Oriented, multilayer shrink films, either clear or opaque, comprise a core layer and at least one skin layer. The core layer has a thickness greater than the thickness of the at least one skin layer. The at least one skin layer comprises at least one cyclic-olefin copolymer as the predominant component thereof. The core layer comprises a blend of a polyolefin polymer and a polybutene-1 copolymer with ethylene, the butene-1 constituting over 75% by weight of the polybutene-1 copolymer. The film has a shrinkage of at least 20% in at least one of the machine and transverse directions of formation when said film is heated to a temperature of between 80 and 100° C. Optionally the films can include a propylene-based elastomer, a styrenic based block copolymer elastomer, reclaim including the components of the film, or combinations thereof.

The instant invention provides procatalysts and catalyst systems for olefin polymerization, olefin based polymers polymerized therewith, and process for producing the same. In one embodiment, the instant invention provides a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of formula (I):

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Processing aid for aiding in orienting an extruded film layer including a preponderance, by weight, of a high crystal-line polypropylene is a crystalline polypropylene wax. An oriented film layer including a blend of crystalline polypropylene wax and high crystallinity polypropylene homopolymer is part of the invention. The invention includes a method of forming an oriented film layer including a preponderance by weight of a high crystallinity polypropylene and includes the steps of blending a high crystallinity polypropylene with a crystalline polypropylene wax, directing the blend through an extruder to form a film layer and then orienting the film layer. The invention includes a biaxially oriented, multi-layer film including a base layer and at least one skin layer. The base layer includes a blend of crystalline metallocene catalyzed polypropylene wax and a high crystallinity polypropylene.

The present invention relates to a resin film for a flexible printed circuit board consisting of a resin composition containing: a long-chain alkyl bismaleimide resin having a main chain containing an alkylene chain having 10 or more carbon atoms and a side chain containing an alkyl group bonded to the alkylene chain; and a curing agent having two or more functional groups reacting with the long-chain alkyl bismaleimide resin.

A composition for forming a metallic luster film, includes: a thiophene polymer, in which a total content of an Fe atom, a Cu atom, an Mn atom, a Cr atom, and a Ce atom in the composition for forming a metallic luster film is 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.

A polyolefin composition made from or containing: T1) 70-95 wt %, a polyolefin component containing: a1) from 30 wt % to 70 wt % of a propylene based polymer; and a2) from 30 wt % to 70 wt % of an ethylene based polymer; the sum of a1) and a2), being referred to the total weight of a1) and a2), being 100; and T2) 5-30 wt % of a propylene ethylene copolymer containing from 2.0 wt % to 10.0 wt %; of ethylene derived units and having a melt flow rate (230° C./2.16 kg) ranging from 0.5 to 20.0 g/10 min, and having a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. lower than 20 wt %.
the sum of the amount of T1) and T2), being referred to the total weight of T1) and T2), being 100.

The present invention provides a polyester film suitable for use as a sealant, which not only has high heat sealing strength, but also is less liable to adsorb various organic compounds, and has a less shrinkage in heating and high tensile strength. Further, the present invention provides a laminate comprising at least one layer of the polyester film, and a packaging bag including the same. The polyester film which is formed with a polyester resin whose main constituent is ethylene terephthalate. The film has at least one heat sealing layer. The film has a predetermined heat sealing strength, a predetermined difference in reversing heat capacity measured with a temperature modulated DSC, and a predetermined heat shrinkage. Further, the laminate comprises at least one layer of the polyester film, and the packaging bag includes the same.

A polyethylene homopolymer composition having a weight average molecular weight Mw, of from 75,000 to 95,000; an Mz of from 200,000 to 325,000; a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of from 6 to 12 and a melt index, I.sub.2 of from 1.5 to 2.8 grams per 10 minutes can be used to prepare films having a good balance of optical properties and resistance to moisture transmission.

The present specification provides a polymer resin compound, a method for preparing the same, a photosensitive resin composition including the polymer resin compound, and a photosensitive material formed using the photosensitive resin composition.

The present invention relates to a blend containing at least two different polyolefins which is characterized in that it contains as a further constituent an amorphous poly-alpha-olefin which is based on the monomers ethene, propene and 1-butene and has a viscosity at 190° C. of 200 mPa*s to 200,000 mPa*s, wherein it contains polyethylene and polypropylene as at least two different polyolefins and wherein the polyethylene has a melt flow index [MFI 2.16 kg@190° C.] determined according to the method ISO 1133 reported in the description of less than 10 g/10 min, preferably of 0.01 to 2 g/10 min, and the polypropylene has a melt flow index [MFI 2.16 kg@230° C.] determined according to the method reported in the description of less than 50 g/10 min, preferably of 0.01 to 25 g/10 min, to a process for producing such blends and to the use thereof.