A method of making an infrared-reflecting optically transparent assembly comprises: coating a curable composition onto a major surface of an optically transparent thermoplastic polymer film; at least partially curing the curable composition, which may be optionally at least partially dried, to provide a thermoformable composite film; and laminating the thermoformable composite film to an infrared-reflecting multilayer optical film to provide the infrared-reflecting optically transparent assembly. The curable composition comprises urethane (meth)acrylate compound, (meth)acrylate monomer, and silicone (meth)acrylate. The infrared-reflecting optically transparent assembly and methods of including it in an infrared-reflecting lens assembly are also disclosed.

The present invention is a stretchable film including: a silicone main-chain type urethane layer and a silicone-pendant type urethane layer, wherein the silicone main-chain type urethane layer has a structure shown by the following general formula (1)-1 and/or (1)-2 and is formed on the silicone-pendant type urethane layer, and the silicone-pendant type urethane layer has a structure shown by the following general formula (2)-1 and/or (2)-2. The present invention provides a stretchable film having excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency, together with a method for forming the same. ##STR00001##

Polymer compositions containing a polyamide polymer and a high molecular weight organopolysiloxane copolymer containing amide, urethane, urea, or thiourea groups exhibit high tensile strength but are soft elastomeric thermoplastics.

A coating agent has: a film-forming component containing an organosilicon compound having a radical polymerizable functional group and an alkoxysilyl group; and a film-curing component composed so that a base and a radical can be generated on irradiation with ultraviolet light. The film-curing component includes a nonionic photobase generator having no ionic bond in the molecular structure. The content of the nonionic photobase generator is 0.1 parts by mass or more and 50 parts by mass or less, based on 100 parts by mass of the organosilicon compound.

A polycarbonate-polysiloxane includes specific amounts of first carbonate units having the structure ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.6-C.sub.16 divalent aromatic group, second carbonate units having the structure ##STR00002##
wherein R.sup.2 is a C.sub.17-C.sub.40 divalent aromatic group having the structure ##STR00003##
wherein R.sup.f, R.sup.g, R.sup.h, R.sup.i, R.sup.j, R.sup.k, X.sup.b, j, m, n, x, and y are defined herein. The polycarbonate-polysiloxane is useful for forming thin extruded films, which in turn are useful for fabricating electrostatic film capacitors.

A separator for an electricity storage device comprising a silane-modified polyolefin, wherein silane crosslinking reaction of the silane-modified polyolefin is initiated when it contacts with the electrolyte solution, as well as a method for producing the separator.

The present invention relates to a method for preparing an ultraviolet (UV) curing polymethyl siloxane containing an acrylate structure: performing a Michael addition reaction with an amino silicone oil by means of an asymmetric diene acrylate ethylene glycol methacrylate, the double bond of asymmetric diene having a large difference in activity, and the acrylate structure preferentially undergoing addition with an amino group; thus, a methacrylic structure is successfully linked to a side chain of the methyl silicone oil, and a methyl silicone oil having a controllable structure and having a side group containing the methacrylate structure is prepared, the reaction having a high grafting rate; the described method is a high-efficiency, mild and controllable preparation method; a conventional compound photoinitiator is selected, and is coated on a substrate for UV curing, quickly curing at room temperature to form a film, and having the features of being clean and pollution-free.

A thermoplastic composition including a resin phase and 10% to 55%, especially 25% to 45% of glass fibers by weight of the composition is disclosed. The resin phase includes a polysiloxane block copolymer including polydimethylsiloxane blocks and polycarbonate blocks derived from bisphenol A. The resin phase further includes a polycarbonate and has between 2.0 wt % and 10 wt % by weight of siloxane. The thermoplastic composition has (i) a notched Izod impact strength of at least 150 Joules per meter measured at 23 C. according to ASTM D256, (ii) a tensile strength greater than 95 MPa as determined by ASTM D638, (iii) a tensile modulus greater than 10,900 MPa as determined by ASTM D638 and (iv) an unnotched Izod impact strength greater than 775 Joules per meter measured at 23 C. according to ASTM D256.

A method for making an insertable or implantable medical device including a lubricous coating on a silicone substrate includes treating the silicone substrate with an atmospheric plasma at about atmospheric pressure, the atmospheric plasma formed from a noble gas; applying a solution directly to the treated silicone substrate, the solution including a thermoplastic polyurethane; and heating the silicone substrate and the applied solution to form the lubricous coating on the silicone substrate.

To provide a polyacetal resin composition which is good sliding characteristics and is less likely to produce the blister; a molded article; and a method for manufacturing the polyacetal resin composition. The polyacetal resin composition containing: (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal resin; (B1) a polyolefin resin grafted with a silicone compound; (B2) a non-grafted silicone compound; and (C) 0.5 to 1.8 parts by mass of a polyolefinic lubricant, with a total of content of the silicone compound in the (B1) polyolefin resin and content of the (B2) non-grafted silicone compound, being adjusted to 0.6 to 2.5 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the (A) polyacetal resin, and with (B1)/(B2), which is a ratio by mass of the content of the (B1) polyolefin resin and the content of the (B2) non-grafted silicone compound, being adjusted to 68/32 to 45/55.