A laminate, including a substrate having a microstructure on a surface thereof; and a coating layer formed on the substrate and encapsulating the microstructure of the substrate. A glass transition temperature T.sub.1 of the substrate is higher than a glass transition temperature T.sub.2 of the coating layer. A method of producing an ophthalmic lens, including deforming the laminate into a shape of the ophthalmic lens by applying heat and/or pressure at a temperature of lower than T.sub.1.

An elastomeric composite polyurethane skin having an average flexural modulus, measured in accordance with ASTM D790-03, smaller than 35 MPa is disclosed. The elastomeric composite polyurethane skin includes a first aliphatic polyurethane layer made from a first polyurethane reaction mixture having at least one isocyanate compound with at least two NCO-groups which are not directly attached to an aromatic group, at least one isocyanate-reactive component (B1), and at least one catalyst component (C1) substantially free of lead, and a second aromatic polyurethane layer made from a second polyurethane reaction mixture having at least one aromatic isocyanate compound (A2), and at least one isocyanate-reactive component (B2).

Cyclodextrin compositions including one or more radiation polymerizable monomers and a cyclodextrin inclusion complex, the cyclodextrin inclusion complex including a cyclodextrin compound and an olefinic inhibitor of an ethylene generation in produce, are coated onto packaging materials and cured. Treated containers and treated package inserts having the cured cyclodextrin compositions are useful in packaging of respiring plant materials.

To provide a decorative member that has a small transmission loss of a millimeter wave and excellent metallic luster. The decorative member includes a base material made of a synthetic resin and a film body that made of an agglomeration of inorganic fine particles having at least a metal surface. An attenuation rate when a millimeter wave having a frequency of 18 to 300 GHz transmits is 0.001 to 2 dB, and an L* value (brightness) is 45 to 95.

Disclosed are a method of uniformly dispersing nickel-plated conductive particles of a single layer within a polymer film by applying a magnetic field to the polymer film and a method of fabricating an anisotropic conductive film using the same. The method of fabricating a film may include forming a liquefied polymer layer by roll-to-roll coating a polymer solution in which a plurality of conductive particles has been mixed, dispersing the plurality of conductive particles included in the liquefied polymer layer by applying a magnetic field to the liquefied polymer layer, and fabricating a solid polymer layer limiting a movement of the plurality of dispersed conductive particles by drying the liquefied polymer layer in which the plurality of conductive particles has been dispersed.

A resin composition of the present invention is used in an optical layer 10 provided with a first layer (base material layer 1) including a polycarbonate-based resin and a visible light absorber for forming the first layer. The visible light absorber includes a plurality of kinds of light absorbers, and a melting point of a first light absorber having the lowest melting point is equal to or higher than 200° C., in which a melting point of a second light absorber having the highest melting point is equal to or lower than 330° C. The resin composition is such that the viscosity at 260° C. obtainable when a shear rate is 243.2 [1/sec] is equal to or more than 400 Pa.Math.s and equal to or less than 3500 Pa.Math.s.

A polymeric substrate and a method of providing same includes providing a protection system of one or more layers on at least one first surface of the polymeric substrate, coating a spectrally controlling system on a surface of the protection system to provide an external surface, the spectrally controlling system comprising at least a light absorbing or a light reflecting layer, partially removing the spectrally controlling system from the external surface until reaching the at least one first surface of the protection system creating in the spectrally controlling system an area free of the light absorbing or light reflecting layer of the spectrally controlling system, and covering the area by depositing at least one or more substances in droplets.

A method of applying a gas-impermeable coating includes forming a polyelectrolyte complex suspension. The polyelectrolyte complex suspension is applied to a substrate. The substrate having the polyelectrolyte complex applied thereon is treated. The treating reduces salt content of the polyelectrolyte complex. The treating results in a gas-impermeable coating being formed on the substrate

The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition which has excellent storage stability, while being capable of forming a coating film that exhibits excellent chipping resistance and excellent finish appearance in a dust part and in a film formation part. The present invention provides an aqueous coating composition which contains (A) a urethane resin that is obtained from constituents including (a1) a polyisocyanate component and (a2) a polyol component containing (a2-1) a polyether polyol and (a2-2) a polycarbonate polyol, (B) at least one hydroxyl group-containing resin that is selected from among (B1) hydroxyl group-containing acrylic resins and (B2) hydroxyl group-containing polyester resins, (C) an organic solvent that has a solubility parameter within the range of from 8.8 to 10.1, and (D) water, wherein based on 100 parts by mass of the resin solid content in the aqueous coating composition, the content of the urethan resin (A) is within the range of from 60 to 85 parts by mass and the content of the organic solvent (C) is within the range of from 5 to 30 parts by mass.

A readily adhesive white polyester film comprising a polyester film substrate and a coating layer on at least one surface of the polyester film substrate, the coating layer comprising a cationic antistatic agent containing nitrogen, a polyester resin, and a polyurethane resin, the proportion A (at %) of nitrogen derived from the antistatic agent and the proportion B (at %) of nitrogen derived from the polyurethane resin based on surface element distribution measurement by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy in the coating layer satisfying the following formulas (i) and (ii), and a surface of the coating layer having a contact angle with respect to water of 50° to 70°:

A(at %)>0.4  (i)

2.0≤B/A≤5.0.  (ii)