow flattening force of at most about 150 N. A method includes laminating a glass layer to a polymer layer with an adhesive at a lamination temperature to form a glass-polymer laminate. The glass layer has a thickness of at most about 300 μm. The lamination temperature is sufficiently high that, at all temperatures within a temperature range of about 16 C to about 32 C, the glass layer has a compressive stress. The lamination temperature is sufficiently low that, at all temperatures within the temperature range, the glass-polymer laminate has a bow flattening force of at most about 150 N.

A thermoplastic composition including a polycarbonatesiloxane-arylate; a phthalone compound; and optionally an additional component different from the polycarbonatesiloxane-arylate and the phthalone compound; wherein the phthalone compound has a formula: wherein Z.sub.1 represents the atoms necessary to complete a 9- to 13-membered single or fused aromatic ring structure, Z.sub.2 represents the atoms necessary to complete a pyridine or quinoline ring, each R.sub.1 and each R.sub.2 are independently halogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an aromatic or aliphatic thioether group, an aromatic or aliphatic carboxylic acid ester group, or an aromatic or aliphatic amide group, a is an integer from 0 to 6, b is an integer from 0 to 4, n is 1 or 2, and X is present only if n=2 and is a single bond or a divalent organic radical bonded to the Z.sub.1 ring structure through an ether, ketone, or thio linkage.

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The present disclosure relates to a multilayer laminate structure may include a glass substrate having a thickness of not greater than about 300 microns, a fluoropolymer based layer, and an adhesive layer in contact with the fluoropolymer based layer and between the glass substrate and the fluoropolymer based layer. The fluoropolymer based layer may include a fluoropolymer based material and a first fluoropolymer based layer ultraviolet (UV) component. The multilayer laminate structure may have a lower ultraviolet light transmission (L-UVLT) of not greater than 1.0%, a high ultraviolet light transmission (H-UVLT) of not greater than 5.0%, and a visual light transmission (VLT) of at least about 50.0%.

There is provided a new and improved optical body, optical film adhesive body, and method for manufacturing an optical body, in which a concave-convex structure of an optical film can be protected without the use of a protective film, the optical film can be made thinner, the handling properties can be improved, the occurrence of defects caused by a difference in the refractive index between an adhesive layer and the optical film can be minimized, and the optical film can be applied more firmly to the adherend, the optical body including: an optical film provided with first and second concave-convex structures; and a master film in which an average period of concavities and convexities of the first concave-convex structure is less than or equal to visible light wavelengths, and the master film is provided with a third concave-convex structure which has a reverse shape of the first concave-convex structure.

An insulated metal substrate (IMS) and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The IMS includes an electrically conductive line pattern layer, an encapsulation layer, a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, and a heat sink element. The encapsulation layer fills a gap between a plurality of electrically conductive lines of the electrically conductive line pattern layer. An upper surface of the encapsulation layer is flush with an upper surface of the electrically conductive line pattern layer. The first and second adhesive layer are disposed between the electrically conductive line pattern layer and the heat sink element. A bonding strength between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer is greater than 80 kg/cm.sup.2.

The invention concerns a method and/or a system for personalizing substrates and/or preparing substrates before gold-plating. In particular, the invention consists of a printing method comprising a step in which the substrate is subjected to inkjet printing followed by a gold-plating step in which the regions of the substrate to be gold-plated are brought into contact with the gold-plating leaf, characterized by an additional step performed prior to the gold-plating step and which consists in the preparation of the substrate.

A protective sheet includes a base layer, an interfacial layer, and a skin layer stacked in order. The base layer includes an aromatic polycarbonate resin, the interfacial layer includes an aliphatic polycarbonate resin; and the skin layer includes a cycloolefin polymer (COP) resin.

Disclosed herein are sealing solutions for sealing water-soluble films, in particular aqueous mixtures including one or more polymeric solvents such as polyols. Aqueous sealing solutions including a relatively dilute solvent for one or more polymeric components of the water-soluble film (e.g., water-soluble polymeric components thereof, such as polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH)) can exhibit one or more benefits, including a reduction in dissolution of the film by the sealing solution and an increase in seal strength. Also disclosed are sealed articles formed with the sealing solutions, for example water-soluble packets containing various liquid or solid compositions.

An optical film includes a polarization film including a polymer resin and a dichroic dye, and a phase delay layer disposed on the polarization film and including a liquid crystal.