The present invention is related to decorative surface coverings, in particular floor or wall coverings, comprising one or more layer(s) and a cured top-layer, combining excellent anti-slip properties and scuff resistance. The invention is further related to a method for the preparation of said surface coverings.

An object to provide a vent pipe isolation balloon for a liquefied gas storage tank, which has excellent physical strength, inflatability, and durability at cryogenic temperatures, and a vent pipe isolation device including the balloon. The vent pipe isolation balloon has inner and outer membranes made of silicon rubber, and a reinforcing substrate sandwiched between the inner membrane and the outer membrane. The balloon has an outer shape of a cylindrical shape or a truncated cone shape with both ends opened, and is inflated when an inert gas is injected into the balloon with the openings sealed. The reinforcing substrate is composed of a fiber bundle and has a network structure.

The present disclosure provides an optical film comprising: a light-transmitting substrate; and a buffer layer, wherein a first impact resistance parameter calculated by equation 1 is 0.08 or higher, and a display device comprising the optical film.

A resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a prepolymer and 100 parts by weight to 250 parts by weight of a spherical silica prepared by vaporized metal combustion, wherein: the prepolymer is prepared by subjecting a reaction mixture to a prepolymerization reaction; the reaction mixture includes a maleimide resin, an amino-modified silicone and cyclohexanone, and relative to a total of 100 parts by weight of the maleimide resin, the amino-modified silicone and the cyclohexanone, the reaction mixture includes 60 parts by weight to 80 parts by weight of the maleimide resin, 15 parts by weight to 30 parts by weight of the amino-modified silicone and 2 parts by weight to 15 parts by weight of the cyclohexanone; the reaction mixture does not include m-aminophenol or p-aminophenol; and the amino-modified silicone has an amino equivalent of 750 g/mol to 2500 g/mol. The resin composition may be used to make various articles, such as a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board, and at least one of the following improvements can be achieved, including varnish transparency, varnish sedimentation property, glass transition temperature, X-axis coefficient of thermal expansion, T300 thermal resistance, resin cluster and resin filling property.

A composition contains the following components: (a) 15 to 49.8 volume-percent of a first polysiloxane that is has a viscosity in a range of 50 centiStokes to 550 Stokes as determined according to ASTM D4283-98; (b) 0.2 to 5 volume-percent of an organoclay; (c) 50-74 volume-percent roundish or crushed thermally conductive fillers including: (i) 5 to 15 volume-percent small thermally conductive fillers having a median particle size in a range of 0.1 to 1.0 micrometers; (ii) 10 to 25 volume-percent medium thermally conductive fillers having a median particle size in a range of 1.1 to 5.0 micrometers; (iii) 25 to 50 volume-percent large thermally conductive fillers having a median particle size in a range of 5.1 to 50 micrometers; and (d) 0 to 5 volume-percent of an alkoxy functional linear polysiloxane different from the first polysiloxane and/or an alkoxy functional linear silane; where volume-percent values are relative to composition volume.

The present invention relates to a polycarbonate composite having an increased pencil hardness, comprising a polycarbonate substrate prepared from a thermoplastic aromatic (co)polycarbonate having a glass-transition temperature in the range of 160 to 210° C.; and a coating on said substrate, said coating being formed by curing a polysiloxane-based thermosetting coating material at a temperature in the range of 140 to 210° C. for 0.5 to 2 hours. The polycarbonate composite has a pencil hardness higher than H, as measured according to ASTM D3363. The present invention also relates to a method for producing said polycarbonate composite and an article comprising the same.

A reaction system for forming a viscoelastic polyurethane foam includes an isocyanate component and an isocyanate-reactive component that includes at least a polyol component, an additive component, and a preformed aqueous polymer dispersant. The mixture includes 50.0 wt % to 99.8 wt % of the polyol component, 0.1 wt % to 49.9 wt % of the additive component, and 0.1 wt % to 6.0 wt % of the preformed aqueous polymer dispersant. The aqueous polymer dispersant has a pH from 6.0 to 12.0 and includes from 5 wt % to 60 wt % of a polymeric component and from 40 wt % to 95 wt % of a fluid medium. The polymeric component includes at least one base polymer derived from 20 wt % to 100 wt % of at least one hydrophilic acid monomer having at least one carbonyl group, phosphate group, phosphonate group, or sulfonyl group, and optionally derived from at least one hydrophobic terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer.

An elastomeric material is disclosed, which is suitable, in particular, as a sealing material between the fuel cells of a fuel cell stack and the stacks as such, wherein the hybrid elastomeric material includes a hybrid elastomer with a proportion of a siloxane polymeric material and a proportion of a polyolefin elastomeric material, wherein the two materials are crosslinked with one another by addition. Further aspects relate to polyelectrolyte fuel cells, which include sealing elements made of the hybrid elastomeric material, as well as the use of the hybrid elastomeric material in a screen printing process.

The present application discloses a bending-resistant polyester film and its production method thereof. The chemical structure of the bending-resistant polyester composition comprises monomers having elastic conformation. The film made from the composition of polyester of the present invention through production processes such as melt extrusion and biaxial drawing still has excellent flexibility and optical properties.

A thermally conductive sheet in which a cured layer of a thermally conductive silicone composition is laminated on one or both sides of a synthetic resin film layer of aromatic polyimide, etc. having excellent heat resistance, electrical insulation, and mechanical strength, wherein good thermal conductivity, good insulation, and strong interlayer adhesion are provided because the thermally conductive silicone composition includes 250 to 600 wt. % of an aspherical thermally conductive filler material, which contains no more than 80 ml/100 g of a DOP oil absorption amount and an organic silicon compound component including an adhesion imparting agent, relative to 100 wt. % of the organic silicon compound component, and moreover the thermally conductive sheet with no brittleness during use can be made using continuous molding.